Resident alleges Title I/basic-skills students missed services; board refers matter to county superintendent

At the open public-comment period, Antonio Segoli (speaker 2) accused the district of failing to notify parents that some students in grades 2–4 did not receive Title I/basic-skills instruction after a teacher was reassigned in 2023. Segoli pressed the board for a yes-or-no answer about notification and asked why the district did not rehire a BSI teacher after he says an assistant superintendent reported $80,000 was returned to local funds.

“I can assume the answer to the question I posed is no. You did not notify the parents of this class,” Segoli said. He asked why the role had not been posted and why staff had not documented increased small-group instruction he said would substitute for BSI services.

Board officials and an agency representative described the district response and next steps. An agency official (speaker 8) said the matter was referred to his office and then to the county superintendent and the New Jersey Department of Education for independent review. “We referred this whole issue, and the correspondence and so forth up to the county superintendent,” the official said, adding the district had made responses and witnesses available for review.

At the meeting the board noted it had provided responses to the questions and offered to make administrators available to clarify details. No disciplinary or personnel action was announced at the meeting; the board moved the matter to the county level for review and said any findings would be reported when appropriate.