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Denville Township K-8 School District board approves 2026–27 goals, personnel and program measures
Summary
The board approved its 2026–27 board goals, a district remote instructional plan, multiple personnel actions and a suite of finance and operations items in a largely unanimous roll call after hearing the annual HIB student safety report. Public comment produced no speakers and the meeting adjourned at 08:07.
The Denville Township K-8 School District Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a package of governance, personnel, instructional, finance and operations items after receiving the district’s full-year HIB (harassment, intimidation and bullying) report.
Board action included the adoption of the 2026–27 board goals, approval of personnel items covering resignations, retirements, the master staff list, substitute lists, summer staff for ESY/DALA/CST, revised work rules for facilities and transportation positions, and an approved FMLA leave for an employee through February 26, 2027. The personnel package was moved by a board member and seconded; roll call recorded all votes as yes.
The board also approved the district’s 2026–27 remote instructional plan, federal grant applications (ESEA and IDEA for fiscal year 2027), a revised 2026 meeting calendar, an out-of-district placement per an IEP, an agreement for additional physical-therapy services, a listed settlement agreement, and disposal of obsolete equipment as presented on the agenda.
Under operations the board approved transportation procedures for designated exempt drivers and several shared-services agreements with neighboring districts for occasional runs and field trips.
Many items were handled as omnibus approvals with roll calls; the clerk/business administrator read member names during roll call and the record in each instance shows unanimous approval by the members present. The meeting packet listed the specific agenda tabs for each item (personnel lists, master staff list, substitute list, and program rosters).
There were no public commenters during the public-comment windows. The board noted the HIB report had been presented earlier in the meeting and that the report will inform district goals and follow-up work. The meeting adjourned at 08:07.
What passed (selected items in agenda order): - Approval of treasurer and board secretary reports; student enrollment report; 2025–26 full-year HIB report. - Personnel items 1–7: resignations/retirements; master staff list for 2026–27; substitute approvals; ESY/DALA/CST summer staff; revised work rules for the director of maintenance and security and assistant director of transportation dispatcher; approved FMLA leave through 02/26/2027. - Instruction and program: 2026–27 remote instructional plan. - Governance: formal reading and approval of 2026–27 board goals (professional development and strategic planning; district enrollment planning; transparency and stakeholder engagement) and first readings of listed policies. - Finance: Federal grant applications (ESEA, IDEA FY2027), meeting-calendar revision, out-of-district placement per IEP, contract for additional physical-therapy services, settlement agreement and equipment discard. - Operations: transportation procedures and shared-services agreements.
The board will consider the revised 2026–27 district goals on the August agenda for approval and will continue implementation and tracking of the items approved at this meeting.
