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Barnegat Township 

School District 

BARNEGAT BOARD OF EDUCATION 

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 

June 10, 2008 

Tuesday, 6:30 PM 

Barnegat High School 

180 Bengal Blvd. 

Barnegat, NJ 08005 

OUR MISSION: The Barnegat Schools, in partnership with our community, nurture and 

educate our children in accordance with all core curriculum content 

standards to prepare them for responsible citizenship and success in life. 

DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS 

1. BARNEGAT HIGH SCHOOL NAMES BLOUSTEIN SCHOLARS 

Barnegat High School has named nine students as Edward J. Bloustein 

Distinguished Scholars. The following students attained this prestigious 

honor by earning an SAT score of 12602 or above and being in the top 10 

percent of their graduating class. We congratulate Cody Basore, 

Christopher Cadenelli, Jonathan Crespy, Matthew Falk, Jacqueline 

Ferrara, Stephanie Municchi, Jennifer Nelson, Stephen Pagkalinawan and 

Lindsey Ray for earning this achievement. 

2. STUDENT NAMED SAFETY PATROLER OF THE YEAR 

Anyssa Perez-Crooks, a fifth-grader at the Lillian M. Dunfee School, has 

been awarded the AAA Mid-Atlantic’s 2008 Outstanding School Safety 

Patroller of the Year Award. Anyssa, who has served in the Dunfee School 

for months, was given this award based on her efforts within the school. 

We congratulate her on this recognition and thank her for her dedication to 

school safety. 

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3. STUDENT WINS WRITING AND ART CONTEST 

Brackman student Brooke Bilker won the Luna Kaufman Writing and Art 

Contest 2008 for the Center of Holocaust studies at Brookdale Community 

College. Brooke’s written piece won among 600 entries in the fifth 

through twelfth grade competition. We congratulate Brooke on this honor. 

4. DISTRICT MATH LEAGUES DOMINATE IN COMPETITION 

Throughout the second half of the school year, the district’s Math league 

teams have taken honors in every level of county competition. We 

congratulate the following teams for their tremendous achievements. The 

fourth- grade team at the Robert L. Horbelt School placed first in their 

division with two top scorers in the county; the sixth grade team at the 

Brackman Middle School placed first in their division with two 

individuals placing in third and fifth places; the ROBMS seventh - grade 

team took third place in the county with one student receiving top honors 

in the individual competition; the ROBMS eighth- grade team took first 

place for the second year in a row with two students placing fourth and 

fifth in the county; and the Barnegat High School team took second place 

in their division, with one student placing first in the county in the 

individual competition. 

5. SEVENTH GRADERS TAKE FIRST PLACE IN ACADEMIC BOWL 

On Wednesday, April 9, the seventh grade Academic Bowl team competed at 

the Goetz Middle School in the 16 th annual Academic Bowl. Out of the 

seventeen competing teams, the Brackman School team battled through three 

rounds and a nail-biting playoff round to take the first place title. We 

congratulate the team on their accomplishment! 

6. DUNFEE STUDENTS WELCOME 92.7 WOBM WITH SONG 

First-graders from the Lillian M. Dunfee School received a visit from DJs 

Shawn and Sue where they performed “You are my Sunshine” for a 

recording. The taped song was then played on 92.7 WOBM during Shawn 

& Sue’s School Tour segment on their morning show. If you’d like to hear 

the performance, you can visit our website in the Headlines and Features 

section. 

7. ROBMS STUDENTS NAMED BY CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH 

Five students from the Brackman School received top honors at Rider 

University for achieving high scores on the SAT. Receiving these honors 

are Nicholas Anderson, Grant Bilker, Walker Davis, Brian Holmes and 

Robert Taglang. Congratulations to all! 


CALL TO ORDER 

8. BARNEGAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EARNED GOLD AWARDS 

FROM THE GIRL SCOUTS 

Barnegat High School Seniors Jennifer Holly, Krystal Houser, Junior Bethany 

Stofko and Kathryn Voishnis a senior at the M.A.T.E.S. Program earned the gold 

award from the Girl Scouts. We congratulate them for earning the gold award 

which is the top award you can receive in Girl Scouts and we commend them for 

all their hard work and wish them much success in their future endeavors. 

Mr. Houser: I would like to call this Barnegat Board of Education meeting to 

order. 

OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT 

ROLL CALL 

Mr. Houser: Roll Call? 

FLAG SALUTE 

The notice of this meeting has been forwarded to the Asbury Park Press and 

placed in the foyer of the Barnegat High School, the Municipal Building and filed 

with the Municipal Clerk, in conjunction with the Open Public Meeting Act 

N.J.S.A. 10:4-10. 

Mr. Adorno Present 

Mr. Davis Present 

Mrs. Mitchell Present 

Mrs. Pilovsky 

Mr. Houser She will be late, she is attending the retirement. 

Mrs. Sarno Present 

Mr. Scully Present 

Mrs. Taylor Present 

Mrs. Becker Present 

Mr. Houser Present 

Also Present: Dr. Thomas C. McMahon, Superintendent 

Brian S. Falkowski, Board Secretary/Asst. Business 

Administrator 

Mr. Ben Montenegro, Attorney 

Mr. Houser: Would everyone please rise for the Flag Salute? 


PRESENTATIONS/AWARDS 

Mr. Houser: We are going to start off with the STAR Awards and Outstanding Student Awards. 

Dr. McMahon? 

Dr. McMahon: Thank you, everybody. Can everybody hear me? Mr. Rivers, can you hear me? 

Excellent. 

Before I start my presentations I would like to say that for all of you who have attended these 

meetings over the years the Barnegat Township School system is very proud of the fact that 

when we hire people here, or people work here or if you are a member of the community like 

Mr. Rivers and the VFW, everybody deeply cares about everybody in the community. I would 

just like you to know that today we had a memorial service for one of our teachers at the 

Brackman School. Is Mr. Nichol here? Marilyn Ferguson, one of our teachers, who I cannot 

speak highly enough about, passed away a number of weeks ago. I think she battled cancer I 

think it was seven or eight years. Outstanding woman, who cared for children beyond belief and 

had the strength of somebody that I would love to emulate. She was an outstanding individual, 

so if we could just take a couple seconds for a moment of silence for Marilyn Ferguson. 

I thank you for that and I know that Marilyn’s soul is with us here today and I think the awards I 

am going to give out tonight exemplifies a lot of how Marilyn felt about the district and our 

children. 

STAR AWARDS AND OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS 

Each and every month any member of the school district can give out an award to a student for 

doing something exemplary for someone in the district and that is what she embodied in 

everything she did. She was a wonderful individual. Those awards are then put into a box and 

each month we pick out a winner who receives a bicycle on behalf of the district. 

The first child that I am going to award tonight is an outstanding student from the Horbelt 

School. This student showed compassion for other people. In March while the Horbelt School 

collected pennies for students from Pennies for Patients Drive to benefit people with leukemia 

and lymphoma, this person donated, and first grade, an outstanding $94.03 to the cause. We 

commend this child on their kindness, is Mr. Kiewe with us? Scott could you come up too and 

help me give this out? We congratulate this student for being an outstanding person, and 

outstanding student and a member of this community, please welcome Tristan Percelli. 

Tristan that is wonderful, congratulations, you are a nice boy. Do you have anything to say to 

the crowd? 

Tristan Percelli: Thank you for letting me have this opportunity to give this money to the 

children and please give a round of applause to Mr. Kiewe for even making that true. 

Dr. McMahon: Wow, excellent, good man. I will let you go down with Mr. Kiewe and pick out 

your bicycle. What a great child. Outstanding. 


Our second award winner is a student at the Collins School. This student demonstrated 

exceptional kindness in the month of April. A girl at the Collins School was using a walker to 

get around the building because of her disability and upon seeing her, this child immediately 

offered to help her carry her lunch as well as accompanying her down the hallways to make sure 

she would not have to walk by herself. I think that is an outstanding show of compassion for 

other people; and I think that is something that everyone should emulate and I would like to give 

this award to Collins School student, Mr. Delaporte could you come up here and help me out, to 

Anthony Russo from the Collins School for the April Star Award winner. Anthony, 

congratulations, nice job. Do you want to say something to the crowd? Anthony does not want 

to say something to the crowd, excellent Anthony, thanks, thanks very much. We have to get a 

picture of Mr. Delaporte. 

Last but not least, our final award winner is a student from the Dunfee School, is Mrs. Makela 

here this evening, Kathy come on up. This student showed tremendous integrity during the 

month of May. During recess this student found a $10.00 bill on the ground on the playground 

and while many others may have tried to pocket the money, this child immediately turned it into 

the office so the person who lost it could get it back. We commend this student for choosing to 

do the right thing always and to think of others. We congratulate him for being the Star Award 

winner for May, please a big round of applause for Joshua Fink. That was very nice of you 

Joshua. Would you like to say something to the crowd? No, thank you very much, please take a 

picture with Kathy, that is wonderful. 

Not only do we have outstanding students at the elementary school level, but they also exist at 

the middle school and high school level. This month I would like to honor students at the 

Brackman School, Mr. Nichol will you join me? This student is an eighth grader at the 

Brackman School; they were nominated for the Harvard teachers for her progress throughout the 

year. This person always put forth the most effort she could and by the word of her teachers, her 

work was exemplary. She is noted for her creativity and focus and it is no wonder this child is 

the winner for March, please give a round of applause for Stefanie Testa. 

The next student at Brackman is also an eighth grader; this student is being honored for his 

diligence in his studies and cooperative attitude toward his teachers. Always focused and 

respectful this child is a shining example of how a student should be and has served as a role 

model for all the students in his grade. We congratulate this student for being our April winner 

Maximo Manqual. 

Our next student from Brackman School continues to do her best throughout the academic year. 

As an eighth grader this child consistently contributed knowledge and inquisitive remarks to her 

classroom discussions. Her teachers describe her as respectful to her teachers and her peers. 

Please a big round of applause for Kerri Jablonski. 

Can I ask Dr. Saxton to come up as well? We also have winners for the last three months from 

Barnegat High School. This child is a member of our first graduating class; he is described by 

his teachers and peers as being kind, compassionate and considerate. As a young man who 


exemplifies Bengal pride, this child goes out of his way to make Barnegat High School a better 

place for everyone. Congratulations go out to our Award winner for March, Ryan McLoughlin. 

Brian I still want to see that eighth grade letter that you wrote, that you put in that time box. 

Two other students from the Brackman School for the months of May and June. This child is a 

freshman at Barnegat High School. She is a very responsible young woman; she is dedicated in 

both inside and outside the classroom. She is an impressive student athlete for others to look up 

to in the school while only being here in her first year. She balancing her academic and athletic 

responsibilities extremely well. Please join me in congratulating Jasmine Faldu. 

Last but not least, this sophomore at Barnegat High School is a very responsible and mature 

student. She continually demonstrated dedication, passion and commitment to the school. She 

was always prepared for every lesson in class; she exhibited all of the qualities of that of an 

upper classman while only being a sophomore. We commend this child for her consistently 

positive attitude and congratulate her for being our May award winner, Emily Pernal. 

Thank you. 

SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY VFW 

The Barnegat Board of Education would like to welcome Commander John Rivers from 

Barnegat VFW Post 10092, who will present a special award at this time. 

SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION BY GIRL SCOUTS 

The Barnegat Board of Education would like to welcome Dolores Coulter, member of the Board 

of Directors of the Jersey Shore Council of the Girl Scouts of America. Ms. Coulter will present 

Krystal Houser with their annual scholarship. 

Mr. Houser: The Barnegat Board of Education would like to welcome Dolores Coulter, member 

of the Board of Directors of the Jersey Shore Council of the Girls Scouts of America. Ms. 

Coulter would you please step forward? 

Voice: She is not here. 

Mr. Houser: We just have to skip a couple of presentations we are waiting for some people to 

arrive. 

ROSLYN MARCHESE RECEIVES 2008 ESP AWARD FROM NJEA 

Lillian M. Dunfee School secretary and BEA Vice President Roslyn Marchese was honored as a 

recipient of the NJEA ESP Award for 2008. Mrs. Marchese was one of 20 winners in the state to 

be recognized for their valuable service and commitment to the children they serve. We 

congratulate Mrs. Marchese on this wonderful honor. 


BHS ATHLETES COMMEMORATE NATIONAL SIGNING DAY 

Mr. Houser: Barnegat High School seniors Erik Smithman and Jonathan Rogers participated in 

National Signing Day in March, a feat not often accomplished for high school athletes. The 

Board would like to take this opportunity to congratulate them on their achievements both 

scholastically and athletically and present them with plaques to commemorate that special 

event. Mr. Germano would you please come forward? Is Erik or Jonathan here? 

Dr. McMahon: I am going to get a couple words in from Mr. Germano. I am going to give this 

to you, Jonathan. I would just have to say that the school was only a dream six years ago. Then 

it was constructed and we have had freshman, sophomores, junior and seniors, people question 

whether the community can support itself and do the right thing. Jonathan is a perfect example 

after four years here of somebody who is a Division I athlete by going to Barnegat High School 

which I think is quite an endeavor. Hats off to the coaches and to give a round of applause for 

the Athletic Director, Mr. Germano. Say a couple of words. 

John Germano: I am very proud of Jon and Erik and all of our athletes. As our seniors 

graduate I am also proud to announce that next year we are going to be having our first 

Homecoming event and we want to invite everyone to come out and we want to invite you guys 

back. Thank you. 

SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION BY GIRL SCOUTS 

Mr. Houser: At this time the Board of Education would like to welcome Dolores Coulter, 

member of the Board of Directors of the Jersey Shore Council of the Girls Scouts of America. 

Ms. Coulter would you please step forward? 

Mrs. Dolores Coulter: Is Krystal Houser here, please? As you were told, my name is Dolores 

Coulter and I do serve on the Board of Directors of the Girls Scouts of the Jersey Shore. I am 

also the Chair of the Keifer Stevens Scholarship Fund. I am here tonight to let Krystal know that 

she has been awarded a $1,500 scholarship. It was rigorous to choose, there were over 45 

applicants and, of course, we did not have a lot of money so we used a very tough, rigorous 

guideline to come up, and not knowing the people’s names there were assigned numbers so we 

did not know the girls’ names who had applied. One of the criteria they had to meet was to be a 

gold award winner and I believe you finished yours just about three weeks ago, two weeks ago, 

correct? 

Krystal Houser: I finished it in November, but I just got my award. 

Dolores Coulter: You had your award then, and so I just would like to congratulate you and you 

are one of the best. 

Dr. McMahon: Thank you, Mrs. Coulter, thanks, Krystal, thank you very much. 

MUSICIANS SHINE AT MUSIC IN THE PARKS FESTIVAL 


Mr. Houser: The musicians at the Brackman Middle School and Barnegat High School stole the 

show at the Music in the Parks festival held at Six Flags Great Adventure this month. We 

congratulate all of these fine musicians for the following achievements and invite the Directors 

to please share a few words about the performances. 

