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Board approves personnel changes, financial reports, curricula and field trips at Oct. 15 meeting
Summary
The Long Beach Island Board of Education approved personnel leaves and substitutes, stipend positions, financial reports and bills lists, curricula re-adoption for K–6, field trips and the HIB report; most motions passed by unanimous or near-unanimous roll call votes.
At its Oct. 15 meeting the Long Beach Island Board of Education approved a slate of routine but substantive items including personnel actions, financial reports, curriculum readoption and student activities.
Personnel: The board approved a leave of absence for employee #4289 (Sept. 17, 2024–Feb. 5, 2025) with paid leave and unpaid FMLA; it also approved the employment of multiple substitutes pending paperwork and orientation. The board approved a range of stipend/XCOMP positions for after-school academy teachers, choral and instrumental instructors, curriculum writers and yearbook coordinators. The personnel package carried by roll call (Ayes 7).
Finance and contracts: The board accepted Secretary and Treasurer reports for August and September 2024, approved transfer reports, and approved the September bills list ($241,325.23) and October bills list ($279,618.86). The School Business Administrator certified there were no budgetary line-item overexpenditures for the months in question. Financial motions carried as recorded in the minutes.
Curriculum and programs: The board readopted district curricula aligned to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards for K–6 across ELA, math, science, social studies, arts, technology and other areas for 2024–25. The board approved the Nursing Services Plan, Lead Testing Statement of Assurance, the Annual Maintenance Worksheet (M-1) and Comprehensive Maintenance Plan, and acknowledged completion of required bus evacuation drills.
Field trips and events: The board approved multiple field trips (PreK–6) and staff travel, with some trip costs and dates listed as TBD in the minutes. Donations acknowledged included BioRidge Pharma EpiPens through an EpiPens-for-Schools program and refreshments from PBA 373 for the Family Fun Run.
Student safety and discipline: The Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) report was accepted; the minutes note one alleged incident that was not confirmed as HIB.
Votes at a glance: Minutes approval (Aug. 20, 2024) carried with five ayes, one nay (Mr. Schragger) and one abstention (Mrs. Raber); most personnel and finance motions passed unanimously or by recorded majority as shown in the minutes. Several motions recorded roll-call tallies; the minutes are the authoritative record for vote counts.
