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Long Beach Island Board ratifies three-year agreement with Education Association
Summary
The Long Beach Island Board of Education on Nov. 18 ratified a Memorandum of Agreement with the Long Beach Island Education Association covering July 1, 2025–June 30, 2028, adopting associated salary guides; the motion passed with one dissenting vote from board member Mr. Schragger.
The Long Beach Island Board of Education ratified a Memorandum of Agreement with the Long Beach Island Education Association at its Nov. 18, 2025 meeting, approving the contract period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028.
The resolution, presented under unfinished/new business, adopted the salary guides incorporated into the Memorandum of Agreement. The motion carried on a roll-call vote with seven members recorded as voting in favor and one no vote from board member Mr. Schragger.
Board President Mrs. Southwick presided over the meeting; Superintendent Dr. Peter Kopack and Business Administrator/Board Secretary Meghan Lee were listed as present. The board’s minutes note the Memorandum of Agreement was signed in connection with ongoing negotiations reported earlier in the meeting.
The ratification formalizes the district’s compensation appendices for the three-year term. The board did not include direct verbatim statements in the public minutes about the contract’s financial line items; the minutes state salary guides were approved but do not specify amounts in the public portion of the document.
Next steps recorded in the meeting minutes: the ratified Memorandum of Agreement and its salary guides will be part of the district records for the referenced contract period. Any closed-session materials referenced in the meeting will be released when the reasons for nondisclosure no longer exist, per the board’s minutes.
