The district's director for early childhood and ESL said fewer than 10 multilingual learners took the alternate ACCESS assessment, so results were withheld to preserve confidentiality; staff described individual score reports and training plans to support English learners.
The Voorhees Township School District reported districtwide gains — including lower chronic absenteeism and meeting overall ELA and math benchmarks — while officials said several subgroups (special education, multilingual learners and some racial subgroups) still lag and will receive targeted interventions.
Supervisor Susan Donnelly presented biannual student safety data (09/01/2025–12/31/2025), reporting small changes in HIB-confirmed incidents and noting that alleged incidents not confirmed for HIB are excluded from totals; the district reported no weapons or substance-abuse incidents in this period.
The Voorhees Township board unanimously approved committee recommendations on policy, curriculum, personnel, finance, transportation and building & grounds; minutes from Jan. 26 were approved with seven yeses and one abstention.
The board approved first‑ and second‑read policies recommended by the policy committee, approved routine personnel items, and heard public questions about a revised nepotism policy and criteria for a superintendent search.
Public commenters asked how proposed rezoning will affect ET Hamilton and Osage enrollment and whether class size caps exist; board detailed recent facilities work and acknowledged the retirement of longtime buildings & grounds employee Clark Mathis.
The Voorhees Township School District board received a clean audit for the 2024–25 year and heard that enrollment rose by 281 students year‑over‑year, with 227 of those attributed to preschool, the superintendent and business office said.
At its Aug. 4, 2025 reorganization meeting the Voorhees Township Board of Education elected Monica Watson president and Julie Kedover vice president, unanimously approved appointments to county and state school boards, and set its next meeting for Jan. 26, 2026. No public comments were offered.
Julianne Bertie, who is not seeking reelection, used her final board meeting remarks to allege bullying, threats and suppression of dissent; other board members defended the board's conduct and said her public criticisms hinder collaboration.
The Voorhees Township Board approved multiple committee-recommended items in a series of unanimous votes, and the finance committee postponed a solar feasibility project to 2026 while approving a drainage change order for the new early childhood center.