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Wallkill Valley board renews transportation and benefits contracts, approves personnel moves and accepts HIB reports
Summary
The board approved renewals of multiple transportation contracts, health and benefits contracts through Brown and Brown, authorized procurement and advisory services for a lease purchase, approved substitute hires and summer hours, and accepted two HIB reports. Several items carried no substantive public debate and were approved by roll call.
At the April 29, 2025 meeting, the Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board of Education approved a series of finance and personnel actions, including transportation contract renewals, benefits renewals, special education placement tuition, procurement assistance for a vehicle lease purchase and multiple personnel items.
The Finance Committee presented and the board approved renewals of transportation contracts for the 2025–26 school year with Krapf School Bus and D. W. Clark and Sons, Inc. The agenda listed route‑level contract amounts and modest increases for multiple routes (for Krapf, examples included WV‑01 at $46,516.00 and WV‑02 at $62,605.81; for D.W. Clark, examples included WV‑04 at $44,732.53 and WV‑09 at $53,140.06).
The board approved a Child Study Team placement for student #2526001 to attend the Morris‑Union Jointure Commission at an annual tuition of $126,024 (extended year $18,003; regular year $108,021). The board also approved entering into a contract with Garden State Environmental to provide AHERA and Right to Know services, with costs to be determined by services provided.
To assist with financing the district’s acquisition of a school van, the board retained the Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission (HCESC) Lease Purchase Bidding Advisory Service to develop RFB/RFQ specifications and advise on structuring repayment. HCESC will be paid one‑half of 1% of the transaction amount (minimum $1,250; maximum $9,500). The board authorized the Board President and Business Administrator to execute closing documents following counsel review and HCESC recommendation.
The board approved contracts with Brown and Brown Benefits Public Employer’s Trust for dental, prescription drug, health and vision coverage beginning July 1, 2025 (vision coverage noted through June 30, 2027). The agenda included the rate schedules; for example, prescription drug single coverage moved from $303.25 (2024–25) to $348.74 (2025–26) on the plan schedule provided in the packet, and several health plan tiers listed increases.
Personnel actions approved included adding Sean Masino and Jessica Smalley to the substitute teacher list, adding Noel Heiden to the substitute nurse list, and approving additional summer hours for multiple staff members with specified caps and pay rates (many certified staff listed at $51.00/hour; paraprofessional rates listed separately on the agenda). The board accepted the Superintendent’s HIB reports dated Jan. 16, 2025 (incident 242503) and Feb. 21, 2025 (incident 242504).
The board also appointed Andrew Brown to serve as Board Secretary Pro‑Temp to preside over the Closed Session portion of the meeting; the board entered executive session at 7:53 p.m. and returned to open session at 8:21 p.m.
What this means These approvals finalize contracts and personnel changes needed for the district’s operations in 2025–26. The HCESC retention begins a procurement/financing process for a school van; the district will proceed with RFB/RFQ work and counsel review as recommended.
