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Pinelands board denies employee grievance, approves personnel and policy slate

Pinelands Regional School District Board of Education · July 17, 2026
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Summary

The Pinelands Regional School District board voted to deny an employee grievance and approved a series of instructional, personnel, policy and operations items during a regularly scheduled meeting; the board also authorized a forensic-technology audit pending attorney review.

The Pinelands Regional School District Board of Education voted to deny a grievance filed by employee number 5221 and approved multiple consent and action items during its July meeting.

Board Chair opened new business with a motion “to deny the grievance filed by employee number 5221.” The motion was seconded and taken by roll call. Clerk recorded votes: Miss Betty (yes), Miss Grasso (yes), Miss Johnson (no), Miss Patty Martin (yes), Miss McVay (yes), Mr. Vaux (yes), Miss Crystal Martin (yes), and Mr. Hewitt (yes). The motion carried.

Following that vote, the board approved the instructional items (A'K), a broad set of personnel recommendations (A'AA) with several individual 'no' notations and at least one recusal recorded, the single harassment/intimidation/bullying case presented as HIB item A, policy items A'C, operations items A'E, and the board secretary/business administrator report including the bills and claims list. Roll-call votes were taken for each motion and individual exceptions and recusals were noted in the record.

Later in the meeting the board moved to retain the services of "Digital 4 n x" to conduct a forensic audit of specified technical systems, "pending attorney review." That motion passed on a roll-call vote.

The chair closed by noting any items requiring further follow-up would be handled administratively or in future meetings. The board adjourned at the end of the session.