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Plumsted Township board accepts $1 million cybersecurity MOA, shifts Title I funding to schoolwide model
Summary
At the March 12 meeting the Plumsted Township Board of Education approved acceptance of a Cyber Security Grant MOA from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness providing $1,000,000 worth of technology systems and emergency-preparedness resources, and voted to move from district-wide Title I funding to a schoolwide Title I model at Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School.
The Plumsted Township Board of Education voted March 12 to accept a Cyber Security Grant memorandum of agreement from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness that will provide the district with $1,000,000 worth of technology systems, cybersecurity tools and emergency-preparedness resources.
The item, listed as D.5 on the superintendent’s agenda, was approved as part of a slate of motions (Mrs. Raywood moved; Mrs. Kovacs seconded) that carried on roll call. The grant is described in the minutes as equipment and system upgrades provided to the district; the MOA was accepted “as is” by the board and is recorded in the meeting packet. The minutes do not indicate direct cash payments to the district’s operating budget, only the $1,000,000 valuation of technologies and preparedness resources provided through the agreement.
At the same meeting the board approved a change in its federal Title I approach, moving from district-wide Title I funding to a schoolwide model, with the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School designated as the Title I school. The minutes (D.6) record the board’s recommendation and vote to adopt the schoolwide model; implementation details (such as programmatic changes or budget reallocations) are not specified in the minutes and were not included in the recorded motion text.
The board also approved several related district program items and engagements during the same agenda block. These included approval to submit the 2025–2026 District Preschool Budget Planning Workbook required by the New Jersey Department of Education, acceptance of various community and vendor presentations at no cost to the district, and acknowledgment of donations (for example, a $2,000 donation of girls flag football uniforms from the New York Giants to the New Egypt High School girls team).
Why it matters: cybersecurity investments can affect district network resilience, student-data protections and emergency response capacity; switching to a schoolwide Title I model can change eligibility and how federal Title I funds are deployed at the building level. The minutes do not specify timelines, department responsibilities or whether additional board actions will be required to implement the Title I shift.
What’s next: the minutes record that the item passed on roll call during the D. motions; the board did not attach an implementation schedule or effective dates in the public minutes. District stakeholders should expect further administrative details to be provided in follow-up communications or future meetings.
Sources: Plumsted Township Board of Education minutes, March 12, 2025 (meeting packet entries D.5–D.6).