Winning for the district are: the Brackman Jazz Ensemble who took first place, Class AA and 

Best Overall; C.J. Pacquing, who won Outstanding Soloist from over 1,100 other participants; 

the Brackman Vocal Ensemble who took first place, Class AA; the Barnegat High School 

concert band who took first place, Class AA; and the BHS Vocal Ensemble who took second 

place, Class AA. We would like to welcome the directors of these music ensembles. We 

congratulate all of these fine musicians for the following achievements, and invite their directors 

to please share a few words about their performances. 

Dr. McMahon: Come on guys. How many people are here from the Music n the Parks awards, 

getting some awards this evening? OK, what to say a couple of words there? We are asking Mr. 

Constantine to say a couple of words. 

Mr. Constantine: I just want to say it is a great and wonderful opportunity and experience to be 

able to take the band to a new level, meaning, going out to festivals and competitions. Actually I 

don’t know if you remember Dr. McMahon, it was Dr. McMahon that implemented and started 

the Music in the Parks program. He supported us going way back to 2002, and the Board of 

Education then all the way through the present Board of Education supports the program and 

supports the kids going out to achieve this kind of recognition making us better musicians and 

being more educated that is what it is all about. And, of course, Steve Nichol and Karen 

McKeon back then supported it and let us keep going, so I can’t thank you all enough and the 

kids have benefited greatly from this experience. Our Jazz Band got best overall and they pulled 

the highest scores I have ever seen in any kind of festival or competition. So we are deeply 

indebted and I just want to express my gratitude to all that allow us to go ahead and pursue our 

goals. Thank you. 

Mr. Orrechio: When I first came into the district three years ago Mr. Constantine and Ms. Bense 

had told me about this Music in the Parks and the wonderful opportunity it afforded our students 

at Barnegat. So I said well, maybe I will try that and I went to the Administration here at the 

high school, Dr. Saxton, and last year was our first year that we participated and we went and 

had a great time. The kids learn a lot but when they see they have something to work for, 

something like an award like this or a day at the park they really kick it up a notch when they 

play. Last year they improved immensely in the year they were with me. This year we again 

went back and the concert band took first place. We had our highest score ever and we fell just 

shy of the top rating, Superior. I could not be more proud of all the students for all the hard 

work they did and again, I want to thank all my principals, even the elementary principals 

because I was actually able to miss a day from them because I teach at all the districts. So thank 

you to all the Principals, Ms. Makela, Mr. Kiewe, Mr. Delaporte and to Dr. Saxton for giving us 

the opportunity to go and to succeed as well as we did. 

Ms. Bense: I have had the opportunity and the pleasure to accompany Mr. Constantine with the 

Jazz Band in Music in the Parks and I also take out my Vocal Ensemble. We love singing for the 

community, we go out all the time to the Rec Center for SOCH Benefit and other various places 


we like to go, but to go for a festival for just them, themselves, is a big thrill for them. It is 

something they really strive to work for. It is a level of achievement that they really want to do 

and I again this year we got first place. So again thank you for giving us the opportunity. 

Dr. McMahon: I am going to give out these awards for participation to first of all Mrs. Bense for 

the Brackman Vocal Ensemble, for Mr. Orrechio for the Barnegat High School Concert Band, 

and, last, but certainly not least for the Brackman Jazz Ensemble, Mr. Frank Constantine. There 

is a special student that won a special award, I don’t know if the person is here this evening for 

Frank to give a couple of words about the child? 

Mr. Constantine: I don’t know if C.J. Pacquing is here tonight. OK, if he is it would be great for 

him to come up here. Real quick, C.J. Pacquing, eighth grader, was chosen over 1,100 students 

at the Festival, he received one of four medals of outstanding solo performance. When I say 

1,100 kids, I don’t mean middle school, it is anywhere from elementary through high school and 

the adjudicators of that day recognized him in that group of 1,100 kids as receiving an award. I 

can’t wait to present C.J. with this in school. Thanks. 

Dr. McMahon: Thank you, Mr. Constantine that is quite an honor and also the Barnegat High 

School Vocal Ensemble, I know that the Director could not be here this evening, I am going to 

give that to Mrs. Bense. I am going to ask Mr. Nichol along with the other people to take these 

wonder trophies and place them in the trophy case of the new entrance of the Barnegat Brackman 

Middle School. Mr. Constantine do you want to take one, you are not going to drop it are you 

Frank? Mr. Orrechio? Alright, we congratulate them for an outstanding job in terms of that. 

Thank you everybody. 

FORMER BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS HONORED FOR SERVICE 

Mr. Houser: The current Board of Education would like to extend their thanks and appreciation 

for the work that former Board members have done during their terms. I am going to ask all the 

current Board Members to please come out in front and stand with me on the stage as we give 

out these awards. 

Board members if you want to say anything as I call somebody’s name out just let me know and 

I will hand you the microphone. First, we have Kimberly Lally. 

Voice: For Kimberly Lally, the Barnegat Board of Education 1999 through 2007. Never a doubt 

that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world, one child at a time. 

Mr. Houser: Can we please have Mr. Ralph Splendorio? Mr. Thomas Kostka? Mr. Kostka was 

on the Board of Education from 2003-2008, congratulations. 

Mr. Richard Dorow? Mr. Dorow was on the Board of Education 2007 through 2008, thank you 

Mr. Dorow. 

Mrs. Sally Germano? Mrs. Sally Germano was on the Board of Education from 2005 through 

2008, thank you very much, Mrs. Germano. 

Mr. Kenneth Thomas? Mr. Kenneth Thomas was on the Board of Education from 2006-2007. 


And the last Board member is Mr. Scott Sarno. Mr. Sarno was on the School Board from 2006 – 

2007 and also 2004 – 2005. 

Congratulations and thank you to all the ex-Board members. 

TEACHER AND STAFF RECOGNITION AWARDS 

Mr. Houser: Dr. Saxton can you please come forward and help us with the teacher and staff 

recognition awards? 

Each year, teachers from each school are selected as winners of the Governor’s Teacher 

Recognition Award. Barnegat Schools has extended these awards to also include non-certified 

and certified support staff. The winners of the Governor’s Teacher Recognition Awards are 

Regina Santolla. 

Dr. McMahon: Regina is a teacher at the Horbelt School and has been here a number of years 

and does an outstanding job with all the children. I join the Board of Education in congratulating 

her, great job Regina, wonderful. 

Mr. Houser: Dayna Angelozzi 

Dr. McMahon: Is Dana here this evening? Dana is one of our outstanding high school teachers. 

If you read recently the Asbury Park Press, they chronicled a day in the life of a Barnegat High 

School student and noted some of the activity in Mrs. Angelozzi’s class and besides that she has 

the difficult job of being the wife of Adam Angelozzi another teacher in our district. 

Congratulations. 

Mr. Houser: Margaret Aftanis, 

Dr. McMahon: I can stand up here for at least one and one-half hours and talk about Maggie. 

Maggie deals with some children at the Collins School who have some severe learning 

disabilities. I have gotten to know a number of the children there by visiting her and it takes a 

kind heart and a special soul to do what she does every day with the care that she does. It is a 

great job and has an outstanding Thanksgiving Day breakfast at her classroom, thank you. My 

waistline appreciates that Ms. Aftanis. 

Mr. Houser: Linda Altizio 

Dr. McMahon: Ms. Altizio, is Linda here this evening? I know that Linda has, oh, yes, 

outstanding. She is another outstanding one of our teachers in the district and does a great job 

with all the kids. They told me you were not here this evening, congratulations, great job. 

Thank you Linda, thank you so much. 

Mr. Houser: Denise Weiner 

Dr. McMahon: Denise is enjoying herself at her retirement dinner this evening and she had a 

choice between coming up here and getting an award or her retirement dinner and Mr. Nichol 

she picked? 


Mr. Nichol: Her retirement dinner 

Dr. McMahon: Her retirement dinner. We are going to actually award her at the July Board of 

Education meeting. 

Mr. Houser: Winning for non-certified support staff are Bev Jakalow. 

Dr. McMahon: There are a number of support professionals in the district who have to work 

with our children on a daily basis and an instructional aide is that type of job. Ms. Jakalow, from 

what everyone has said, does an outstanding job year after year and we congratulate her, thanks 

Bev. 

Mr. Houser: Arthur Walshe 

Dr. McMahon: Is Art Walshe here? Nope, I think he is maintaining the schools. Art is one of 

our outstanding maintenance men and he does a great job each and every year and I know that 

Mr. Shanley wanted to say a couple of words about him. Just a round of applause in abstentia 

for Mr. Walshe. 

Mr. Houser: Diane Welsch 

Dr. McMahon: Is Diane here from the Horbelt School? Diane Welsch? If you want to get 

anything in a school building you know you have to know the secretary. Am I correct? Mrs. 

Welsch is no exception, she does an outstanding job at the Horbelt School since the second year 

it opened and we thank you for all you do Diane. 

Mr. Houser: And certified support staff, Joseph Hagan 

Dr. McMahon: Is Joe here this evening, he is one of our Child Study Team members. Joe deals 

with a lot of disabled children on a daily basis and meets all of their needs. He works in a 

number of our school buildings and I am happy to say that in the one or two years that Joe has 

been with us, he has done a great job. A round of applause for Joe Hagan please. I thank you. 

RETIREES HONORED FOR YEARS OF DEDICATION 

Mr. Houser: The Board of Education would like to thank the thirteen employees who will be 

retiring from their careers here in Barnegat Schools. Those staff members we honor tonight are: 

Linda Bogden 

Dr. McMahon: Is Linda here this evening? OK, go ahead. 

Mr. Houser: Anna Fiorillo 

Dr. McMahon: Anna Fiorillo, Anna come up. 

Mr. Houser: Harold Johns 

Dr. McMahon: Go ahead. 


Mr. Houser: Joseph Durso 

Dr. McMahon: All the years of service I know you have. 

Mr. Houser: Eileen Schubring 

Dr. McMahon: Eileen? 

Mr. Houser: Maureen Ward 

Dr. McMahon: Thank you. 

Mr. Houser: Carol Monahan 

Dr. McMahon: There is Carol, thank you for all your years of service. 

Mr. Houser: Edward Carroll 

Dr. McMahon: Not here 

Mr. Houser: Frances Pierson 

Dr. McMahon: Congratulations 

Mr. Houser: Patricia Gerhardt 


Mr. Houser: Linda Aiello 

Dr. McMahon: Linda also has a retirement dinner from the Brackman School this evening and 

she will be joining the Board in July for her presentation. 

Mr. Houser: Margaret Graham 


Mr. Houser: Patricia Everson 


Mr. Houser: The Board of Education wishes each of you the best and hope you enjoy a long and 

happy retirement. Congratulations. 

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE 


Mr. Houser: The district has initiated participation of students as student representatives at 

Board Meetings to offer insight into district and student community highlights, activities and 

issues. 

Please welcome our guests: 

High School Representative: Caitlin Lundy and Caitlin’s parents: 

Mr. & Mrs. Lundy. 

Mr. Houser: Caitlin would you like to say a few words? 

Caitlin Lundy: Hello everyone, I am Caitlin Lundy and I am the representative of Barnegat High 

School tonight. In eight short days it will be Barnegat High School’s first graduation and right 

now all the students, especially seniors are getting ready for finals. The senior prom is this 

Friday and seniors are anxiously waiting. Tomorrow is the second annual Powder Puff game and 

starts at 5:30 on the varsity football field. As a member of the first graduating class I would like 

thank the Barnegat Board of Education and the community for all their support these four years. 

Thank you. 

SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY VFW 

Mr. Houser: The Barnegat Board of Education would like to welcome Mr. Taylor from Barnegat 

VFW Post 10092, who will present a special award at this time from the VFW. 

. 

Mr. Taylor: Folks, I want to introduce the Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 

10092, John Rivers. I would also like to introduce our own Leslie Ann Thompson if we can find 

her, where she is at, come up here, please. Is she here? 

Voice: Her Mom is here. 

Mr. Taylor: Her mother is here on her behalf, she is tied up, she is caught in traffic. 

Commander Rivers: As Post Commander I would like to thank President Houser and the Board 

Members for this opportunity to present this award for outstanding patriotism in our community 

to Leslie. The plaque reads: The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Barnegat Post 10092 bestows 

upon Leslie Ann Thompson the Medal of Recognition for Outstanding Patriotism. We at the 

Post have come to know and admire her. Her interest and knowledge of American veterans 

does credit to her profession. With such teachers as Leslie we know that the students in her 

classes will go forth with a better understanding of our military both past and present. The 

dedication of such citizens assures us that history and achievement of this great country will be 

passed on and for this we thank Leslie. Thank you and God Bless America. 

Dr. McMahon: Thanks a lot. She might have been a little late, but Leslie ran right up. For all 

the years I have been here and this is going on my eighth, I just would like to tell you that as a 

Barnegat community one of the areas that, and Leslie embodies this and the people who have 


chosen Leslie to work here is the fact that our soldiers or anyone who served in the Armed 

Forces is someone that not only do I think this community and this Board of Education, but 

anyone can really tip their hat to, it is something outstanding. And besides serving in the war, 

we need a connection to those people and I am going to ask Mr. Rivers to stand up, John stand 

up, John has been an outstanding individual working with us through the VFW for years and 

hats off to John, he is a great guy. Thank you. Outstanding job, John, thanks so much. 

EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION 

Mr. Houser: At this time the Board will request a Resolution for Executive Session at this point 

of the meeting of the Barnegat Township Board of Education on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 for the 

purpose of lawsuits, personnel and contracts. 

Mrs. Taylor: So moved 

Mrs. Sarno: Second 

Mr. Falkowski: First by Mrs. Taylor, second by Mrs. Sarno. 

Mr. Houser: Discussion? 

Mr. Falkowski: All in favor? Aye. 

Mr. Houser: Opposed? Motion carries. We will try to be as quick as we possibly can hopefully 

we should be out in approximately 30 minutes. 

WHEREAS, Section 8 of the Open Public Meeting Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 permits 

the exclusion of the public from a meeting in certain circumstances and 

WHEREAS, this public body is of the opinion that such circumstances exist. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education of the 

Township of Barnegat in the County of Ocean and State of New Jersey, as 

follows: 

The public shall be excluded from discussion on the actions upon the hereinafter 

specified subject matter(s) school busing/contracting/pricing of study, posting of 

severance amounts, lawsuits, personnel, contracts and July and August request to 

carry weapons. 

The general nature of the subject matter(s) to be discussed is listed in Executive 

Session, Executive Discussion and Executive Information. 

It is anticipated at this time that the subject matters will be made public, if and 

when, confidentiality is no longer needed. Action may be taken. 


This resolution shall become effective immediately. 

EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION – BOARD GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE 

1. School busing, pricing and contracting out of this study 

2. Lawsuits 

3. Personnel 

4. Personnel - carrying weapons 

5. Contracts 

6. Insurance Services Contract/Negotiations 

CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL 

Mr. Adorno Present 

Mr. Davis Present 

Mrs. Mitchell Present 

Mrs. Pilovsky Present (Arrived at 7:09 p.m.) 

