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Mrs. Morrison resigns from Toms River Regional School District board; board begins process to fill seat
Summary
The board's vice president announced on Friday that Mrs. Morrison resigned effective immediately. The board said it will follow the statute-cited vacancy process, aiming to appoint a replacement from the Beach/Beechwood area by its Sept. 18 meeting, then moved to a closed executive session on personnel.
The vice president of the Toms River Regional School District Board of Education announced Friday that Mrs. Morrison has resigned from her seat on the board effective immediately and that the district will begin the statutorily prescribed process to fill the vacancy.
"On Friday at 06:09PM, after close of business, we received an email stating that effective immediately, Mrs. Morrison resigned as a board of ed member of the Toms River Regional Schools," the vice president said, acknowledging the superintendent had also accepted the resignation and thanking Morrison for her service.
The vice president told the board the vacancy will be filled under the New Jersey statute cited in the transcript as "18 a 12-15," and described steps the board expects to follow: advertising the opening, setting an application deadline, and conducting interviews. The vice president said state law provides a 65-day time limit for completing the procedure and gave a target date of the Sept. 18 board meeting to appoint and confirm a new member representing the Beach/Beechwood seat.
The board also confirmed that it had provided public notice of the meeting consistent with the Open Public Meetings Act: the vice president said the meeting notice was posted on the Toms River website on 07/25/2024 and published in the Asbury Park Press on 07/27/2024, which the board said satisfied the statutory 48-hour notice requirement.
Following the resignation announcement, a member (Kidney) moved and Howe seconded a motion to move to a closed executive session to discuss personnel and other matters permitted under the Open Public Meetings Act. The clerk read a resolution placing the closed session at the district's Administrative Building, Conference Room A, 1144 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, New Jersey. The chair called for the voice vote and members responded "Aye."
After the executive session, a motion to return to regular session was made by Lamb and seconded by Plaza. A motion to adjourn was then made and seconded by Plaza; the chair called for the vote and members again responded "Aye," and the meeting was adjourned.
The transcript identifies the departing board member only as "Mrs. Morrison" and does not provide a first name or additional details about the resignation. The board did not record a roll-call vote tally for the procedural motions in the public transcript beyond voice agreement, and the transcript does not include the content of the executive session, which was convened for personnel matters.
