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Hainesport board approves personnel, contract and out-of-district placement; hears public questions on calendar and town funding
Summary
At its Feb. 17 meeting the Hainesport Township Board of Education approved several routine personnel and finance items — including a renewal of occupational therapy services at $80 per hour and a retroactive out-of-district placement costing $48,414 — and heard two public comments about municipal support and the 2026-27 calendar.
The Hainesport Township Board of Education on Feb. 17 approved a package of routine personnel and finance items, including the hiring of a preschool expansion supervisor, renewal of an occupational-therapy services agreement and a retroactive out-of-district special-education placement, and heard public questions about possible town funding and online availability of the 2026-27 school calendar.
The board voted to approve Karina McNulty as Preschool Expansion Supervisor and ratified several professional-development and mentoring items presented by the Human Resources Committee. The board also approved revised job descriptions for Business Office positions and a contract renewal with Our Playground Therapy Services, LLC for occupational therapy at $80 per hour for the July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 contract year, with no rate increase noted in the agenda.
In finance and facilities business, trustees approved routine financial reports and the payment of bills for February; authorized use-of-facilities requests (including Kidz Space summer camp and a Wetlands Institute traveling-education program); and ratified several field trips for Grade 4 and Grade 8 students. The board retroactively approved Student ID #12903 to attend the Burlington County Special Services School District for the remainder of the 2025-26 school year at a pro-rated cost of $48,414.00, as listed on the agenda.
During the public-comment period, Sam Loveman said the town is "working on considerations for contributing funding" toward the district’s 2026-27 budget. Amanda Alderman, the PTO report presenter listed on the agenda, asked when the district would post the 2026-27 school calendar online. The board had previously placed the proposed 2026-27 calendar on the superintendent’s consent items for approval (SR-5).
Superintendent Joseph R. Corn and Business Administrator Jake Bryson were listed in the meeting packet as the district’s administrative leads; agenda language also included required public-notice information and statutory citations related to the Open Public Meetings Act. Several agenda items were listed as "ratify and affirm" or "retroactive," and the minutes record those votes as carried in roll-call tables.
The meeting opened at 7:00 p.m. and adjourned at about 7:23 p.m. The board’s agenda and attachments (including the Student Safety Data attachment and personnel/fiscal exhibits) are recorded in the official meeting packet.
What’s next: The board did not list additional special hearings at the Feb. 17 session; items flagged for future attention include continued calendar posting and any further budget discussions with municipal officials.
