East Windsor board approves routine agenda, seeks clarification on home-instruction vendor Eduseer

The East Windsor Regional School District Board of Education approved a package of routine agenda items on Feb. 23, including staffing updates, the district HIV report dated Feb. 9, overnight student trips for Hightstown High School (FCCLA and Ecology Club), surplus library book disposal/donation, approval of new field and trip sites, travel reimbursements, an RFP for personnel payroll accounting systems, minutes and the bill list for Feb. 23, 2026.

The motion to approve the routine items was made by a board member and seconded; the board polled and members indicated assent. The board also considered, but did not hold, a second executive session that had been proposed for personnel, the HIV report and the superintendent's contract renewal, after the chair said the additional executive session was not needed that evening.

A substantive clarification arose during discussion of item C, a recurring purchase order related to home-instruction educational services. Tabitha, a board member, asked, "What is this actually?" Superintendent Mark replied that the vendor Eduseer provides a curriculum platform and asynchronous support used in some secondary-level home-instruction situations. "This is a company that we partner with to provide home instruction...at the secondary level, for some circumstances, we partner with this company who provides kind of a parallel curriculum, and platform to provide some asynchronous support to students who are in temporarily on home instruction," he said. The superintendent explained that in-district, in-person home instruction is preferred (a person going to a student's home at the elementary level) and that home instruction eligibility typically arises when a student needs to be out of school for 10 consecutive days due to a medical condition.

The clarification established that the recurring purchase order covers the district's use of the Eduseer platform for certain temporary home-instruction needs rather than regular in-person services. The motion to approve the routine agenda items proceeded after board members asked questions and the board completed its roll call poll.

Superintendent Mark also used his report time to note upcoming calendar items and recognitions: he said the curriculum committee meeting will be rescheduled, reminded the board the next meeting is March 9, and congratulated ESL teacher Adrienne McDonald of Walter C. Black School for a statewide "Teachers Who Make a Difference" recognition. He also highlighted recent athletic championships and named monthly student-athlete honorees. The board adjourned that evening after completing routine business.

The board did not announce further actions or votes related to the superintendent contract, and no public comments were offered during either public-comment period.