Mrs. Sarno Present 

Mr. Scully Present 

Mrs. Taylor Present 

Mrs. Becker Present 

Mr. Houser Present 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND/OR ADDITIONS 

Mr. Houser: Approval of Agenda and/or Additions, we have a change in Personnel Motion #16, 

#43 is being removed and we also have a change regarding Finance Motion #18. 

Mr. Falkowski: Yes, Number 18 and we will also be adding 18B, 18A and 18B. 

Mr. Houser: Are you going to read that? 

Mr. Falkowski: Do you want to read that now or wait until the end? 

Mr. Houser: Why don’t you read it now? 

Mr. Falkowski: OK, Finance Motion 18A will read: 

Motion to approved BHB as broker of record/insurance services provider for the 2008-2009 

school year at the following rates: 

Property/Liability/Auto 15.% 

Umbrella 15% 

School Board Legal 12% 

Student Accident 0% or gratis 


Medical, Prescription, 

Dental, Vision, Group 

Life Insurance A flat rate of $80,000 

The term of this contract shall commence July 1, 2008 and end on June 30, 2009. 

Motion 18B will read: 

Motion to approve the Van Dyk Group as a broker of record/insurance services provider for the 

2008-2009 school year at the following rates: 

Workman’s Compensation 6% 

Workman’s Compensation 

Supplemental 10% 

The term of this contract shall commence July 1, 2008 and end on June 30, 2009. 

Mr. Houser: All those in favor? Say Aye. 

All: Aye. 

Mr. Houser: All those opposed? Motion carried. 

Mr. Houser: Before we move on to make the motion on public session I would like to comment 

on a couple of issues raised by the public during public session previously. What we said we 

were going to do was to answer some of the questions put out there. If we could not answer 

them at the meeting, we would follow up at the next meeting. 

With regard to the voting of the three districts in the high school, I happen to vote at the high 

school for the primaries and concur that having three districts voting in one location in close 

quarters will result in delays in voting and possible electioneering, especially when we are 

talking about November’s election for President of the United States, a U.S. Senator, a U.S. 

Congressman as well as local elections. I requested that the County Clerk and the Board of 

Elections review this issue and suggested that the three districts be separated to three separate 

schools or if we need to go outside of the schools, whatever is necessary to separate the districts. 

In regard to the budget, the Board of Education has put on the school website the entire up-todate 

budget for the public to review and print out. We know there was some concern in prior 

meetings in public session about the budget not being available. It is available and right now the 

up-to-date budget, and for the 2009-2010 school budget we also have the budget on the school 

website so that you will not have the same issue with the public and you will be able to have 

copies of the budget in the future. You will have the budget before you are voting on it and it 

will be on the website for the coming year. 

In regard to working with the public, the Board is requesting that the Administration put on the 

school website the complete school policy manual. This will take some time to develop, but we 

will be working with the policy company to make this happen. Also, tonight the Board will be 


voting on a Motion that will allow the Administration and the Board to have full access to the 

policy company’s website to review all policies and immediately have access to the current 

Board policies in case an Administrator needed the policy immediately for a school issue. We 

think this is very important and this is really modern technology and it will really improve the 

school system for us. 

In regard to any supposed claimed vendetta in regard to a budget cut of $500,000, the 

Committees for the Board of Education and the Township Committee looked at the issues raised 

by the public. It was a clear case of making a clear fiscal decision on all fourteen items that we 

were cutting that concerned, you, the public. In regard to the supposed possible $3.2 million that 

was thrown out by the people, apparently they are not really concerned with affecting the quality 

of education of the children. That number was raised in regard to the cost of busing in the 

summer camps. That is what the state says is the issues and of course you all know what we did, 

we voted to keep the summer camps by charging a nominal fee. 

In regard to cutting any busing, we as a Board realized that we could not cut bussing without first 

making sure that all the students were safe. This was an issue brought up in shared services 

during the budget by the Township, but again we wanted to make sure the children would be 

safe. So, we have had discussions with the Shared Services Committee, the Board of Education 

and the Township and we will be having a discussion as a Board of Education on having a study 

done on busing. So, any statements made by anyone about cutting the $3 million from budget or 

making any additional budget cuts is only being done for political purposes, they are not for the 

betterment of the children. Any additional cuts would have affected the quality of education of 

our students. We, as a Board, clearly stated that we would not cut anything that would have 

negatively affected the quality of education for students and we stuck to that statement. 

In the next few months we will be setting up a Public Representation Committee to meet with the 

public and get your input on issues regarding the school district and what we can do collectively 

to make our school district the best that it can be. 

In accordance with Board of Education policy, each participant must be recognized by the 

preceding officer and must preface their comments by an announcement of their name, address 

and group affiliation if appropriate. Your anticipated courtesy to the members of the public and 

the Board is appreciated. 

May I have a Motion to open the meeting to public comment? 

Moved by Mrs. Sarno and seconded by Mrs. Becker 

Mr. Falkowski: First by Mrs. Sarno and Second by Mrs. Becker. All in favor, aye. None 

opposed. 

Mr. Houser: Motion carried. 


PUBLIC SESSION 

Mr. Houser: Mr. Laufgas 

Mr. Bernard Laufgas: Mr. Houser, Mrs. Becker, Members of the Board last week… 

Mr. Houser: Mr. Laufgas, can you state your name and address please. 

Mr. Bernard Laufgas: Bernard Laufgas, Schooner Avenue, I am sorry. Last week at the Wawa 

where our group meets, the President was there and he asked me, he said the Board wants to 

discuss with me to settle all litigation. Am I correct? 

Mr. Houser: Well, that would be dealt with through the attorney, but yes, the Board would like 

to settle all litigation. 

Mr. Laufgas: For your information, your attorney cannot have any involvement in any litigation 

with me; his law firm represented me in the 1970s, so he is out of luck. Look for lawyer, 

Number 2. I believe Steve Secare is your conflict lawyer, is that true? 

Mr. Houser: That is correct. 

Mr. Laufgas: Well look for lawyer Number 3, I filed a suit against him, so I don’t know how you 

guys are going to do it, but figure something out. On the suit that I filed against the School 

Board, it was on the public record on the 47 th NJ Statute 47-1A that is filed. The Board did not 

give me public records that I have been asking for since January and they did not fax it to me. 

The Statute says you have to fax it, I think you should advise the public that when they ask for 

public records, this way they don’t have to pay for documents. If you want the case, Atlantic 

City case, the Superintendent of the Great Egg Harbor School District did not want to give the 

Agenda to the lawyer, I mean to the reporter, of the Atlantic City Press, mistake #1. I believe it 

cost them over $50,000 in attorney fees, I think it is 2002. So I think when somebody asks for 

public records you ought to tell them. It is your obligation to tell them and there is no reason to 

charge because when you fax documents, you don’t fax them the documents, you fax them the 

information and you cannot charge for the information. So, here is a bit of information. 

Now on the civil suit that I filed, I have asked for public records which I was denied, Brian did 

not give them to me. He says, "I am waiting for the Board to approve it." Well, the Board 

approved that policy long ago after January 22 and he did not fax it to me. So that is a violation 

of OPRA. The penalty is $1,000, it what the legislature put in there. I asked for the Board to 

change their policy, Policy #0167, specifically the word “relevant”. This is a public meeting, 

what has relevance have to do if somebody comes up here and he speaks, while you might not 

like what they say, you have to listen to him. It has nothing to do with relevance; it has to do 

with the public complaining. Once a month, you guys have a meeting and you have to listen to 

their complaining. What you do with that is another matter. Township Committee has twice a 

month, so twice a month we can nail them and once a month we can nail the Board. And, I 

helped fight for you to get elected and I don’t regret it. I also want that the policy should be 

changed, if you are going to decide to hold the public to five minutes, you should have a large 


clock there. Let the public see, not your Board Secretary keeping a little clock and he decides 

when your five minutes are up. If you are going to let the public speak, let them speak. If you 

are holding to five minutes, let them have the full five minutes, let them see, you should have a 

clock there. 

The flyer that I sent the Board, which I would like to start a 501 3C and the Board, the past 

Board, those invalids I will call them, some of them were left over on this Board, they simply 

ignored me. Well, I will look for excuse to sue, maybe you like it, the easy way, listen to the 

public, you have flyers that you permit to send to the kids. They should have nothing to do with 

politics; you did it in this election, not this Board, except the members up there now except for 

Mrs. Mitchell and for the other one. You should not give kids the drug dealers call them mules, 

you just simply give the teachers to give to the students, that is wrong, don’t do that. If you do it, 

you will find yourself in another lawsuit, and in the 80s I sue the Board for that. 

Now, on Number 2, I will come back with Mr. Cox. 

Mr. Houser: Well, Mr. Laufgas your five minutes is almost up and what I would really suggest 

you do is participate on the Public Representation Committee we are going to be having. We can 

have a discussion about a lot of these items. We do want your input and we will look at policies, 

we will work with, but I would like to see you do this through the Public Representation 

Committee if that is ok with you. 

Mr. Laufgas: No, I am representing myself, not the public. 

Mr. Houser: No, no, but the Committee is going to be called that and it is to deal with a lot of the 

public issues and the suggestions you have, they want your input and you are part of the public 

and we do want your input. 

Mr. Laufgas: When do you guys want to sit down about this lawsuit? Because I am ready to 

type interrogatories, I am sure your lawyer knows all about interrogatories. 

Mr. Montenegro: The Tort Claim Notice that you are referencing… 

Mr. Laufgas: Oh no, not the Tort Claim, the suit that I filed that is under the OPRA. 

Mr. Montenegro: Why don’t I reach out to you and we will sit down sometime later this week or 

next week and we will talk about the issues that you have raised in that lawsuit. Of course, first I 

will look into the issue if there is a conflict or not related to, I am not familiar with the 1970s. I 

will state on the record that I was not a lawyer in the 1970s. 

Mr. Laufgas: We both spent $250,000 on this, don’t worry about this. We are trying to avoid. 

Mr. Houser: OK, and if need be if you would prefer me to be there, I can be there as well. 

Mr. Laufgas: Now the other thing I suggested awhile ago, the School Board should get a huge 

marquis, let the people in this town know that this past week a young lady won actually she won 


the pole vault state championship. She finished second because of a miss. Now who knows 

about this, nobody, huh? 

Voice: I do. 

Mr. Laufgas: OK, but you did not say anything. OK, my next one is, now I spoke to the Board 

for the past two years and I asked to change the name of the Horbelt School. Mrs. Mitchell did 

her song and dance in Jewish and they think you didn’t do nothing. I am asking you, again, you 

should change the name. Horbelt stole from the people, the Prosecutor’s office…. 

Mrs. Mitchell: Mr. Houser, I ask that Mr. Montenegro address this, Mr. Horbelt is not here to 

defend himself. 

Mr. Laufgas: What difference does it make if he is here or not? 

Mr. Houser: What I would suggest, again, Mr. Laufgas is we do this through the Public 

Representation Committee because a lot of these things are suggestions and a lot of the stuff, 

what we need to do is meet with the Committee, make recommendations, the Committee can go 

back and if there is any legal issues we can check them out and get back to you on. It is better if 

we do it through the Committee because the Committee can meet any time in the middle of the 

month or anytime we see fit, so we are better off if we do this through a Committee structure. 

Mr. Laufgas: Let me ask you, what does that have to do with legal, changing the school? What 

does that have to do with legal, the man stole from the people, he had his wife’s vehicles repaired 

by the school, he had over 5,000 gallons of gas pumped into his private car. Prosecutor told the 

Board not to prosecute him because the Chief of Detectives and him went to school together. 

Mr. Houser: OK, there is no sense arguing over the issue, Mr. Laufgas, what we are going to do 

is bring it to the Public Representation Committee, but we need to get a legal review on this 

because you can talk to Tom Monahan previously and he suggested it was a legal issue for this 

Board. I was part of that when he made the statement and that is why the Board could not move 

forward on it. So, I again would suggest through the Committee that we get a legal opinion on 

this before we can move forward on any suggestion like that. 

Mr. Laufgas: Now is the Board going to make copies from your archives about the Prosecutor 

investigation and the School Board Attorney, Mr. Pardes drafting up the charges against him? 

Mr. Houser: That could be all done through the Committee who can submit it to the attorney. 

Mr. Laufgas: But you want to talk about it? 

Mr. Houser: The Committee will, yes. 

Mr. Laufgas: Yes. now the other thing. 


Mr. Houser: You have got to wrap up because we are way, way over; we are like ten minutes 

here. 

Mr. Laufgas: That is why we need a clock up there. The last thing, as far as Mr. Cox, I came 

over here to settle, but I was going to settle with you guys, an apology from him for stealing my 

pizza and $1,000 but that is off the table because I am filing a suit against him and I am going to 

his neighborhood and everyone of his neighbors is going to get a letter. 

Mr. Houser: You can’t be talking about an employee and we need to move on, Mr. Laufgas. 

Mr. Laufgas: OK, well, you have a nice day. 

Mr. Houser: You too. 

Ms. Jackie Ferrara, 62 Water Street: I want to say congratulations to the new Board members 

and for your new positions and everything. I am here to recognize some children in our band 

program, Amy Maloney, Matt Fitzmaurice, Jacquelyn Ferrara and David Ferrara are representing 

Barnegat High School and they are playing in a band that is going overseas to Germany this year. 

Last year, Jackie also went with this band to Italy. Mr. Gagnon nominates two children in his 

class due to his professor from a college and that is how they are going. They are representing 

our school and our country and they also play our patriotic music over in these other countries. 

Also, my daughter was Barnegat High School’s first foreign exchange student and then we had 

Francesco and Yanico come to the school. Well, the organization picked Jackie to her testimony 

for their organization to go global that went to every home that was involved in AFS for her 

experience and they acknowledged Madam Morris in this letter and they acknowledge all three 

exchange students that have come to my home and Barnegat High School. So I just wanted the 

Board to know that our school was acknowledged globally and the experiences they got from 

Jackie when they wrote this letter were very good experiences and how teenagers like Great 

Adventure and things like that. I just wanted the Board to know that Madam Morris in our life, 

she has changed my family’s life by nominating Jackie, Jackie going overseas and then when 

Mr. Gagon nominated Jackie again for music to go overseas, it was a lot easier to let her go, but 

not only my family but I feel this high school was blessed the year that Yanic and Francesco 

entered our school because it affected a lot of children in this school. My family is still in 

contact with them and my children are going to be visiting them while they are over here and if 

anybody comes to the Board or the Principal I am involved with AFS trying to find homes for 

other students. That is it. 

Mr. Houser: Thank you, and if you wouldn’t mind, if you could give us a copy of what you have 

at the Board office, and also any other information you have regarding needing homes for other 

students and things like that. 

Mr. Ferrara: This letter that they used, Jackie’s testimony, is a fund raiser that went out, I did not 

want to read it because I did not want anybody to think I am fund raising for the school, but I just 

wanted Jackie to be acknowledged that her testimony went global and her school is represented 

in that. I will give you copies and I have copies of the children who need homes. 


