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Oakland Board packet lists dozens of hires, resignations and transfers ahead of 2025-26 school year
Summary
The August 19 packet from the Oakland Borough Board of Education details multiple personnel actions including certificated hires, leave replacements, paraprofessional appointments, transfers, and resignations with effective dates mostly in September 2025.
The Oakland Borough Board of Education packet for the Aug. 19 meeting lists a broad set of personnel actions affecting certificated and non-certificated staff across district schools, including hires, resignations, transfers and training-level salary changes.
The personnel section — presented as the Board Liaison's item — rescinds certain prior appointments and accepts a slate of resignations. It also shows certificated appointments and leave-replacement assignments effective for the 2025-26 school year, with example entries naming Allison Perkins as a leave-replacement special-education teacher at Valley Middle School and Kaitlyn Pipolo as a special-education teacher at Heights. Several appointments are flagged as pending satisfactory completion of employment obligations.
Non-certificated hires include paraprofessionals and bus aides with hourly rates (commonly $21/hour) and effective service dates, and the packet records transfers and night-custodian assignments scheduled in early August. The document also lists daily substitute personnel by name and role and records bus-aide mandatory NJDOE training stipends ($60) for specified staff.
The Board Secretary's personnel summary includes leaves of absence and training-level adjustments that change salary steps for several teachers effective Sept. 1, 2025; for example, some teachers move to MA+15 or MA+30 levels with corresponding salary increases noted in the packet. One leave entry records Brittany Latka (Special Ed math teacher) on FMLA/NJFLA unpaid leave with benefits from Sept. 1 to Nov. 21, 2025.
Why it matters: these personnel actions set staffing and payroll commitments for the coming school year and show where the district is allocating resources for special education, curriculum coverage and school operations. Several hires are temporary or leave replacements, indicating continued reliance on short-term coverage for vacancies.
Next steps: the packet presents these items for the board's regular meeting consideration on Aug. 19; the packet marks some hires with asterisks to indicate pending paperwork or placement on salary guides.
