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Metuchen board approves annual remote-instruction plan and clears routine personnel, finance and curriculum items
Summary
The Metuchen Board of Education approved its annual virtual/remote instruction plan and moved a slate of routine personnel, finance and curriculum items at its July 21 meeting; the personnel package passed with one abstention. The remote plan must be submitted to the county superintendent by July 31.
The Metuchen Board of Education on July 21 voted to approve its annual virtual or remote instruction plan and approved routine personnel, finance and curriculum items.
Superintendent Doctor Caputo told the board the district's remote plan — required for use during closures of more than three consecutive days — covers equitable access to devices and broadband, delivery of meals for eligible students, attendance procedures to mirror in-person days, special-education and multilingual-learner continuity, facilities staffing during closures, and a remote learning model informed by lessons from 2020. "So the first part of the plan is making sure that we have equitable access and opportunity for instruction," Doctor Caputo said during the presentation.
Board members moved and adopted personnel items A1 through A26 in a single consent roll call. The board recorded six yes votes and one abstention (Mister Suss), and the motion carried. Mister Suss later moved items B1 through B12 on the finance docket; that package passed on a unanimous roll call. Curriculum items D1 through D7 were also approved unanimously.
The superintendent said the district must submit a checklist confirming the plan covers the county's required 20 items and supply the board's approval date on that form by July 31. "We'll add to policy number 3 approving that plan," Doctor Caputo said, explaining the procedural step to place the plan on the county superintendent's desk.
Board President Miss Zeliejevich called the votes and announced motions carried. The meeting also approved minutes from the board's June 23 meetings earlier in the agenda.
What happens next: The district will file the checklist and approved resolution with the county superintendent before the July 31 deadline and will implement the remote plan only under the specific emergency conditions described in the plan (district closure for three or more consecutive days due to a declared state or public-health emergency or an appropriate health-agency directive).
