Hainesport board advances tentative 2021–22 budget, approves curricula, hires music teacher and authorizes virtual meeting procedures

The Hainesport Township Board of Education recorded a series of routine but consequential votes during its March 18, 2021 virtual meeting.

The board approved Resolution #19-17 at the start of the meeting, suspending relevant by-laws to permit the meeting to proceed virtually. Later the board ratified Robert Kraft as a signatory for district bank accounts and considered financial reports including the board secretary and treasurer reports, appropriation adjustments and monthly certifications.

On curriculum and student services, the board voted to approve multiple curriculum items covering media/library sciences, computer science and design thinking, world language courses for grades K–8 and college-and-career-readiness curricula across grades; it also approved the district Restart and Recovery Plan (SR-18) as presented by Student Services Committee Chair Kristin Jakubowski.

In personnel business the board amended the agenda to correct compensation language and approved the hiring of Keith Bianchini as a music teacher (MA Step 1, $53,888) for the 2021–22 school year, subject to negotiation and required certification.

The board took a recorded roll call on Resolution #20-11, the tentative proposed budget for 2021–22; the minutes record the roll-call vote (time noted ~7:52 p.m.). The minutes list the action and vote; the tentative budget was advanced as the board’s formal tentative proposal for public review and further processing.

Public comment during the general comment period included a brief expression of thanks from resident Lissa Myers. The meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m.