The Hazlet Township Public School District board approved the superintendent's consent agenda containing several personnel hires, including elementary teachers, a speech language specialist and a purchasing accounts payable secretary.
Hazlet Township Public School District recognized student achievements across performing arts and athletics, announced a student trip to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and noted community art contest winners and staff-award recipients.
Hazlet Township Public School District reported the district has received a pre-approval letter for tax incentive aid but was instructed not to spend funds until the state issues a final approval tied to the Appropriations Act.
The Hazlet Township Board of Education approved the superintendent's consent agenda, including a new hire at MA Step 13, a monthly paymaster stipend, and a corrected transportation total, during a regularly scheduled meeting.
Two public commenters addressed the Hazlet Township Board of Education: a parent urged action after frequent staff turnover in special education, and a resident praised the district's arts and urged continued support for extracurricular programs.
Students and staff presented the first-year horticulture class, showing microgreens, soil blocks and a 100‑gallon aquaponics unit; the high school also received a $70,000 New Jersey Department of Education climate‑resiliency grant to remove invasive phragmites at Natco Lake and establish native plantings.
Two parents told the board that the district’s proposed classroom accommodations and staffing plans may be insufficient to keep medically fragile and special-needs preschoolers safe and to support appropriate inclusion; they asked the district to consult medical specialists and reconsider in‑class resource (ICR) class sizes.
The Hazlet Township Public School District board approved a budget that relies on a $1.5 million tax levy increase plus reserve withdrawals and grants to reduce a multi‑million dollar deficit; the vote followed a detailed district presentation and multiple public questions about reserves, a bus-analysis error and program sustainability.
The Hazlet Township Public School District board voted to adopt the 02/2526 budget after administrators presented restored programs funded partly from state-authorized tax capacity; public commenters pressed the district for details about a consultants busing analysis that originally overstated savings.
After interviewing six finalists in public, the Hazlet Township Board of Education reconvened from executive session and appointed Laura Goluski to serve the unexpired term through Dec. 31, 2025; a roll-call vote recorded affirmative votes from present members.