Hackettstown board approves five-year contract for Superintendent Dr. Debra Grigoletti

The Hackettstown Board of Education on June 10 approved a five-year employment contract for Superintendent Dr. Debra Grigoletti effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031. The contract was approved as part of an omnibus motion to carry multiple business, personnel and policy items.

The contract was included in the personnel section of the meeting agenda and was advanced under a motion by Dr. Soobryan and seconded by Mr. Moore. The minutes record that the omnibus motion carried in a roll-call vote; several board members recorded abstentions on unrelated finance and personnel items but the superintendent contract is recorded as approved.

Board President Amy Cochran opened the meeting and Business Administrator James Schlessinger read required public‑meeting notices before the board proceeded to committee reports and the omnibus vote that included the contract approval. The approval comes ahead of Dr. Grigoletti’s new contract start date of July 1, 2026.

The meeting record does not include the contract’s salary or specific performance terms in the minutes; those details were attached by reference in the meeting materials. The board’s action was recorded alongside other routine approvals including personnel appointments and transfers, and the board authorized the School Business Administrator to make year‑end transfers consistent with state statute.

The board did not take further public comment specifically on the superintendent’s contract during the meeting. The next procedural step noted in the minutes is the administrative implementation of the approved contract and related personnel assignments.