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Long Beach Island board accepts audit, approves personnel, bills and routine contracts
Summary
The Long Beach Island Board of Education on Dec. 16 accepted the 2024–25 audit (no recommendations), approved personnel actions and stipend positions, set substitute and KidsCare rates, approved a $283,037.45 bills list, and purchased 50 ETTC professional-development hours for $1,200.
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Long Beach Island Board of Education accepted the 2024–25 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and noted auditors issued no recommendations. The board approved multiple personnel actions for the 2025–26 school year, including stipend positions for an After‑School Academy teacher (Lauren Rothstein) and an After‑School STEM instructor (Laura Daly); it also approved listed employment appointments, substitute staff, a revised substitute pay schedule, and a KidsCare aide rate increase to $18.65 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2026. Motions on these personnel and rate items were moved by Mrs. Hoffacker and seconded by Ms. Hagler and carried on roll-call votes with all present voting aye.
The board also approved the November 2025 financial reports and statement of cash balances, accepted the School Business Administrator certification required by N.J.A.C. 6A:23-2.11, and approved the November transfer report. The December bills list, totaling $283,037.45, was approved. The board authorized travel and training requests for multiple staff members and approved use of facilities for the Borough of Ship Bottom on Dec. 30, 2025 (use-of-facilities item moved by Dr. Oros). The board purchased an additional 50 ETTC professional-development hours from SRI & ETTC at a cost of $1,200, and accepted the Harassment, Intimidation or Bullying (HIB) report as presented in executive session.
The board recorded routine committee reports and announcements, and scheduled its Reorganization Meeting for Jan. 6, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 6:49 p.m.
Details recorded in the minutes include specific personnel names and salary listings for positions approved for 2025–26, substitute pay rates (Aides/Secretaries $17/hr; Custodian $19/hr; Bus Driver $20/hr), and travel approvals for selected staff. Where the minutes did not provide further specification (for example, implementation timelines), the board did not record additional details in the public minutes.