Dr. McMahon: Dr. Saxton if you could take that I think that would be great to use at the front 

office and stuff, Mr. Cox, thanks a lot. 

Mr. Houser: We have someone way in the back? 

Ms. Kim Hochran, 3 Tulip Court: I noticed that so far the redistricting has not made it to your 

agenda and I am wondering exactly how and when notification will be made to parents and if 

there are any plans to open the new school for a walk through for the children and their parents 

before the first day of school? 

Mr. Houser: Dr. McMahon can you respond to that? 

Dr. McMahon: Well, I know there is a Board Committee dealing with, I think Mrs. Sarno is on 

that Committee? 

Mrs. Sarno: We have met three times so far. We do have a few different plans in place and what 

we are trying to look on is what was going to be the safest way for the kids to get to school and 

also we are trying to look at the whole picture, do you want to disrupt every school for the 

redistricting or do you want to just take one school? The other plan is well, some kids can go out 

their front door and see a school, but they are not being bused to that school, so there are three 

different ways that we are looking at and we are trying to see which way would be the most 

beneficial to the students long-term. 

Ms. Kim Hochran: Do you have a timeline for this decision to be made so that the parents can 

be notified? This is going to affect a lot of people’s lives. 

Mrs. Sarno: I believe we are going to have it done for the July meeting, is that correct Mr. 

Delaporte, we are going to work on that? Yes, July 8 meeting. 

Ms. Kim Hochran: And that will be the final decision at the July meeting? 

Mrs. Sarno: I believe it will be able to come to a conclusion, an agreement by then. 

Ms. Kim Hochran: OK, so you will have different neighborhoods picked out, is that the way you 

plan on notifying parents of this decision? 

Mrs. Sarno: What we have right now is we have maps and we go through with our highlighters 

and we currently have the schools broken up with certain colors and then we say, ok, well, right 

now Horbelt is, these people are going to Horbelt, these people are supposed to be going to 

Ocean Acres, these people are going to Collins. We have it broken down to how many kids were 

in each school. We do have one school that is actually above its capacity so we do need to take a 

lot of kids out of that one school. That is the main school the kids are coming from, but then 

where do we get the rest of the kids from? Do we want to take them from other schools and 

disrupt those, the consistency that those kids have right now? And if we do that then we might 

be filling up the new school, do we want to leave some space in the new school for admissions 


that might come in the future? So there is different things we have to look at so that is what we 

are looking at. We have been going around and around and we really have not come to an 

agreement yet. So, we are still working on that and we are going back to transportation also to 

find out transportation-wise what is going to be the best. 

Ms. Hochran: Is your Committee’s recommendation the final say on this? 

Mr. Houser: No, let me just step in. We were planning on having a meeting, originally in July 

we do not have Board meetings. We have already called for a special meeting for July 8 and one 

of the reasons is because redistricting is very important to the Board so no, that is not the final 

decision, it does have to come back. Any vote in Committee is not legally binding it has to come 

in front of the entire Board. So, working Committees, what usually happens is the Committee, 

working with the administration, comes up with a solution, a recommendation, and therefore 

then the recommendation has to be passed on to the entire Board. 

Ms. Hochran: When does the Board plan on voting on that? 

Mr. Houser: We are hoping to vote July 8. 

Ms. Hochran: Planning on voting July 8, ok, and then parent notifications will be made? 

Mr. Houser: Dr. McMahon, can you answer the question she has asked? You asked the question 

on walk-throughs and to be honest with you notifying the parents is not done by the Board; it is 

done by administration so I will defer that question. 

Mrs. Sarno: We have not done a walk-through ourselves either. 

Ms. Hochran: I would hope the Board is taking into consideration the concerns of the parents 

and the community. There are a lot of parents that work full time and take their kids to sitters to 

get them to school. If they are going to break up, and I realize schools have to be broken up for 

this, it is not going to be easy on anyone, but the sooner the parents get word of what school their 

child is going to be going to, the sooner they can make their child make that adjustment and the 

sooner they can provide the daycare or before or after care that their child is going to need. 

Mrs. Sarno: I completely understand and the majority, we all have children here who are all in 

the schools, so. 

Ms. Hochran: Thank you, so July 8. 

Mr. Houser: How about the walk-through, Dr. McMahon is there any plans to have? 

Dr. McMahon: We have to wait for the final CO from SDA. It is the State’s building now so we 

can’t even do a work-through date until we know until we are actually going to take ownership. 

Mr. Houser: OK. 


Robert Everett, Arlington Avenue, Bayville: Good evening folks, I am the President of Berkeley 

Little League. I have come here tonight to make this statement about an incident. 

Mr. Houser: Sir could I ask you to hold on one minute please, I am going to refer to the Board’s 

attorney. 

Mr. Montenegro: Mr. Everett, we spoke on the phone and I am familiar with the incident you 

are about to comment on. 

Mr. Everett: Yes we did. 

Mr. Montenegro: I just wanted to advise the Board that since our last discussion last week I 

received in the mail from the district a Notice of Tort Claim that was filed on behalf of a student 

from Central Regional related to this incident indicating an intent to sue the Barnegat Township 

School District for compensatory damages in the estimated amount of $500,000. Based on the 

receipt of that Notice of Tort Claim, as we always do, that has been forwarded to the insurance 

carrier for their review and investigation. Because that is an anticipated litigation matter my 

recommendation to the Board is that it be allowed to go to the insurance company to do their 

investigation and do what they do and that there should not be commend regarding the incident 

from the Board while that investigation is present. My further understanding is that police have 

initially investigated the matter and based on that investigation there are no charges that were 

filed or pending and this district cooperated with that investigation and that matter as far as we 

know was resolved. But because of the filed Tort Claim Notice my recommendation is that there 

should be no comment from the Board regarding the incident. Mr. Everett is free to comment on 

the incident, I would only just remind, you are probably not familiar with this Board’s policy but 

it is probably similar to Central’s policy, as it relates to incidents regarding pupils, that 

individuals not be named in public for their own privacy reasons. 

Mr. Everett: Yes, I understand that so and I realize from conversations we had and a 

conversation with your Athletic Director that apparently something that I was not aware of 

happened, but I still feel that I need to make a statement tonight and I will not name names if you 

will. 

With that I do appreciate your giving me the opportunity to speak and I realize you may not like 

what I you have to say here, but I did feel strongly enough about this that I did have to come 

down here tonight along with some other concerned parents to make sure the Board understood 

fully how concerned we were about what happened in this particular incident. I would say this 

incident could have happened in really a lot of schools and that is something that really concerns 

me. You see a lot of this type of stuff that can very easily get out of hand at other sporting 

events and after-school activities and I don’t know why people accept them. I really don’t 

understand that and I feel your Board had an opportunity here to do something about this and to 

be frank with you, I don’t think you have done anything about it. 

What I was talking about was we hosted at our little league complex, a varsity baseball game 

between Central Regional and Barnegat. I would hope that you are all familiar with the incident. 

To summarize it quickly, a Central player was seriously injured by a violent collision with a 


Barnegat player after the final out. The Central player suffered a broken tooth, serious 

concussion and a ruptured spleen. He spent five days in the intensive care unit of a hospital. 

This is from a baseball game, not a car accident, five days in the intensive care unit. We express 

great disappointment in your response to the incident or I should say a lack of response. If only 

because of the seriousness of the injuries it is demanded that your full and immediate attention be 

brought to this incident to try and get to the bottom of it. It was only after four weeks and 

consistent prodding from a lot of our parents, I know you got a lot of phone calls down here, that 

anything started; your Board seemed to give this some attention. That is when I finally started 

getting some phone calls back not from the people that I called, but from the attorney and 

eventually from your Athletic Director. 

I do not understand how you can take no action when a student ended up in the intensive care 

unit for five days. This was a baseball game. Once you had a chance to review the evidence 

which our parents had to collect, I realize maybe it was not super conclusive, but certainly 

enough I think to at least give you pause and try and figure out what happened here considering 

the injuries. When you combine that with questions as to the student’s intent and any reasonable 

person would have questions as far as the student’s intent goes, still nothing. You missed an 

opportunity to do the right thing and perhaps more importantly, at least to our knowledge 

certainly to this date, what are you going to do to make sure this never happens again? And, 

again, I will say not just here it should be in any school, this should have never happened and I 

see no one trying to correct this. I would say the criticisms just have not been lodged here, we 

have lodged it at out own school board. We are very disappointed in the overall response to this. 

Undoubtedly, I guess the attorney already talked about some of this, you are going to talk about 

police investigations and lawsuits. I didn’t file a lawsuit; I am not pushing to have anyone 

arrested or locked up that is not my intention. I think the attorney can relay that to you, we had a 

pretty good conversation on the phone I felt. I think they are very weak arguments; the situation 

could have been properly and prudently addressed very quickly. You can have done it in a 

matter of days, you could have sent the right message to everyone involved and we probably 

would not be here tonight. All I can say is that it is extremely disappointing not just to me but to 

everyone else who has been watching this as well. Thank you. 

Mr. Houser: Thank you. Mr. Checcia? 

Phil Checcia, 12 Windward Drive: I just heard about this, it is a lawsuit against Barnegat for 

having another school play baseball on our property and this child got hurt? 

Mr. Montenegro: No, first of all 

Mr. Checcia: They are filing lawsuits against us, for what? A ruptured spleen, I can’t see how 

you get one at a baseball game unless somebody hits you with a bat so why is this frivolous 

lawsuit even taking place, I wouldn’t even discuss it with this guy. Tell him to talk to the 

lawyers. 

Just this week, there was an article and I don’t know if it was one of the townships in Berkeley, 

their Board of Education, signed a deal with Apple. Now this was a plan that I had years ago 


when I ran one that Splendorio was going to pick up on. You would have had a computer on 

every desk with these kids. They signed with Apple and I think they gave them 248 computers. 

That would give you the books that would have kids with helmets on it, encyclopedias and all the 

necessary properties for these kids to learn. But besides that there is about 248 Apple computers 

involved free of charge. Once you get these on the books and see how that works, Microsoft 

wanted to do the same thing and when Splendorio took that over he was at HP and it all fell 

through because someone said the person who they were going to talk to left. Well as all of us 

know when you work for a major corporation the phone number usually stays with that person or 

the same person rather who is taking that person’s transfer. So if the person in North Jersey went 

over to NY, which she did the phone number would still remain the same for that particular 

department. 

Seven years ago we lost all those computers and again another Board of Education, 

Administration and the faculty is losing out for 248 laptops. It happened in Ocean County and I 

have to go back and make sure it was Ocean, it could have been Ocean or Monmouth but there is 

248 pieces of hardware that you could have put on a desk of 248 more children by buying 

software from Apple, I am sure that is the deal. Same thing with Microsoft, they would have 

given teachers their monitors, everything needed and you would not have had any discrepancies 

in some of the books you had to replace, kids with helmets, USSR still in some of the books and 

what I would like to know also is how many children, I looked in the yearbook for Collins, and 

they just came home today or yesterday or over the weekend. There is about 18-19 children in a 

class, I don’t know if that is the average across all the schools, how many children are going to 

be in an average…what is the student base in each of the classes? If we take children from 

schools and move them, if you take three kids from each of the grades you will have 15 average 

with all the schools functioning in September. Are we bringing this down too low and where are 

they coming from? I know you don’t know where they are coming from yet? 

Mr. Houser: Let me answer your first question first regarding the computer issue. We would ask 

you to take that to the Pubic Representation Committee because we definitely would be 

interested in getting anything we could get as far as a grant or anything to help with computers, 

books, anything. The second thing, I am going to ask Brian or Dr. McMahon, Mr. Falkowski or 

Dr. McMahon to answer the questions regarding the number of children in the classes? 

Dr. McMahon: Basically, the new school opening there is only one regular classroom teacher 

being hired. What’s mostly happening is students are leaving with the teacher going with them. 

The reason is because we don’t have rooms for music, art, occupational therapy, so the class size 

is really not getting lower, the class is moving with the teacher. There is only one fourth grade, 

maybe a first grade, one or two teachers hired. 

Mr. Checcia: So can we say that with the kids moving, 15 children to a classroom? 

Dr. McMahon: Oh no, much higher than that. 

Mr. Checcia: 17? 


Dr. McMahon: The class sizes will stay relatively the same size they are now, depends on the 

grade level. 

Mr. Checcia: So, it will be 19 the way you will figure it out? 

Dr. McMahon: I think we will look at that, I am sure the Committee is looking at that with 

redistricting. 

Mr. Checcia: That is ok how you are going to redistrict, I just wanted to know because that is a 

nice size class 18-20 kids. I don’t want to take it too low, like 10, then there is a social problem 

then. Kids don’t adjust as nice as they do with 15 or 16 kids socially. The least amount of kids 

in the classroom is not as conducive to social life. 

Mrs. Sarno: What we are doing with the redistricting depending on where we move the kids 

from what schools the numbers of kids in the classrooms go up and down. 

Mr. Checcia: OK, just the average classroom will be either the same or a little less, that is all. 

Mr. Sarno: It could be 24, 22 or 20 around there right now. 

Mr. Checcia: That is going to bring our student population to about 3,200 with this move? 

Mr. Falkowski: That is correct 

Mr. Checcia: The following year is there a projection yet? 

Mr. Falkowski: We are receiving about 100 students a year. 

Mr. Checcia: About 100 a year, is that with attrition, graduations and things? 

Mr. Falkowski: That is correct. 

Mr. Checcia: OK, so 100 new students, not necessarily 100 new homes, but 100 new students 

with children coming in. OK. 

Mr. Houser: Mrs. Lally? 

Kim Lally, 42 Bowline Street: I missed the meeting, your last meeting, I was away, but I 

understand that Officer Mitchell was removed from the Hooked on Fishing, Not On Drugs 

program, but I see that you have it on your agenda to replace him. Could somebody tell me why 

he was taken out? 

Mr. Houser: When we talked about the budget failing and we met as a Committee, the Shared 

Services Committee of both the Township and the Board, we went through items that were cost 

effective that we needed to change and this was one of the items we needed to look at because 


asically it is costing the taxpayers almost $20,000 for a program that is 2 hrs and 45 mins. long 

each day for four weeks, so it just did not make sense. 

Ms. Lally: The Hooked on Fishing Program cost $20,000? 

Mrs. Houser: No, the cost of having a DARE Officer work two months in the summer because 

he is working on the Hooked on Fishing is costing taxpayers close to $20,000. So, therefore, the 

Township recommended like other districts that the officers only work ten months and that they 

go out and work in the field and there was also some talk about vandalism going on in Barnegat 

and they felt him, especially being a Detective, that would be much more cost effective to the 

taxpayer and a betterment to the community and safety of Barnegat if the police officer was 

actually out working instead of teaching a class. 

Mrs. Lally: OK, that is the reason. 

