Hainesport Board ratifies finance and facilities items, approves social work contract and NJQSAC equivalency filing

At its Dec. 10 meeting the Hainesport Township Board of Education approved routine finance and facilities items and took two notable actions: it ratified a contract for PEA social work services and authorized submission of an equivalency application related to recently announced NJQSAC modifications.

The Finance/Facilities/Technology Committee, chaired by Larry Brandolph, presented the payment-of-bills report for November, the EFT activity report, the student activity account report and the cafeteria report; the board approved these reports by roll call. Use-of-facilities approvals included Rancocas Valley Soccer Club gym practice and a Parent Cybersecurity Presentation. Field trips approved included a 4th-grade band trip to the Kimmel Center (cost per student noted) and a kindergarten trip to Adventure Aquarium (total cost listed in the minutes as $1,400.00). Drill reports (fire drill on 11/6/24 and a bomb-threat/shelter-in-place drill on 11/21/24) were also recorded.

The board approved a contract with Gail Santamaria to provide PEA social work services. The minutes list this as an action item and record the motion as carried by roll call.

Board members also approved Resolution 2024-25 #16 authorizing Superintendent Joseph R. Corn to submit an equivalency application to the Burlington County Office of Education in response to changes in NJQSAC (New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum). The minutes record the resolution number and the board’s approval; the text of the application or its specific requested equivalencies are not provided in the meeting minutes.

The meeting record does not include a detailed vote tally for these items; each motion is listed as carried in the roll-call tables in the minutes. The business administrator present was Christopher C. DeSanto.