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Board approves cafeteria/playground pay increase, transportation consultant and conditional stipend
Summary
The board approved a $25-per-hour rate for cafeteria and playground substitutes and aides, hired Doris McCarron as a transportation consultant (not to exceed $5,000) and approved a $35-per-hour heavy-equipment stipend for facilities staff contingent on insurance confirmation.
The Little Egg Harbor Township Board of Education approved several personnel and transportation items during routine motions at the July 21 meeting.
On compensation, the board approved a $25-per-hour rate for cafeteria and playground substitutes and aides; board members noted substitute pay differentials and discussed which positions and summer ESY assignments were covered.
On transportation, the board approved hiring Doris McCarron as a transportation consultant for services not to exceed $5,000 per year, with the contract beginning July 22, 2026, and running through June 30, 2027. Business Administrator Carl Murphy described plans to bring more transportation functions in-house and to transition to an in-house fuel arrangement over time, telling a public commenter, "Currently, we're purchasing fuel fleet account at Wawa, and we're in the process of engineering reports and started the process to have our own tanks on-site for both diesel and regular fuel."
The board also considered a $35-per-hour stipend for facility staff who operate heavy equipment. That motion was temporarily withdrawn, reworded to make it contingent on confirmation from the district's insurance carrier about coverage for such work, and then approved with the contingency.
All motions were recorded as carried in the transcript. The stipend approval includes a requirement that the board receive insurance confirmation before stipends take effect.