Mr. Houser: That is the actual facts, that is actually what happened in the Committee, it was 

actually brought in from the Township Committee, they suggested it and they brought up other 

issues as far as police officers and training and things like that. We listened and to be honest 

with you when it cam e down to making the financial decisions that we needed to make as a 

Board and we will have to make in the future, based on the State recommendations and things, it 

just made fiscal sense to do that, to bring somebody else in to teach the class at $25 an hour 

instead of paying close to $300. 

Ms. Lally: OK, when I walked in here this evening I barely was through the threshold and I was 

handed this piece of paper that I would like to read to you. It says, “It seems unusual for the 

BOE to have been invited at no cost to the Senior Prom, it also seems coincidental that they are 

asking for two cops which is standard from Barnegat to accompany the kids to Carriage House. 

A point of interest is the suggestion from Mike Mitchell. Would anyone want to wager that 

BHS’ first senior program will be the Linda and Mike Mitchell Show? I think we should prevent 

this if we can any suggestions?” Do you have any feelings on something like this? 

Mr. Houser: I have no idea what that is about other than I know as far as the senior prom goes 

all the Board Members were given invitations. I think I am the only one…. 

Ms. Lally: Oh, I have no issue with the Board going to the Prom. 

Mr. Houser: I believe I put my name down but I am not attending, I am just going to go in for 

five minutes say hello to everybody, check it out and leave. 

Ms. Lally: No, no, you are misunderstanding my point. The main part of this piece of paper 

here is really the second portion, “would anyone like to wager being the Linda and Mike 

Mitchell Show and that it should be prevented”. I am sorry, but you should be aware of this 

because it was emailed to you by Mrs. Becker. Officer Mitchell has been with these students for 

fourteen years, fourteen years he has spent with these kids and if there has to be an officer at 

their Prom, who better than the officer that knows them best? No other officer in this town 

knows those children better than Officer Mitchell. No other teacher in this district knows them 


etter than Officer Mitchell. Most have them for one year, he goes through with them for many, 

many years and even after they graduate from the DARE program they still ask for Officer 

Mitchell. They still want to see Officer Mitchell and to think that we should prevent Officer 

Mitchell from going to the Prom, I just would like clarification. I would like to know what 

exactly does that mean. The first time I came up to this podium after I was off this Board I said 

it is time to move forward. Everything that happened before April 15 needs to be forgotten and 

let go and I really meant that because nothing will be done if you are constantly back-stabbing 

one another. It is impossible to move forward but when something like this is sent out, what 

does the Mike and Linda Mitchell Show mean? What does that exactly mean have they become 

Sonny and Cher all of a sudden? 

Mr. Houser: Let me just answer a lot of your questions. First of all, if you are asking whether 

the email was sent to me as Board President or personally whatever the email was I think there 

are some confidentially issues and if you want to go through all my emails…. 

Ms. Lally: This was handed to me here in this building. 

Mr. Houser: Let me just answer, if you are insinuating there are many different emails that I get, 

I am on the computer constantly for my job… 

Ms. Lally: Yes, I know you are very busy. 

Mr. Houser: ….and to be honest with you people send me things and you know what they are 

just filed. So, I have no idea what that was about, I don’t know what the Mike and Linda show 

as all about, we were all invited to the Prom and I said I was the only one that I am aware of that 

even put in. I don’t intend on going, but I have no idea and as far as I know there was a request 

to have Mr. Tatur and Mr. Mitchell go to work there and you know what I don’t think any of the 

Board members had any issue with that whatsoever. So, I have no idea how that was 

circumvented, sent out, whatever the issue was. But to be honest with you… 

Ms. Lally: It was handed out here. 

Mr. Houser: Well, Kim, if I looked at every one of my emails that were negative or anything 

instead of putting them where they belong, because that belongs in the trash and that is exactly 

where I’d put it.. 

Ms. Lally: You are absolutely right it does belong in the trash and if that Detective is not at that 

Prom, it is a sin to punish the kids again by taking Officer Mitchell away from them. 

Mr. Houser: My understanding is the Board concurred with that I did not hear anything about 

any issue with it. 

Ms. Lally: OK, then it is all a nasty rumor, that is it. I wanted to give you the courtesy of 

bringing it to your attention, but you have clarified it is just a nasty rumor and he will be at the 

Prom that is all I care about. 


Mr. Houser: Now, if anybody, Dr. McMahon or anybody up here knows anything different, 

please tell me because my understanding was he would be there. 

Mr. Scully: From police experience the Board does not dictate who the police department sends 

to what jobs go on. If he does not show up that night you have to talk to Chief Drexler because it 

is Chief Drexler’s job and the Union’s position on who works that position. 

Ms. Lally: I understand, absolutely. 

Mr. Scully: But as far as the Board deciding he is not going to work that, that is not our decision, 

it is the police department’s decision. 

Ms. Lally: You are absolutely right, it shouldn’t be. My concern was this, when I am handed 

this piece of paper when I walk in here, first I find out and you explained it, that he was removed 

from Hooked on Fishing and then I see that somebody is being replaced. I can understand if the 

program was being taken away altogether, but you are just replacing him and putting somebody 

else there. 

Mr. Scully: Can I just finish real quick then? Mr. Tatur and Mr. Mitchell would be the perfect 

fit… 

Ms. Lally: Let me finish. 

Mr. Scully: Let me finish, you asked a question, can I finish? 

Ms. Lally: I didn’t ask you anything, I didn’t, I am sorry, I didn’t. 

Mr. Scully: Mr. Houser asked me to explain it to you. 

Ms. Lally: OK, I know that you don’t pick them, I understand that and I agree with that you 

should not pick them, but I want to make sure he is not being disqualified. 

Mr. Scully: If you just heard what I said he is not being disqualified because we do not have the 

right to disqualify him because the Union will make a grievance on that and it is up to the police 

department and who works the job. 

Ms. Lally: How many times have I sat up there and had people accuse us of things that we fully 

know that it was not our decision. So, really, in theory, that is pretty. My issue is as long as he 

is not being disqualified from the Prom and if this email is a hoax and Mrs. Becker did not say 

that we should prevent this and call it the Mike Mitchell Show and that is not true, that is fine, I 

am satisfied. 

Mr. Davis: Mr. Houser, can I comment for a second? 

Mr. Houser: Sure 


Mr. Davis: Mrs. Lally, I know for a fact that Mr. Mitchell was asked to attend the Prom and to 

work it and he turned it down, even though it was overtime, he turned it down. 

Ms. Lally: OK, I just didn’t want to see him get the shaft. 

Mr. Houser: Thank you Dereck, because I was not aware of that I thought he was going to work 

it. 

Mr. Davis: I am aware of the email thing she is talking about too, I know somebody who 

received it. She commented earlier about the salary and what it was costing the district for Mike 

Mitchell to teach the Hooked on Fishing so I am really curious to see those numbers in writing 

why it would cost us so much for that, the $20,000. 

Mr. Houser: OK, we will do that. Anybody else from the public? 

Tom Kostka, 36 Anchor Road: I just listened to Kim talk about this email. Let me just ask Mrs. 

Becker, did you write this email? 

Mrs. Becker: No. 

Mr. Kostka: This email did not come from you? 

Mrs. Becker: It came through my email account, yes, but it was a forward where I removed the 

header from the person it came from and sent it for information. 

Mr. Kostka: Well, thank you for that, see plain and simple it wasn’t from her, thanks. 

Mr. Houser: Anyone else? 

Voice: I just want to make a quick comment if I may, Mr. President. About the Hooked on 

Fishing, you had said it was costing us $20,000, the Township $20,000, but that was not for the 

Hooked on Fishing Program, correct, that was for using him as a DARE officer, him as the 

officer role was costing $20,000. Hooked on Fishing wasn’t costing $20,000, right? 

Mr. Houser: But that is the only role there is in the summer, so it is actually costing us for 

Hooked on Fishing. Do we have a Motion to close Public Comment? 

Mrs. Taylor: So moved 

Mrs. Pilovsky: Second 

Mr. Houser: Any discussion? 

Mr. Falkowski: All in favor, Aye. None opposed. Motion carried. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES 


1. Motion to approve the Executive Session Minutes of the Regular Meeting of May 12, 2008. 

2. Motion to approve the Regular Minutes of the Regular Meeting of May 5, 2008. 

3. Motion to approve the Regular Minutes of the Regular Meeting of May 12, 2008. 

Mr. Houser: May I have a Motion to approve the Minutes 1-3? 

Mrs. Mitchell: So Moved 

Mrs. Taylor: Second 

Mr. Falkowski: First by Mrs. Mitchell, second by Mrs. Taylor 

Mr. Houser: Any discussion? Roll Call? 

Mr. Adorno Yes 

Mr. Davis Yes 

Mrs. Mitchell Yes 

Mrs. Pilovsky Yes on 1 and 3, abstain on 2 

Mr. Scully Yes 

Mrs. Sarno I am sorry, I don’t have my Minutes in front of me but I believe there was 

a part that we were thinking there was some missing information from one 

of the Minutes and I don’t have that information on me. 

Mr. Falkowski I believe it was Executive and that was resolved. 

Mrs. Sarno Ok, then yes 

Mrs. Taylor Yes 

Mrs. Becker Yes 

Mr. Houser Yes 

CORRESPONDENCE 

1. Letter from Mr. & Mrs DiCorcia, expressing how impressed they both were 

with the performances of the Russell O. Brackman Middle School Jazz Band, 

Concert Band and Chorus members. Special credit was given to Mr. Frank 

Constantine and Mrs. Bense for their dedication to the Music Department of 

Barnegat School District. 

XIV. BOARD GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MOTIONS: 

1. Motion to approve the second reading of the following revised policies: 

# Section Title Type 

5460 

5430 

PUPILS 

PUPILS 

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION 

CLASS RANK 

REVISION 

REVISION 


5465 

PUPILS 

EARLY GRADUATION 

REVISION 

Mr. Houser: Can I have a Motion to approve the second reading of Policies No. 5460, 5430 

and 5465? 



Mr. Falkowski: First by Mrs. Mitchell, second by Mrs. Taylor. 



Mr. Davis: Yes 


Mrs. Pilovsky Yes 

Mrs. Sarno Yes 





2. Motion to approve the first reading of the following policies: 

# Section Title Type 

8462 

5512.01 

6422 

8461 

2110 

2000 

5000 

6000 

OPERATIONS 

PUPILS 

FINANCES 

OPERATIONS 

PROGRAM 

PROGRAM 

PUPILS 

FINANCES 

REPORTING POTENTIALLY 

MISSING OR ABUSED 

CHILDREN 

HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION 

AND BULLYING 

BUDGET TRANSFERS 

REPORTING VIOLENCE, 

VANDALISM, ALCOHOL AND 

OTHER DRUG ABUSE 

PHILOSOPHY OF 

EDUCATION/DISTRICT 

MISSION STATEMENT 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 



MANDATED 

MANDATED 

MANDATED 

MANDATED 

MANDATED 

MANDATED 

MANDATED 

MANDATED 


8000 

5514 

1110 

1320 

OPERATIONS 

PUPILS 

ADMINISTRATION 

ADMINISTRATION 


PUPIL USE OF VEHICLES 

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART 

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR/ 

BOARD SECRETARY 

MANDATED 

REVISION 

REVISION 

REVISION 

The policies listed above are first readings and all state mandated policies 

under the referenced sections. The three policy revisions above are revised as 

per board governance recommendations. 

Mr. Houser: Motion to approve the first reading of policies #8462; 5512.01; 6422; 

8461;2110; 2000; 5000; 6000; 8000; 5514; 1110; and 1320 

Mrs. Taylor: So Moved 

Mrs. Sarno: Second 

Mr. Falkowski: First by Mrs. Taylor, seconded by Mrs. Sarno. 



Mr. Davis Yes to the Mandated ones and no to the last three revisions, 5514, 1110 

and 1320 

Mrs. Mitchell Yes, no on 5514, 1110, 1320 







XV. FINANCE COMMITTEE MOTIONS: 

1. MOTION TO APPROVE JUNE BILLS IN THE AMOUNT OF $775,211.06, 

MAY PAYROLL IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,812,744.35 (CAFETERIA BILLS 

IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,972.99 ARE INCLUDED IN THE JUNE BILLS 

AMOUNT). 

2. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MONTHLY REPORT OF THE TREASURER 

(A-149) FOR MARCH 2008. 


3. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MONTHLY REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 

(A-148) FOR APRIL 2008. 

4. MOTION TO APPROVE APPROPRIATION TRANSFERS. 

5. APPROVE THE BOARD SECRETARY’S MONTHLY CERTIFICATION: 

LINE ITEM STATUS FOR APRIL 2008. 

6. APPROVE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION’S MONTHLY CERTIFICATION: 

BUDGETARY MAJOR ACCOUNT/FUND STATUS FOR APRIL 2008. 

7. MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION 

STUDENTS: 

STUDENT SCHOOL DURATION 

AL BHS 5/12/08 until 6/18/08 

WM BHS Extended to 6/18/08 

DM BHS 5/13/08 to 6/18/08 

HP BHS 5/20/08 as needed 

DK ROBMS Extended through summer until work is made-up 

8. MOTION TO APPROVE FOLLOWING OUT-OF-DISTRICT PLACEMENTS: 

NAME PLACEMENT TUITION TRANSPORTATION 

NF 

Brick Township School District 2007- 

2008 SY 

NF Brick Township School District 2008- 

2009 SY 

SF Brick Township School District 2007- 

2008 SY 

$1,313.82 –approx. 27 

days @ $48.66; ESY 

$2,880.00 approx. 6 weeks 

@ $480 = Total $4,193.82 

$1,156.08 ESY Tuition N/A 

$3,108.24 –approx. 27 

days @ $115.12; ESY 

$2,880.00 – approx. 27 

days @ $480.00 = Total 

$5,988.24 

BF Ocean Academy – 2008-2009 SY $48,722.00 ($232.01 per 

diem @ 210 days) 

HI Children’s Center of Monmouth – 2008- 

2009 SY 

JP MOESC Enhancement Tech – 2007- 

2008 SY 

$64,242 (tuition and aide); 

ESY - $12,491.50 (tuition 

and aide) = Total 

$76,733.00 

$3,144.24 prorated for 22 

days @ $142.92 per day 

Barnegat Township Board of Education Minutes - June 10, 2008 35 

N/A 

N/A 

$22,000 (approximately - 

$210 days @ $105 per 

diem) 

Pending 

9. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD SECRETARY FOR THE 2008-2009 

SCHOOL YEAR TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT CORRECTIVE ACTION 

PLANS WHEN NECESSARY AND MAKE OBJECT LEVEL TRANSFERS 

WITHIN THE MINIMUM CHART OF ACCOUNTS AND, WHEN 

NECESSARY, PAY BILLS AND PERFORM LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND 

PRESENT THE SAME AT THE NEXT REGULARY SCHEDULED BOARD 

MEETING. 

N/A

10. MOTION TO ADVERTISE TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR REFUSE REMOVAL 

FOR THE 2008-2009 SY. 

