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District reports $202,609.44 food-service profit; board approves consent items and opens public comment
Summary
At its July 16 meeting the Little Ferry Board of Education heard that food service ended the year with a $202,609.44 profit, auditors will begin the 2025–26 audit in mid‑August, Summer Learning Academy is halfway through, and the board approved a block vote of consent items before adjourning.
The Little Ferry Board of Education reviewed financial and program reports and approved consent items during its July 16, 2026, meeting.
Chair (speaker 1) reported the district’s food-service program posted a profit of $202,609.44 for the year. The chair also read meal counts for June: 6,965 breakfasts and 5,646 lunches sold. The chair said auditors for the 2025–26 audit are scheduled to begin in mid‑August; there were no full financial statements included in this meeting’s packet.
In educational programming, a speaker identifying themself as "Del Suso in education" said the Summer Learning Academy is halfway through and is providing supports to help prevent summer learning loss. The speaker noted kindergarten and grade‑2 staff are engaged in summer professional learning with Laura Wood on reading and writing instruction. The superintendent highlighted teacher Tina Mundos for serving as a summer supervisor running the program.
The board reviewed a proposed update to the district’s cell phone policy (referred to in the meeting as the "blue cell phone policy") as a first reading; the board member reporting the item said the changes are primarily language edits and would not alter current operations. Transportation and NJSBA updates were reported as having no changes this month.
Chair called a block vote on a set of consent/agenda items (read aloud as "f 1 to f 3, d o 1 to d o 7, p 1 to p 7, S a 1, c 1, and p o 1"). A motion and second were recorded and the board conducted a roll‑call vote with multiple yes responses reported; the motion carried. The meeting adjourned shortly after the consent actions.
Votes at a glance • Motion to approve June 2026 minutes — motion and second recorded; roll‑call vote recorded with multiple yes votes and one member absent; motion passed. • Block vote on consent and personnel items (items read aloud) — motion and second recorded; roll‑call vote passed.
No formal motions to amend budget lines or to adopt new policies were recorded during this session.
