The Califon Board of Education approved its consent agenda at the Nov. 20, 2024 regular meeting, enacting a package of finance, facilities, transportation, personnel and policy items.
On a unanimous roll call vote the board accepted the bill list dated Nov. 20, 2024 in the amount of $375,987.93 and accepted the Treasurer’s and Board Secretary report for September 2024, noting that sufficient funds are available and that no major account had been over‑expended in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:23A:16.20. The board also approved budget transfers for September 2024.
The board approved a contract with Cold Spring Lawn and Landscape, LLC to provide salting and snow‑plowing services for the 2024–2025 school year and adopted the 2025–2026 budget calendar. The meeting record shows mandated drills were documented: a security drill on Oct. 24, 2024; a fire drill on Nov. 11, 2024; and a security drill on Nov. 13, 2024.
Under transportation items, the board approved a revised 2024–25 joint transportation agreement with the Lebanon Township School Board of Education to transport school‑choice students who live in Califon for an annual fee of $8,000.
The consent agenda also included instructional and personnel approvals. The board accepted the October 2024 health report, approved multiple field trips (8th Grade orientation to Voorhees High School; Grades 6–8 to YMCA Camp Bernie; and a chorus trip to Voorhees High School) and approved graduate course tuition reimbursement for staff member Alison DeMarco for two Wilson Reading System courses at $375 each.
The board approved a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Washington Township Police Department for the 2024–25 school year; the MOU allows police access to school video surveillance for the school year. The transcript lists the attendance policy P 5200 (Attendance) as part of policy readings on the agenda.
All items described above were part of the single consent agenda motion moved and seconded by board members and approved by unanimous roll call vote. The meeting adjourned at 7:13 p.m.