11. MOTION TO ADVERTISE TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR DISTRICT COPIER 

LEASING FOR THE 2008-2009 SY. 

12. MOTION TO PROMOTE SHARED SERVICES BETWEEN BARNEGAT 

TOWNSHIP AND BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT BY 

APPROVING THE BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP RECREATION 

DEPARTMENT’S REQUEST TO USE DISTRICT BUSES FOR THEIR 

SUMMER RECREATION CAMP. 

13. MOTION TIO APPROVE THE 2008-2009 CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH 

CHARTWELLS SCHOOL DINING SERVICES, WHICH WILL GUARANTEE 

A BREAK-EVEN BUDGET; ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF $.0517; 

MANAGEMENT FEE OF $.0517 PER MEAL AND MEAL EQUIVALENTS. 

14. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD SECRETARY TO TRANSFER 

FUND 30 INTEREST PROCEEDS TO FUND 40 AT HIS DISCRETION. 

15. MOTION TO APPROVE DECOTIIS, FITZPATRICK, COLE & WISLER, LLP 

AS BOND COUNCIL ATTORNEY FOR THE 2008-2009 SY AT THE 

FOLLOWING RATES: 

A. For services rendered in connection with preparation of a bond referendum, 

and the compilation and review of the record of proceedings in connection 

therewith and the preparation of the certified copy of the proposal and the 

submission thereof to the Commissioner of Education, the fee will be $3,500.00. 

If there were separate elections authorizing the bonds, which bonds are combined 

with others authorized by separate elections, there will be an additional fee of 

$2,500.00 for each such proposal for which Bond Counsel reviewed a certified 

record of proceedings in connection therewith. In the event that an election is 

held but the proposal is defeated, the fee will be $2,500.00. If the referendum 

involves consultations, meetings or discussions that are out of the ordinary, there 

will be additional fees to be charged at the hourly rates of $185.00 for attorneys 

and $100.00 for paralegals. 

B. For services rendered or in connection the permanent bond sale, the fee will be 

$3,500.00 plus $1.00 per thousand dollars of bonds issued for the first 

$15,000,000 of bonds issued and $.75 per thousand dollars of bonds issued in 

excess of $15,000,000, with a minimum fee of $5,500.00. 

C. The fee for any temporary financing involving a private placement and not 

involving numerous notes or review of an Official Statement, or attendance at 

closing, shall be $.50 per thousand dollars of notes issued up to $15,000,000 and 

$.40 per thousand dollars of notes issued in excess of $15,000,000 with a 

minimum fee of $1,500 for temporary notes. 


D. For services rendered in connection with a capital lease, including drafting of 

necessary documents such as the ground lease, the lease, the assignment, the trust 

indenture and the necessary resolutions, the applications to the Commissioner of 

education and to the Local Finance Board, review of the disclosure document, 

attendance at meetings to discuss the financing and the documents, preparation of 

the closing documents and attendance at the closing, $15,000.00, plus $1.00 per 

thousand dollars of securities issued. In the event that the transaction cannot be 

completed, the fee to be charged shall be a reasonable one, based on the services 

performed. 

E. The following services will be rendered at an hourly rate of $185.00 for 

attorney time and $100.00 for paralegal time. Arbitrage compliance and related 

tax analysis, services involving disclosure and official statement work in 

connection with the issuance of obligations, attendance at meetings, attention to 

any litigation that may occur, construction contract drafting or negotiations, 

applications to State agencies, including the State department of Education, the 

Local Finance Board, the economic Development Agency or other agencies, 

review of documents and rendering of legal opinions required in connection with 

the issuance of a credit support such as bond insurance or letter of credit, 

applications top the Federal Reserve Bank for investments of proceeds of 

obligations in State and Local Government Series Obligations and unique 

research and analysis services rendered beyond the scope of the services 

described in this agreement. 

F. In the event of an advance refunding bond issue providing for an escrow 

agreement and an investment of the proceeds consistent with the restrictions of 

the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the payment of a prior issue of bonds, 

there will be a fee of $7,500.00 in addition to the fees described herein. 

G. In the event that a bond sale is held but all bids are rejected or the sale is 

canceled, or this agreement is terminated prior to the sale of the bonds, the fee to 

be charged shall be a reasonable one, based on the services performed. 

H. Customary disbursements for postage, telephone, document production and 

reproduction, travel and out-of-pocket expenses shall be added to the fees referred 

to in this Agreement. 

THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT SHALL COMMENCE JUNE 10, 2008 AND END AT THE NEXT 

ANNUAL REORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. 

16. MOTION TO APPROVE SPEIZLE ARCHITECT GROUP INC. AS 

ARCHITECT OF RECORD FOR THE 2008-2009 SY AT THE FOLLOWING 

RATES: 

Project Construction 

Fees 

Cost 

New Buildings Only Additions Only Additions & Alterations Alterations Only 

$2-4 million 7.5% 8.5% 8.95% 9.95% 


$4-6 million 6.75% 7.95% 8.5% 9.75% 

$6-10 million 6.25% 7.50% 7.95% 9.25% 

Over $10 million 5.9% 6.5% 7.5% 8.95% 

Architectural fees for projects with a construction cost less than $2 million would be negotiated as either a flat fee, hourly-notto-exceed 

fee or a straight hourly fee as follows: 

TITLE RATE 

Chief Executive Officer/President $195 

Principal/Vice President $175 

Senior Associate Architect $155 

Project Manager/Associate Architect $140 

Senior Designer $140 

Construction Manager $135 

Project Architect $125 

Senior Interior Designer $125 

Marketing Director $125 

Project Coordinator $115 

Junior Interior Designer $105 

Senior Intern Architect $100 

Intern Architect $95 

Senior CAD Operator $95 

Architectural Designer $95 

Business Development Manager $95 

Draftsperson $85 

Marketing Coordinator $75 

Support Staff 2.75 x Direct Personnel Expenses 

Engineers/Consultants 1.33 x actual costs 

Reimbursable 1.10 x actual costs 

THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT SHALL COMMENCE JUNE 10, 2008 AND END AT THE NEXT 

ANNUAL REORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. 

17. MOTION TO APPROVE REMINGTON & VERNICK AS ENGINEER FOR 

THE 2008-2009 SY AT THE FOLLOWING RATES: 

FACILITIES DEPARTMENT 

Facilities Department Head $125.00 

Project Engineer $120.00 

Senior Design Engineer $102.00 

Design Engineer II $ 90.00 

Design Engineer I $ 75.00 

Engineering Aide $ 60.00 

Technical Aide $ 52.00 

TRANSPORTATION/BRIDGE DEPT. 

Transportation/Bridge Dept. Head $125.00 








ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT 

Environmental Department Head $125.00 

Environmental Project Manager $120.00 

Sr. Project Environ. Engineer $102.00 

Senior Geologist $102.00 

Geologist $ 90.00 

Project Environmental Engineer $102.00 

Senior Environmental Engineer $ 90.00 

Environmental Engineer $ 75.00 

Environmental Aide $ 60.00 


LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING DEPARTMENT 

L.A./Planning Dept. Head $125.00 


Senior Planner $100.00 

Planner $ 90.00 

Senior Landscape Architect $103.00 

Landscape Architect/Planner $ 90.00 


CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & OBSERVATION DEPARTMENT 

Cm & Observation Dept. Head $ 88.00 

Construction Management: 

Project Manager $ 88.00 

Construction Manager $ 85.00 

Project Scheduler $ 75.00 

Project Coordinator $ 70.00 

Field Manager $ 70.00 

Observation Personnel: 

Observer Supervisor NICET IV $ 88.00 

Observer NICET II/III $ 85.00 

Contract Administrator $ 75.00 

Observer NICET I $ 60.00 

Observer Aide $ 52.00 



MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT 

Municipal Department Head $125.00 

Municipal Engineer $120.00 






DRAFTING DEPARTMENT 

Drafting/CADD Dept. Head $ 73.00 

Senior Design Draftsperson $ 71.00 

Cartographer $ 71.00 

Design Draftsperson $ 67.00 

Drafting Aide $ 60.00 


SURVEY DEPARTMENT 

Field Personnel: 

Surveyor $ 93.00 

Party Chief $ 93.00 

Transit person $ 52.00 

Rod Person $ 47.00 

Office Personnel: 

Survey Department Head $103.00 

Survey Project Manager $100.00 

Survey Designer $ 90.00 


ADMINISTRATIVE 

Principal $130.00 

Department Manager $120.00 

Administrative Manager $ 80.00 

Administrative Assistant $ 52.00 

THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT SHALL COMMENCE JUNE 10, 2008 AND END AT 

THE NEXT ANNUAL REORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. 

18. MOTION TO APPROVE ________TBD______ AS BROKER OF 

RECORD/INSURANCE SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE 2008-2009 SY. THE 

TERM OF THIS CONTRACT SHALL COMMENCE JUNE 10, 2008 AND 

END AT THE NEXT ANNUAL REORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. (Need 

Specifics) 


19. MOTION TO APPROVE STRAUSS ESMAY ASSOCIATES, LLP FOR 

ONLINE BOARD POLICY SERVICES FOR THE 2008-2009 SY. THE TERM 

OF THIS CONTRACT SHALL COMMENCE JUNE 10, 2008 AND END ON 

JUNE 30, 2009. 

20. MOTION TO APPROVE CREATIVE TEACHING CONSULTANTS FOR CST 

ELEMENTARY LDT-C EVALUTATION SERVICES FOR THE 2008-2009 

S.Y. AT A DAILY RATE OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($350) 

NOT TO EXCEED AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THIRTY THREE 

THOUSAND DOLLARS ($33,000). THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT 

SHALL COMMENCE JUNE 10, 2008 AND END ON JUNE 30, 2009. 

21. MOTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR ONE (1) FAILED COURSE PER 

STUDENT FOR THOSE STUDENTS IN NEED OF SUMMER SCHOOL 

REMEDIATION AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS FROM THE CECIL S. 

COLLINS SCHOOL TO THE LOCATION OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL AND 

COMMENCING THE 2008-2009 ACADEMIC SY, THE BARNEGAT BOARD 

OF EDUCATION WILL NO LONGER FUND SUMMER SCHOOL 

REMEDIATION AND SUMMER SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION. 

22. MOTION TO APPROVE A JOINT TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT WITH 

THE SOUTH PALINFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION AT AN ANNUAL 

COST OF THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY TWO 

DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS ($35,522.30) FOR A ROUTE TO THE 

CHILDREN’S CENTER OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, WHEREAS THE 

SOUTH PLAINFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION IS THE JOINER DISTRICT 

BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

23. MOTION TO APPROVE TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR PROJECT 

GRADUATION FOR THE 2007-2008 SY. 

24. MOTION TO ALLOW BOARD SECRETARY TO ENTER IN A CONTRACT, 

IF FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, WITH THE ALLIANCE FOR COMPETITIVE 

ENERGY SERVICES FOR NATURAL GAS SUPPLY FOR THE 2008-2009 

SY. 

Mr. Houser: Motion to approve Finance Committee Motions 1-24. 



Mr. Falkowski: First by Mrs. Mitchell, second by Mrs. Taylor 


Mr. Adorno I have Yes for 1, 3, 4, 5and 2 was something in March that I was not on 

the Board and I abstain from that one. 

Mr. Falkowski: OK, abstain on 2 and yes on all others? 

Mr. Adorno: Yes 

Mr. Houser: Are we going to need to get a discussion from the attorney because of the 

five new board members regarding #2? We did that and everybody 

understands you can vote? OK. 

Mr. Falkowski Yes on all others Mr. Adorno? 


Mr. Davis Yes on all except for 12, no on 12 

Mrs. Mitchell Yes on all abstain on 15, 16, 17 and 18 







EDUCATION COMMITTEE - INFORMATION 

A. The final parent meeting regarding the senior class trip was held on April 29 at 

the high school. 

B. Senior Class Trip: The senior class trip held May 16-19 this year was a huge 

success. For four days, seniors toured the different Disney sites, seeing 

Hollywood Studios, The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom. Some 

of our students experienced flying in an airplane for the first time and they were 

very well behaved. Parents, through their sons or daughters, talked about how 

well organized the trip was and how nice the event was. Kudos to Ms. Shattuck 

for all of her hard work and to the chaperones for doing a nice job of supervising 

our students. Plans are now underway to begin the process for next year. 

C. The proposed Special Education Extended School Year Program (ESY) will be 

held as follows: 

Dates: July 1, 2008 – August 12, 2008, off on July 4, 2008 

Location: Barnegat High School 

Time: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (4 hours requirement) 

Classrooms: 15 (pending Annual Review meeting completions) 

D. The Barnegat School District, under the leadership of Karen McKeon, has been 

hosting monthly meetings of the Ocean County Curriculum Council at Barnegat 

High School. Two of the many topics discussed include a county-integrated 

language arts curriculum and mandated shared services. 


E. The Fifth Grade Student and Parent Orientation Program was held on May 6, 

2008 at 7:00 pm at the Russell O. Brackman Middle School. PROS and KAPS 

provided activities for students in the gym. ROBMS programs/expectations will 

be presented to the parents in the auditorium. 

F. Through the generosity of the Wintrode Family Foundation (Causeway 

Dealerships, Manahawkin), we are once again able to offer our Summer Reading 

Enrichment Program for incoming Kindergarten, First and Second Graders. The 

program will be incorporated into the Summer Camp day and will run for four 

weeks from July 7 th until August 1 st . Classes will run for 45 minutes, three days a 

week. 

G. The back-to-school dates for the 2008-2009 school year are as follows: 

JTDS – Monday, September 15 

ROBMS – Tuesday, September 16 

RLHS – Wednesday, September 17 

LMDS – Thursday, September 18 

CSCS – Tuesday, September 23 

BHS – Thursday, October 2 

H. Evening parent-teacher conferences for the 2008-2009 school year are as follows: 

Monday, October 20 – JTDS, BHS, RLHS 

Tuesday, October 21 – CSCS, LMDS, ROBMS 

Wednesday, October 22 – RLHS, JTDS, BHS 

Thursday, October 23 – CSCS, LMDS, ROBMS 

I. Kindergarten Orientation – Tuesday, September 2, 2008 

J. Grandparents’ Day – September 12, 2008 (Friday) 

K. Individual test scores for HSPA will be mailed to students before June 30, 2008. 

L. Young Authors’ Conference was a huge success. Three authors provided wholegroup 

instructional and informational sessions to students in grades PSD-8. 

Compliments to Mrs. Colleen Scrimenti, the district’s ILA Supervisor, for a job 

well done. 

M. All BHS junior students will be provided a college application and letter writing 

workshop over a course of two (2) days. Ms. McKeon will provide students with 

a step-by-step approach to gearing up for their senior year. 

N. End of course State assessments were administered to all biology students as well 

as a 3 rd and 4 th grade math field test to CSCS students. 


O. In June 2007, the Curriculum Department updated the on-going textbook 

inventory process that ensures that all PSD-12 th grade students have all 

appropriate textbooks and related materials. 

