Hainesport board approves counselor hire, curriculum updates and $69,316.74 out-of-district placement

The Hainesport Township Board of Education on June 26 approved multiple personnel and student-services items, including the hires of classroom aides, substitutes and a full-time school counselor, and adopted revisions to elementary science curricula.

As part of Student Services business, the board approved an out-of-district placement (student H-0198) at NewGrange School for the 2018–19 school year at a tuition rate of $69,316.74. The Student Services committee also recommended and the board approved revisions to grade 4 and grade 5 science curricula and a renewal with Insight Workforce Solutions for 2018–19.

The board approved the hire of Nicole Zerbo as a full‑time school counselor (1.0 FTE), with compensation noted in the minutes as subject to negotiation and contingent on background clearance and appropriate certification. The Human Resources committee presented many routine personnel items that were approved or ratified, including volunteer lists, substitute custodians and aides, substitute nurses, summer or orientation hours for staff and a long list of extracurricular assignments and stipends for 2018–19.

Superintendent Joseph R. Corn thanked staff for their work over the school year. During general public comment, residents raised scheduling concerns (one commenter asked that SSAT testing not conflict with school events) and PTO representatives thanked staff and volunteers for support at recent events. The minutes record motions as carried; detailed vote tallies for individual items are not broken out in the minutes.