Palisades Park board approves consent agenda; accepts $80,000 tutoring grant and passes personnel items

The Palisades Park School District Board of Education voted on March 18 to approve finance consent items 1–15 and seven personnel consent items, while deferring two finance items tied to an emergency roof repair and a capital transfer until administrators can supply exact costs.

The finance list included approval of the March bill list, payroll items, activity accounts, agreements for coordinated transportation and student services, and acceptance of a competitive high-impact tutoring grant with a maximum award of $80,000 to support a summer learning academy. Administration said the grant funds will support a late-June half-day program and that pre-K students are not included in that particular summer program.

Voting: the meeting record shows a roll-call vote approving items 1–15; members recorded on the roll call with affirmative votes in the transcript included Mr. Sio, Mr. Raper, Mr. Justin, Mr. Jun, Miss Boy, Mr. Young and Mr. Eric. The personnel agenda (seven items) including appointments, leaves and a middle-school baseball coach hire was also approved by roll call.

Roof repair deferred: administrators said an emergency roof leak at the ECC required immediate attention but the exact dollar amount was not yet available; the board removed the roof-repair resolution from tonight’s approvals and will revisit it once exact bids and cost estimates (anticipated in the low hundreds of thousands) are provided.

Other items noted in the consent agenda were agreements for special-education transportation, an alcohol-and-drug testing services contract, secretary and treasurer reports, and out-of-district contract approvals for the 24–25 school year.

Next steps: administrators will return when they have the exact cost for the ECC roof repair and the proposed capital-reserve transfer; awarded grants and contracts will be posted with the district’s records.