P. Barnegat High School participated in the Dare to Dream Student Leadership 

Conference at Burlington County College on May 12, 2008. High school junior, 

Joseph Hathaway, was a student keynote presenter at the conference and a group 

of Barnegat High School students presented a workshop about learning styles. 

The district was presented with a plaque from the New Jersey Department of 

Education Office of Special Education Programs for contributing to the success of 

the Dare to Dream 2008 Student Leadership Conference. 

Q. The First BHS Scholarship Award Ceremony took place on Thursday, May 29, 

2008, and it was a huge success. Two hundred and ten (210) scholarships were 

awarded totaling $145,975.00. 

R. Barnegat High School students will have half days beginning June 12, 2008 to 

provide time for final exams. Students will have expanded time to take the test, 

and time after school to prepare and study. Teachers will be required to stay 

until 2:00 pm to provide makeup time for students who might miss the exam and 

to grade the exams in order to meet the end of the year schedule for close-out. 

Senior students who have a grade of 93 in all quarters and have a grade of 93 on 

their midterm have the option to opt-out of taking the exam. In August of 2008, 

we will be preparing suggestions for exam schedules for the 2008-2009 school 

year. 

EDUCATION COMMITTEE – MOTIONS 

1. Motion to Approve the Following Special Education Classes for the Joseph T. 

Donahue Elementary School 

Motion to approve the following special education classes for the 

Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School: 

� 2 – Level 1 Classes (1 from CSCS and 1 new class) (making 2 classes) 

� 2 - Primary Level (from RLHS) (making 2 classes) 

� Resource Room K-5 

2. Motion to Approve the Following Special Education Class Changes for the Cecil 

S. Collins Elementary School 

Motion to approve the following special education class changes for the Cecil S. 

Collins Elementary School: 

� 4 – PSD part time classes (1 is new) 

� 1 - PSD full day class (from RLHS) 


� Eliminate Level 5B (students going to ROBMS) 

3. Motion to Approve the Following Special Education Class Change for the Robert 

L. Horbelt Elementary School 

Motion to approve the following special education class change for the Robert L. 

Horbelt Elementary School: 

� Elementary BD class (from LMDS) 

4. Motion to Approve Additions to the District’s Supplemental Material List 

FILMS 

Osmosis Jones 

The Bone Collector (forensics) 

Dead Poet’s Society – English II Gr. 10 – all levels 

Taming of the Shrew - English Gr. 11-12 – all levels 

Quack – Spanish II and III 

Commercials - Spanish II and III 

Spy Rabbit - Spanish II and III 

Cinco Amigas - Spanish II and III 

Almost a Woman - Spanish II and III 

Fall of the Aztec and Maya Empires - Spanish II and III 

El Laberinto del Fauno - Spanish II and III 

Creative/Writing 

The Simpsons – Episode 6 (excerpts only) Gr. 11-12 – all levels 

Stranger than Fiction Gr. 10-11-12 Level 3, 4, 5 

The Pursuit of Happyness Gr. 11 – all levels 

With Honors Gr. 11 – all levels 

O’Pioneers! Gr. 11 

What Dreams May Come Gr. 12 - AP 

10 Things I Hate About You! 

Sports Medicine 

Invincible 

Remember the Titans 

Miracle 

We are Marshall 

Coach Carter 

5. Motion to Approve Students Completing Field Experiences Throughout the 2008- 

2009 School Year 

Motion to approve students completing field experiences throughout the 2008- 

2009 school year. The Board of Education encourages cooperation with colleges 


and universities in the training of student teachers. Within the boundaries of the 

standard agreements with various institutions of higher learning, the district will 

continue to accept students completing field experience throughout the school 

year. 

6. Motion to Approve Participation in the Ocean County School-Based Mentoring 

Program for the 2008-2009 School Year 

Motion to approve participation in the Ocean County school-based mentoring 

program for the 2008-2009 school year. The program is designed to provide 

mentoring services to children, ages 7-14, who have been referred by a teacher, 

school counselor, parent, or administrator. Mentors are adult community 

volunteers who are thoroughly interviewed, screened, and trained by the county 

school-based mentoring coordinator. Some of the topics that are emphasized in 

the mentors’ training include the development of effective listening skills, an 

appreciation of diversity, and understanding the challenges facing today’s 

children. To ensure safety, a complete criminal background check is also required 

for all volunteers in the program. 

One of the main goals of the program is to increase a child’s self-confidence by 

providing positive experiences from caring and non-judgmental adults. Game 

playing, reading, solving puzzles, and sharing stories are a few of the activities 

that mentors and students can enjoy. 

The school counselor will serve as liaison to the county coordinator and will 

arrange for a convenient day, time, and place for the mentors and students to 

meet. Most meetings will be held in the school library and will run from late 

September to early June. The school counselor and administrators reserve the 

right to have the final say on all mentor volunteers. The program will be piloted 

at the Collins Schools and will include 4 th and 5 th grade students, exclusively. 

The program is completely free to our district. 

7. Motion to Approve Mentor-Novice Teacher Program for 2008-2009 SY 

Motion to approve the Mentor-Novice Teacher (Mentee) program for the 2008- 

2009 school year. This plan will include (but will not be limited to) the mentoring 

plan timeline, approved list of mentors, mentoring partnership agreement, 

mentoring contract, needs assessment questionnaire for mentors, needs 

assessment questionnaire for novice teachers, novice teacher mentoring program 

evaluation, novice teacher end of year questionnaire, and mentor end of year 

questionnaire as well as a monthly mentoring documentation log. All of these 

forms will be sent to a coordinator who will collect this information and process it 

so that it can be periodically sent to the State Department of Education throughout 

the year. 

8. Motion to Approve Submission of the 2007-2008 Fire Drill Reports 


Motion to approve submission of the district’s 2007-2008 Fire Drill Reports to the 

County Superintendent of Schools – see attached. The report will be forwarded to 

the county in July, 2008. 

9. Motion to Approve Application Submission for the 2008-2009 Mentoring 

Program 

Motion to approve the submission of the district’s 2008-2009 mentoring program 

application to the county. 

10. Motion to Approve Submission of the Bilingual ESL Three-Year Program Plan 

for SY 2008-2011 

Motion to approve Bilingual ESL Three Year Program Plan. Districts must 

establish bilingual education program to ensure that students of limited English 

proficiency are provided instructional services to continue and/or develop 

academic skills in the area of English. 

11. Motion to Approve PIC Workforce Program for Summer 2008 

Motion to approve the Private Industry Council (PIC) Workforce Program to 

provide summer jobs for students in the district. Businesses have been active 

partners in this program, servicing students with community-based jobs and 

internships and real work experiences. 

12. Motion to Approve a Nine-Period Schedule at Barnegat High School for SY 

2008-09 

Motion to approve a nine-period schedule at Barnegat High School for the 2008- 

2009 school year. This change comes as a result of a need to provide our basic 

skills and vocational school students with an intense academic program to ensure 

that graduation requirements are met and positive HSPA and/or SRA mandates 

are accomplished. 

13. Motion to Approve Minimum Number of Seven (7) Students for BHS Classes 

Motion to approve a minimum number of seven (7) students for BHS classes. 

Dr. Saxton and Ms. McKeon recommended that a minimum of seven (7) 

students be enrolled before any AP or elective course is offered to BHS students. 

14. Motion to Approve Jill Spain to Attend the “Facing History & Ourselves” 

Summer Teacher Training Institute at Kean University Summer ’08 as Well as to 

Receive Textbooks to be Shared with History Teachers Within the District 


Motion to approve Mrs. Jill Spain to attend the “Facing History & Ourselves” 

Summer Teacher Training Institute at Kean University this summer (2008) and to 

accept textbooks that will be shared with history teachers within the district. 

Mrs. Spain will receive one week of intensive curriculum training during these 

sessions, meeting with Holocaust survivors and distinguished Holocaust scholars. 

The Barnegat Township School District will receive a classroom set of textbooks, 

The Holocaust & Human Behavior, for use in the middle school. No grant funds 

will be exchanged, but strategies and techniques learned at this institute can be 

taught on professional days and at faculty meetings to ensure implementation and 

recognition is applied to this historical era. 

15. Motion to Approve Monmouth University Agreement for SY 2008-09 

Motion to approve the partnership agreement with Monmouth University to 

provide professional development opportunities for teachers and staff throughout 

the year, consisting of 4 mentor/mentee workshops. 

This partnership was in effect during 2007-08 and proved to be very beneficial to 

approximately 35 staff members. 

16. Motion to Approve Submission of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

Education Improvement Action of 2006/Secondary and State Agency Five-Year 

Plan 

Motion to approve submission of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

Education Improvement Action of 2006/Secondary and State Agency Five-Year 

Plan which is necessary in order to qualify for possible future grant monies. 

17. Motion to Approve Submission of the Carl D. Perkins One-Year Grant 

Application for the SY 2008-09 

Motion to approve the submission of the Carl D. Perkins One-Year Grant 

Application Vocational-Technical Education Program. The purpose of the 

program is to develop more fully the academic and career and technical skills of 

secondary students and post secondary students which may lead to possible grant 

money in SY 2009-10. 

18. Motion to approve VHS (Virtual High School) as the primary and EPGY 

(Education Program for Gifted Youth) as alternate on-line courses 

Motion to approve VHS (Virtual High School) as the primary on-line services for 

high school students for the school year 2008-09 and EPGY as alternate for state 

mandated classes not offered at the high school. 

Mr. Houser: Motion to approve Education Committee Motions 1-18. 



Mrs. Pilovsky: Second 

Mr. Falkowski: First by Mrs. Mitchell, second by Mrs. Pilovsky. Any discussion? 


Mr. Davis Yes 








PERSONNEL – INFORMATION 

A. NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE IN MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE 

RETURN-TO-WORK DATES (3) – SY 2007-2008 

Ms. Anne Sterner, School Psychologist as the Horbelt School, has submitted 

notification of a change in her medical leave of absence return-to-work date from 

May 19, 2009 to June 11, 2008. 

Ms. Elizabeth Herczeg, Full-time Custodian, has submitted notification of a 

change in her medical leave of absence return-to-work date from May 23, 2009 to 

June 23, 2008. 

Mrs. Michelle Clerico, Physical Education/Health Teacher at Barnegat High 

School, has verbally changed her medical leave of absence return-to-work date 

from September 1, 2008 to June 30, 2008. (written documentation to be supplied) 

B. NOTIFICATION OF MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCES (2) – SY 2007-2008 

Ms. Deborah Webber, 1 st Grade Teacher (Project Ready), has submitted 

notification of a medical leave of absence effective April 18, 2008 due to surgery, 

with a tentative return-to-work date of May 9, 2008. 

Ms. Karen Brodwater, 6 th Grade Math Teacher at the Brackman School, has 

submitted notification of a medical leave of absence effective May 20, 2008 with a 

tentative return-to-work date to follow. 

C. NOTIFICATION OF RETIREMENTS (3) – SY 2008-2009 


Ms. Margaret Graham, Basic Skills Teacher at the Collins School, has submitted 

her letter of retirement effective July 1, 2008. 

Ms. Patricia Everson, 5 th Grade Teacher at the Horbelt School, has submitted her 

letter of retirement effective July 1, 2008. 

Ms. Donna Opdyke, Instructional Aide at the Collins School, has submitted her 

letter of retirement effective July 1, 2008. 

D. NOTIFICATION OF RESIGNATION – PLAYGROUND/CAFÉ AIDE – RLHS 

– SY 2008-2009 

Ms. Tina Moroz, Playground/Café Aide at the Horbelt School, has submitted her 

letter of resignation effective July 1, 2008. 

E. NOTIFICATION OF RESIGNATION – DISTRICT SCHOOL NURSE 

COORDINATOR – SY 2008-2009 

Ms. Maureen Tyrrell, Certified School Nurse at the Dunfee School, has submitted 

her letter of resignation for the position of District School Nurse Coordinator 

effective July 1, 2008. 

F. NOTIFICATION OF A LEAVE OF ABSENCE – ILA TEACHER – BHS – SY 

2008-2009 

Ms. Jamie DelPrete, ILA Teacher at Barnegat High School, has submitted her 

letter notifying of a leave of absence for the 2008-2009 school year with a 

tentative return-to-work date of September 1, 2009. 

PERSONNEL - MOTIONS 

1. APPROVE HIRING CERTIFIED SUBSTITUTE STAFF (5) – SY 2007-2008 

Motion to approve hiring the following as Certified Substitute Staff for the 2007- 

2008 school year: 

1. Fitzmaurice, Judy – applying for substitute certificate 

2. Gianni, Matthew – applying for substitute certificate 

3. Holly, Robert – applying for substitute certificate 

4. Escoffery, Georgia – substitute certificate 

5. Marcus, Matthew – certified substitute 

2. APPROVE HIRING SUBSTITUTE SUPPORT STAFF (3) – SY 2007-2008 

Motion to approve hiring the following as Substitute Support Staff for the 2007- 

2008 school year: 


1. Beenders, Frances – Instructional Aide, Library Technician & layground/Café Aide 

2. Lucia, Danielle – Instructional Aide 

3. Petro, Joanne – Instructional Aide 

3. APPROVE SIDEBAR AGREEMENT – SY 2007-2008 

Motion to approve sidebar agreement to create the position of Transportation 

Assistant for the Transportation Department for the 2007-2008 school year. 

4. APPROVE NON-CERTIFIED STAFF TRANSFER – SY 2007-2008 

Motion to approve the following non-certified staff transfer for the 2007-2008 

school year: 

B&G to TRANS 

Robert Roggenstein from Full-time Custodian to Transportation Assistant – 

$11/hr Step 1 

5. APPROVE HIRING PROS CHAPERONES (2) – ROBMS – SY 2007-2008 

Motion to approve hiring the following personnel as PROS Chaperones for the 

Brackman School for the 2007-2008 school year: Stipend: $250 ea. 

1. Michael Leone 

2. Elizabeth Worsham 

6. APPROVE HIRING SUMMER PERSONNEL – SUMMER 2008 

Motion to approve hiring the Child Study Team personnel, Guidance Counselors 

and Supplemental Library Technician as needed for summer, 2008 at the past 

practice summer conditions. Stipend: 1/10 salary per four weeks worked. 

