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Lebanon Borough Board approves budgets, reserves, policies, evaluations and personnel changes
Summary
The board accepted audit results and placed $130,828 into reserves, approved payment of $177,508.17 in bills, accepted IDEA grant allocations, adopted the Kim Marshall evaluation model and approved several personnel actions and curricula for 2025/26.
At its July 29, 2025 meeting the Lebanon Borough Board of Education approved a bundle of financial, policy and personnel actions.
Audit work was reported as complete and the board placed $130,828 from unspent 2024/25 funds into reserve accounts. The board also approved Action 26-FFP-01 to pay bills totaling $177,508.17 for the period ending July 29, 2025.
The board approved transfers from the General Fund for the 2024/25 school year: $50,000 to the Tuition Reserve; $60,000 plus $5,172.23 interest to the Maintenance Reserve; and $20,828.55 to the Capital Reserve. It accepted State Aid allocations of Extraordinary Aid ($11,007) and Nonpublic Transportation ($3,736) and federal formula grants for 2025/26 including IDEA Basic ($29,075) and IDEA Preschool ($1,928). The Business Administrator was authorized to submit the IDEA Consolidated Grant application for 2025/26.
On staffing and personnel, the board accepted the resignation of Kelly Baker, art teacher, effective July 7, 2025; approved Chad Hester as a substitute custodian at $25 per hour; and approved Terri Johnson as a .25 art teacher on Step BA 4 at $15,170. The board also accepted the Kim Marshall teacher evaluation model for compliance with EE4NJ and approved a flexibility application/waiver for Achieve NJ requirements related to that model; a suite of evaluation tools for staff was approved.
The board approved first readings of numerous policies, authorized the Affirmative Action Team to support a three‑year Comprehensive Equity Plan (2025–2028) to be submitted to the Executive County Superintendent, and adopted curricula for K‑6 and Pre‑K (The Creative Curriculum). Travel requests and conference attendance for administrators were also approved.
Votes recorded in the minutes include a roll‑call adoption of Action Items 26-FFP-01 through 26-FFP-15 on a 5–0 vote and approval of BA items 26-BA-01 through 26-BA-05 on a 4–0–1 roll call. The meeting adjourned at 9:16 p.m.
