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Long Hill board hears technology upgrades and grants, approves consent-agenda items
Summary
The board received reports on a revised NJDOE CUSAC score (84.4), planned technology purchases including about 105 MacBook Nios for staff, copier contract savings and a $67,700 local recreation grant; the board approved a package of consent-agenda resolutions unanimously.
The Long Hill Township School District Board received committee and administrative reports and approved a suite of consent-agenda items during its April meeting.
Communications: George Alexis reported that NJDOE revised the district’s CUSAC instruction/program score to 84.4 (up from 79.1 under the prior formula). He said governance, operations and personnel remained at 100% and financial management at 98%, and that the state characterized the instruction/program score as an interim score and indicated the district improvement plan is no longer necessary.
Technology and procurement: Justin, reporting for the technology committee, described a summer rollout of the districtwide 1:1 plan (K–1 iPads in-class, grades 2–4 Chromebook carts, grades 5–8 take-home Chromebooks). The district plans to stagger device replacements to avoid single-cycle spikes and intends to purchase approximately 105 MacBook Nio devices for staff, citing lower per-unit cost and four years of insurance. Justin also said the district will renew its copier contract with its current vendor to capture about a 30% reduction in lease cost and a 25–27% reduction in per-copy rates, and complete a Wi‑Fi 7 access-point upgrade aided by a 40% USAC E‑rate discount.
Grants and finance: Robin, the business administrator/board secretary, reported the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs awarded Long Hill a $67,700 Local Recreation Improvement Grant to install playground equipment at Gillette School and update an athletic backstop; funds are reimbursed on submission of qualifying expenses. He also said the district will not run the planned Summer Institute this year because only six students registered and that an RFP will be issued for on-call maintenance and repair services to comply with a new prevailing-wage law effective March 23. The board was also briefed on a vended-meal contract for an estimated $203,000.
Public comment and questions: Parent Eric Calabrese asked whether copier models were standardized across buildings, whether the district has sufficient tech staff to support 1:1 devices, and whether the district had reviewed litigation related to certain curriculum providers (I‑Ready). Administration responded that copiers come from one vendor and that the district is not subscribing to EdData’s time-and-materials purchasing element.
Votes: The board approved minutes and grouped consent-agenda items including financials, personnel, curriculum and policy items on roll call; each motion passed with unanimous 'yes' votes from the seven members present.
Next steps: The meeting concluded with routine adjournment. Several items discussed (device purchases, contract renewals, prevailing-wage RFP) will appear on upcoming agendas for final contract approvals and implementation details.
