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Hainesport Board holds closed session and records motion on HIB determination; transcript omits outcome details
Summary
After a roughly 15-minute executive session on individual privacy, the Hainesport Township Board of Education returned to vote on an HIB determination for student #12770; the meeting record shows a motion carried but does not specify which option (table, affirm, reject or modify) was chosen or individual roll-call votes.
The Hainesport Township Board of Education met in special session on April 14, 2026, moved into a roughly 15-minute executive session for "Individual Privacy," and then returned to the public meeting to address an HIB (harassment/intimidation/bullying) determination for student #12770. The transcript indicates a motion was made and that the motion "carries," but the record does not state which of the options presented on the agenda—table, affirm, reject or modify—was selected.
Board President Bianca Cuniglio opened the meeting and the board followed established public-participation procedures, including a pair of motions to open and close public comment that carried. The board cited compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act (N.J.S.A. 10:4-12) in announcing how notice had been given. Superintendent Joseph R. Corn and Business Administrator/Board Secretary Jake Bryson were listed in the meeting record as present.
The board moved into closed executive session for "Individual Privacy," a session the agenda estimated would last approximately 15 minutes. The meeting reconvened in open session at approximately 8:24 p.m. Immediately after returning, the board took up Action Item #12, described in the agenda as "Call for a motion to TABLE / AFFIRM / REJECT / MODIFY (CIRCLE ONE) a HIB determination for student #12770." The transcript shows the vote was recorded and the motion carried; it does not identify which of the four options was chosen or provide a clear roll-call breakdown of yes/no/abstain votes by name in the text provided.
Procedural motions recorded in the publicly available transcript include moves to open and close public comment (moved by Erin Minero and seconded by Shelby Maccar to open; moved by Jennifer Weres and seconded by Leah Miller to close), the motion to enter executive session (moved and seconded during SEG 034–036), and the motion to adjourn (moved by Shelby Maccar and seconded by Leah Miller), which the record shows carried with adjournment at about 8:30 p.m. The minutes list board members Bianca Cuniglio (president), Erin Minero (vice president), Sanjay Bhakta, Larry Brandolph, Melissa Carlton, Shelby Maccar, Laura MacLachlan, Leah Miller and Jennifer Weres as present.
The transcript does not include verbatim public comments, detailed discussion of the HIB incident or the board’s deliberations in open session. Because the item was discussed in executive session under "Individual Privacy," the public record here contains only the procedural motions and the single-line outcome notation that a motion carried. The transcript does not provide further particulars about the board’s decision on the HIB finding for student #12770.
Next steps: the agenda lists no additional public follow-up in the transcript provided; the meeting adjourned shortly after the vote.
