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Long Beach Island board reorganizes, elects officers and affirms policies
Summary
At a Jan. 6 organization meeting, the Long Beach Island Board of Education elected Mrs. Southwick president and Ms. Hagler vice president, adopted the 2026 meeting calendar, reaffirmed policies and curricula, and authorized routine administrative delegations; all motions passed by unanimous roll call.
The Long Beach Island Board of Education held its annual organization meeting Jan. 6, 2026, at the Long Beach Island Elementary School gymnasium and completed the customary reorganization business. Business Administrator/Board Secretary Meghan Lee called the meeting to order and administered the Oath of Office to newly elected members Thomas Costello and Brielle Hoffacker.
The board elected Mrs. Southwick as president and Ms. Hagler as vice president for one-year terms. The board also adopted its 2026 Annual Meeting Calendar (public meetings generally at 6:30 p.m.; executive sessions at 6:00 p.m.), designated The Press of Atlantic City as the official newspaper, and readopted district policies and curricula aligned with the New Jersey Student Learning Standards. All organization motions were approved on unanimous roll call votes.
The board approved evaluation models for staff evaluations (the Charlotte Danielson Framework for teachers and the Strong Leader Effectiveness Performance Evaluation System for the principal). It authorized the Business Administrator to approve bids, transfers, payments, construction change orders and staff travel between meetings on an emergency basis (subject to ratification at the next business meeting) and authorized the Superintendent to employ staff to fill vacancies between meetings on an emergency basis, also subject to ratification.
Financial and administrative housekeeping measures included the designation of Ocean First Bank as the district depository for operating, payroll and other accounts; authorization of required signers for the general account (three of five signers listed); and approval of a $250 petty cash account for the board office. The board adopted the Code of Ethics for School Board Members consistent with N.J.S.A. 18A:12-24.1 and will collect signed acknowledgments.
All organizational items were approved by roll call votes with the eight enumerated members recorded as voting "aye." The account above is based on the board meeting minutes; the minutes summarize actions rather than providing verbatim quotes from participants.
