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Board approves hires and resignations, recesses to discuss personnel and student matters
Summary
The Medford Lakes Board of Education approved multiple personnel actions including new hires, unpaid leaves, and resignations, and then entered a closed executive session to discuss employment and matters involving students. The board later reconvened and adjourned at 7:57 p.m.
The Medford Lakes Board of Education approved several personnel actions at its Dec. 18 meeting and recessed into a closed session to discuss personnel matters involving students.
On a motion by Dana Schultz, seconded by Julia Moore, the board approved new hires including the hiring of Patria De La Rosa as a part-time custodian at $21.10 per hour. The board also approved unpaid-leave requests for Dominic Antonini (Tech Coordinator) for Nov. 27, 2024; Monica Shallow (Nurse) for Feb. 4–6, 2025; and Angela Sanson (PT ICA) for Dec. 2, 2024. The board accepted resignations from Renee Sweet (PT ICA, effective Nov. 22, 2024) and Shelly Craig (Special Education Teacher, effective Dec. 5, 2024).
Votes on personnel items are recorded in the minutes as 4 ayes. The meeting minutes show a roll-call vote with Kim Bezanis, Dana Schultz, Julia Moore and Emily Connerly recorded as voting in the affirmative.
Later in the meeting the board adopted Resolution 2025-05E to enter executive session under the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act. The resolution checked the reason that identifies discussion of employment, appointment, termination, evaluation, promotion or disciplining of specific employees or appointees and explicitly stated that the nature of the discussion involves students. The board recessed to closed session at 7:02 p.m. and returned to open session at 7:57 p.m., after which the meeting was adjourned. The minutes note that the attorney will advise when or whether closed-session details may be disclosed; no further public details about the personnel/student matters were released at the meeting.
The district’s personnel and confidential student matters will remain subject to the board’s executive-session procedures and applicable privacy laws; the public record contains only the actions taken in open session and the stated reason for the closed session.
