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Board affirms appeal finding, approves consent items; roll-call votes proceed
Summary
The board read and affirmed a walk-in resolution (8b) upholding a 'founded' finding in case IS-21 and authorized the superintendent to notify the appellant; the meeting also advanced and approved multiple consent agenda items by roll call.
During its Dec. 15 meeting the Fort Lee Board of Education read a walk-in resolution concerning an appeal (case IS-21) that had been heard in executive session. The resolution, read into the public record, stated that after deliberation the board affirmed the finding of 'founded' related to the HIP allegation in case IS-21 and authorized the superintendent or her designee to take necessary steps to inform the appellant.
A motion to open the floor to the public and subsequent motions and roll calls followed. The board moved to approve grouped consent items (for example, items described in the agenda as 1 BNG and 2 BNG, curriculum groupings and other grouped packet items). Roll-call votes were taken on multiple motions; one abstention was recorded on a specific subitem, but a majority approved the listed agenda groupings during the meeting.
No new details about the executive-session deliberations were read into the public record beyond the resolution language; the resolution gives staff authority to notify the appellant of the board’s decision. The meeting proceeded to adjournment after completing the posted agenda.
