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Palmyra Board accepts $50,000 AP/IB grant, authorizes police livestream access and approves personnel, contracts
Summary
At its Oct. 8 meeting the Palmyra Board of Education accepted a $50,000 AP/IB course expansion grant, approved memoranda with the Palmyra Police for 2025–26 (including access to district livestream video), ratified contracts and multiple personnel actions, and approved several out-of-district placements and homebound services.
The Palmyra Board of Education on Oct. 8 approved a slate of routine and programmatic actions, including acceptance of a $50,000 Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate Course Expansion Competitive Grant, authorization of memoranda with the Palmyra Police Department that include access to livestream video, several one-year professional service contracts and multiple personnel appointments and retirements.
The board certified compliance with New Jersey administrative finance rules as of Aug. 31, 2025 and voted to accept the $50,000 AP/IB grant intended to support course expansion. The board also authorized a Memorandum of Agreement with the Palmyra Police Department for the 2025–2026 school year and a separate Memorandum of Understanding granting the police department access to district livestream video during the same school year; the minutes record the approvals but do not provide further operational detail or conditions for access.
As part of business and operational approvals the board authorized one-year professional service contracts (contract period listed as beginning Oct. 9, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026), including an instructional math coach contract for Eric Milou not to exceed $22,050.00. The board accepted a donation of 15 cans of paint, approximate value $900.00, from Sherwin-Williams of Cinnaminson.
The board approved several homebound instruction arrangements and multiple out-of-district placements for students with special-education needs. Notable published tuition and service amounts included a placement with tuition of $71,933.40 (Brookfield Elementary; Sept. 2025–June 2026) and a McKinney-Vento placement for Student #2200580787 to Cinnaminson High School at $18,465.00. The minutes list additional out-of-district and 1:1 assistant costs for the 2025–2026 year.
Personnel actions approved included a stipend for Mia DeCrescenzo for teaching more than four subjects (amount $2,683.19, pro-rated for one half of the year), appointment of Lori Ricci to a preschool teacher position (pending background check) at an annual BA Step 1 salary of $61,042.00 pro-rated to the Oct. 6, 2025 start date, appointment of Amanda Rutkowski as HIB Specialist for PHS/PMS, acceptance of an intent to retire from Nayda Rivera (Payroll & Benefits) effective Dec. 31, 2025, and a slate of substitute and advisor appointments. The minutes show the roll-call motion to approve the listed agenda items was moved by Mr. Dickinson and seconded by Ms. Celley; the vote recorded nine ayes, zero nays and one abstention (Mr. Dickinson abstained on item 13.03a as noted in the minutes).
The board adjourned at 8:12 p.m. following unanimous approval of the motion to adjourn.
What the minutes do not specify: the minutes record acceptance of memoranda with the Palmyra Police for livestream access but do not include operational procedures, privacy protections, retention policies, or who may request or review video; those details were not included in the posted minutes and are listed as not specified.
The board’s action list included numerous routine approvals across policy, curriculum, athletics schedules, fundraisers and field trips; the minutes present the full lists and financial line items where applicable.
