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Springfield board approves multiple hires, resignations and after‑school staffing
Summary
The Springfield Board of Education approved a slate of personnel actions Oct. 27, 2025, including new instructional aide and bus driver hires, several resignations, substitutes and after‑school program staff. Several positions are contingent on criminal history background clearance.
The Springfield Board of Education on Oct. 27 approved a series of personnel actions including new hires, resignations and expanded after‑school staffing.
Among the approvals, the board authorized hiring Jacob Wasiak as an itinerant instructional aide (effective Oct. 28, 2025) at $23.62 per hour and Patricia Gimenez as a bus driver (effective Nov. 3, 2025) at $31.50 per hour, the agenda shows. The appointment for Gimenez is listed as pending criminal history background clearance. The board also accepted resignations including Maria Orellana (Instructional Aide, EVW, effective Nov. 7, 2025 per addenda) and coaching resignations such as Matthew Lynch (MS Boys Basketball Coach, effective Oct. 24, 2025).
The district approved substitute pay schedules for the 2025–2026 school year (NJ certified teachers $135/day; paraprofessionals $20/hr.; nurses $190/day) and multiple after‑school and Title I intervention assignments, with a total not to exceed $45,000 for the after‑school programs account lines noted in the agenda. Vice President Kristy Rubin moved the items and the board approved the slate on a roll call vote with all members present voting "Yes."