7. APPROVE HIRING SUMMER CURRICULUM PERSONNEL – SUMMER 

2008 

Motion to approve hiring the following summer curriculum personnel for 

summer, 2008: 

Position Stipend Amount TEACHER 

(6) Develop ILA Curriculum Gr. 3-5/new series $400 ea 

(6) Develop Social Studies/ILA Integration $400 ea 

1. Jane Goddard 

2. Lynne Lintner 

3. Karen Breitweiser 

4. Keri Gilsenan 

5. Melissa Daus 

6. Beverly McCarthy 

7. Nancie Prevot 

8. Jennifer Robinson 

9. Sarah Fish 


(3) Develop Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum 

Gr. K, 1, 2 

$400 ea 

(2) Revise Curriculum Maps K-2 ILA $180 ea 

10. Karen Beverly 

11. Sarah Fish 

12. Kim Gorecki 

13. Jennifer Robinson 

14. Karen Beverley 

(3) Revise Curriculum Maps 6-8 ILA $180 ea 

15. Victoria Rizzo - 6-7, 

16. Nancie Prevot - 8 

(2) Revise Curriculum Maps 6-8 SS $180 ea 17. Nancie Prevot 

(1) Revise 7 th Gr. Pre Algebra $180 18. Margaret LaRocca 

(1) Revise 7 th Gr. CMP $180 19. Margaret LaRocca 

(1) Revise 8 th Gr. Algebra $180 20. John Gordon 

(1) Revise 9 th Gr. Algebra $180 21. Barbara Quick 

(1) Develop Concepts in Algebra A $400 22. Barbara Quick 

(3) Revise Integrated Math I, II, III $180 ea 23. Ana Woolsonscroft 

(1) Revise ACT/SAT Prep ILA $180 24. Susan Beaudoin 

(4) K-6 Revise Math $250 ea 

25. C. LaFerrara, 

26. S. Harkness, 

27. R. Santolla, 

28. C. Migliacci 

(1) Revise Honors/CP Geometry $180 29. Emily Cherry 

(1) Revise Honors/CP Algebra II $180 30. Barbara Quick 

(1) Revise Honors/CP Pre-Calculus $180 31. Barbara Quick 

(1) Revise Statistics $180 32. Nichele Glasner 

(1) Develop Geography Binder 6-8 $180 33. BJ Worsham 

(1) Revise Consumer Math $180 34. Richard Blasi 

(1) Revise SAT/ACT Prep Math $180 35. Kevin Liston 

(1) Revise Senior Math $180 36. Nichele Glasner 

(1) Revise Discrete Math/Probability $180 37. Nichele Glasner 

(1) Develop K-2 G&T Curriculum $290 38. Yasmine Owens 

(1) Develop 3-4-5 G&T Curriculum $200 39. Yasmine Owens 

(1) Develop Biology Curriculum $400 40. Megan Martin-Vile 

(2) Develop K and Gr. 1 Science – new series $400 ea 

41. Debbie Webber 

42. Sarah Fish 

(1) Revise Gr. 2-5 Science $250 

43. Bonnie Harris 

44. Leigh Sharpless (sharing) 

(3) Revise 6-8 Science – one per grade level $180 ea 

45. D. Weiner gr. 6 

46. T. Howanich gr. 7-8 

(3) Revise K-5 Health/PE $250 ea 47. Michele Clerico 

(3) Revise 6-8 Health/PE $180 ea 48. Michele Clerico 

(2) Revise 9-12 Health/PE $250 ea 49. Michele Clerico 

(3) Revise 6-8 World Language/Flex $180 ea 50. Kimberly Bopp 

(3) Revise 6-8 SS Research Binders $180 ea 51. Nancie Prevot 

(3) Revise 6-8 SS Curriculum $180 ea 52. BJ Worsham 

(1) Develop Yearbook Curriculum $250 53. Linda Schuler 

(1) Develop Books to Film Curriculum $250 54. Janna VanVelson 

(1) Develop From School to Work Curriculum $250 55. Dayna Lardinelli 

(1) Develop Writing Theory Curriculum $250 56. Dayna Lardinelli 

(1) Develop Introduction to Ceramics Curriculum $250 57. Linda Schuler 

(1) Develop 20 th Century Music Curriculum $250 58. Natalie Altonjy 

(1) Develop Stagecraft and Theatrics Curriculum $250 59. Kerry DeBari 

(1) Develop Guitar Workshop Curriculum $250 60. Todd Gagnon 


(1) Develop Intro to Art Curriculum $250 61. Karla Jennings 

(1) Develop Intro to Art History Curriculum $250 62. Karla Jennings 

(1) Develop Intro to Music Curriculum $250 63. Natalie Altonjy 

(1) Develop Graphic Design II Curriculum $250 64. Annette Tynan 

(1) Develop Political & Legal Education Curriculum $250 65. Erin Koovits 

(1) Develop Choices Curriculum $250 66. Kevin Davis 

(1) Develop Project Citizen Curriculum $250 67. Lesley Thomson 

(1) Develop History of Sports Curriculum $250 68. Marc Getz 

(1) Develop Geography Curriculum $250 69. Brett Hardie 

(1) Revise Economics Curriculum $180 70. Melissa Infurna 

(1) Develop Entrepreneurship Curriculum $250 71. Tom Mongelli 

72. Kevin Davis 

(3) Revise 9-12 Social Studies Curriculum $250 ea 73. Lynn Burke 

74. Leslie Thomson 

75. Maria DeMasi 

(3) Revise 9-12 World Language Curriculum $250 ea 76. Claudia Pohlke 

77. Valerie Morris 

(1) Revise Business Curriculum $180 78. Melissa Infurna 

(1) Revise Technology Curriculum $180 79. Shannon Shattuck 

80. Kerry Beetel 

(3) Develop Pre-K Curriculum $250 ea 81. Pam Hartsell 

82. Jessica McCormack 

(1) VHS Coordinator – Summer set-up/coursework $1,850 83. Cara Walters 

(2) VHS coursework $500 ea 

84. Michael Bruno 

85. Lesley Thomson 

Holistic Scoring Coordinator $1,800 86. Nancie Prevot 

87. Keri Gilsenan 

88. Betty Bleakley 

(5) Holistic Scoring Teachers Gr. 1-12 $1,500 ea 89. Lynne Lintner 

90. Marie Kozlowski 

(3) Summer Enrichment $1,500 ea 

91. Lindsey Wesslan 

92. Kim Gorecki 

93. Karen Beverley 

94. Robin Felice/Janice Papola 

(sharing session) 

8. APPROVE HIRING HOOKED ON FISHING PERSONNEL – SUMMER 2008 

Motion to approve hiring Alex Majewski as Hooked on Fishing Instructor for 

summer, 2008. DOE: July 14 – August 8, 2008. Stipend: $2,000. 

9. APPROVE HIRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC SUMMER CAMP 

PERSONNEL (3) – ROBMS – SUMMER 2008 

Motion to approve hiring the following personnel for the Instrumental Music 

Summer Camp for the Brackman School for summer, 2008. DOE: July 7 – July 

18, 2008. Stipend: $1,000 ea. 

Band Directors 

1. Frank Constantine 


2. John Schofield 

3. Denise Bense 

10. APPROVE HIRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BHS SUMMER CAMP 

PERSONNEL – BHS – SUMMER 2008 

Motion to approve hiring Todd Gagnon as Band Director for the Instrumental & 

Vocal Music Summer Camp, if 15 students enroll, for Barnegat High School for 

summer, 2008. DOE: August 4 – August 15, 2008. Stipend: $1,000. 

11. APPROVE BHS MARCHING BAND CAMP PERSONNEL (2) – BHS – 

SUMMER 2008 

Motion to approve hiring the following personnel for Barnegat High School 

Marching Band Camp for summer, 2008. DOE: August 25 – August 29, 2008: 

Director – Stipend: $1,000 

1. Todd Gagnon 

Flags/Color Guard – Stipend: $350 

2. Michael Haughwout 

12. APPROVE HIRING SUMMER THEATRE ARTS CAMP PERSONNEL (4) – 

SUMMER 2008 

Motion to approve hiring the following personnel for the Summer Theatre Arts 

Camp for summer, 2008. DOE: June 30 – July 18, 2008: 

Director – Stipend: $2,000 

1. Keri DeBari 

Instructor(s) – Stipend: $1,500 ea 

2. Tara Hathaway 

3. Mari Stack 

4. Matt Lowe 

13. APPROVE HIRING SUMMER ARTS CAMP PERSONNEL (2) – BHS – 

SUMMER 2008 

Motion to approve the following as Summer Arts Camp Personnel for summer, 

2008. DOE: July 21 – August 8, 2008: 

Instructor – Stipend: $1,500 

1. Nancy Bruno 

Aide – Stipend: $10/hr 


2. Tara Hathaway 

14. APPROVE HIRING SPECIAL EDUCATION EXTENDED YEAR PROGRAM 

PERSONNEL (49) – SUMMER, 2008 

Motion to approve hiring the following Special Education Extended Year Program 

personnel for summer, 2008: Stipend: Overtime Contracted Rate. 

Teachers Instructional Aides Occupational Therapists 

1. Margaret Aftanis 16. Elizabeth Scott – 3 weeks 42. Melinda Kennedy – 3 weeks 

2. Dawn Wright 17. Jean Wrisley 43. Shannon Harrer – 3 weeks 

3. Nora Green 18. Janet Becker 

4. Jocelyn Husko 19. Sandy Wolfer Physical Therapists 

5. Alena Josephson 20. Linda Potishnak 44. Maureen Linck 

6. Deborah Reardon 21. Joanne Marantino 

7. Melissa Pomphrey 22. Ilah Applegate Counselor 

8. Pamela Hartsell 23. Arlene Herczeg 45. Michelle Cucinotta 

9. Dayna Lardinelli 24. Lisette Zaun 

10. Kurt Stofko – 3 weeks 25. Susan Voltaggio Nurses 

11. Dina DiPisa – 3 weeks 26. James Romano 46. Alison Dwyer – 2 weeks 

12. Pam Geoghegan – 3 weeks 27. Patricia Brauschweig 47. Mildred Popuvchak – 2 weeks 

13. Elizabeth Scott – 3 weeks 28. Sonia Quiroz 48. Nadine Paretzky – 2 weeks 

14. Daniel Gunderson 29. Diane Hall 

15. Debbie Majewski 30. Beverly Jakalow Speech 

31. MaryAnn Simpson 49. Dawn Dougherty 

32. Carol Zarillo 

33. Lori Dubiel 

34. Susan Lioudis 

35. Sue Riley 

36. Maria DiPisa – 3 weeks 

37. Sue Penque – 3 weeks 

38. Valerie McShane – 3 weeks 

39. Elizabeth Goglia – 3 weeks 

40. Mary Kern 

41. Christine Turchio 

15. APPROVE HIRING SUMMER RECREATION CAMP PERSONNEL (79) – 

SUMMER 2008 

Motion to approve the following as Recreation Camp Personnel for summer, 

2008. DOE: June 25 – August 8, 2008: 

Head Counselor - Stipend: $5,000 

1. Leslie Odgers 

Lead Counselor(s) - Stipend: $3,000 ea 

2. Anthony Capriotti 6. Tom Mongelli 10. Diane Stanton 

3. Chris Hadley 7. Stephanie Municchi 11. Jamie Pernal 

4. Bonnie Harris 8. Chelsey Odgers 

5. Shirley Holly 9. Amy Santasieri 


Camp Counselor(s) - Stipend: $10/hr 

12. Anderson, John 29. Ferguson, Ricky 46. Lombardi, Melissa 63. Ramiza, Taylor 

13. Anderson, Susan 30. Ferguson, Tymel 47. Lundy, Caitlin 64. Sands, Claire 

14. Begley, Chris 31. Flood, Kristen 48. Mackenzie, Amy 65. Sands, Evan 

15. Bianco, Mike 32. Flood, Michael 49. McCleary, Elizabeth 66. Santasieri, Paul 

16. Blanchard, Kaitlin 33. Floyd, Austin 50. Mecca, Michael 67. Saxton, Marlee 

17. Bowen, Niessa 34. GraBois, Kasey 51. Minotti, Nicholas 68. Scaglione, Angelia 

18. Bruno, Nancy 35. Hahn, Sarah 52. Mitchell, Matt 69. Stanton, Chris 

19. Cadenelli, Chris 36. Hathaway, Tara 53. Moccia, James 70. Teachen, Kyle 

20. Calabria, Brian 37. Houlahan, Ryan 54. Municchi, Robert 71. Tiernan, Erik 

21. Carlo, Anthony 38. Houser, Kyle 55.Odgers, Kaitlyn 72. Tominus, Elena 

22. Cervellieri, Cheryl 39. Keelan, Raxanne 56. Opdyke, John 73. Trujillo, Dierdre 

23. Clayton, Hillary 40. Keesser, Paul 57. Pernal, Emily 74. Voishnis, Judith 

24. Cropper, Ryan 41. Keough, Timothy 58. Pernal, Jamie 75. Weinhardt, Eric 

25. DaRosa, Alexis 42. King, Richard 59. Philippe, Jessica 76. Wohl, Gary 

26. Deering, Sean 43. LaPatin, Michaela 60. Priestley, Hayley 77. Wyjas, Chelsea 

27. Duarte, Samantha 44. Leutbecher, Amanda 61. Quinones, Robert 78. Young, Jamie 

28. Durning, Taylor 45. Lima, Stephanie 62. Quiroz, Armando 

Nurse – Stipend: Overtime Contracted Rate. 

79. Maureen Tyrrell 

16. APPROVE HIRING SUMMER SPORTS CAMP PERSONNEL (65) – 

SUMMER 2008 

Motion to approve hiring the following Summer Sports Camp personnel for 

summer, 2008: 

1. Derek Rizzo, Summer Sports Camp Director. DOE: June – August, 2008. 

Stipend: $6,000. 

2. Wayne Wedderman, Summer Sports Camp Athletic Trainer. DOE: April – 

August, 2008. Stipend: $4,500. 

3. Victoria Rizzo, Summer Sports Camp Site Supervisor. DOE: June – August, 

2008. Stipend: $2,500. 

Head Coaches - $450/wk Assistant Coaches - $350/wk 

4. Rob Davis 25. Kevin Smith 49. Shannon Shattuck 

5. Alyson Brown 26. Dan McCoy 50. Claudia Pohlke 

6. Dennis Smith 27. Mike Burke 51. Jen Patterson 

7. Tom Sutaris 28. Jared Burke 52. Alyson Brown 

8. Sue Rogers 29. Mike Detroia 53. Tara Gianni 

9. Shannon Shattuck 30. Chris Aviles 54. Greg Biddulph 

10. Lynne Burke 31. John Carmen 55. Kevin Karp 

11. Richard Blasi 32. Greg Oravets 56. Melissa Smith 

12. Joe Doviak 33. Ryan Dalon 57. BJ Worsham 

13. Greg Oravets 34. Colleen Healey 58. Mike Flanagan 

14. Valerie Morris 35. Lauren Meyer 59. Chris Cammarata 

15. Lauren Meyer 36. Mike Iveson 60. Joe Papernik 

16. Jessica Casamento 37. Mike Palmieri 61. Erik Mazur 


17. Ryan Dalon 38. Kerri Gilsenan 62. Richard Blasi 

18. Lauren Ritter 39. Jon Gordon 63. Valerie Morris 

19. Mike Palmieri 40. Mike Miller 64. Dennis Smith 

20. Karla Jennings 41. Mike Leone 65. Joe Doviak 

21. Jill Spain 42. Eugene Garritt 

22. Eric Mazur 43. Victoria Rizzo 

23. Laura Miller 44. Melissa Daus 

24. Jon Gordon 45. Lauren Ritter 

46. Crystal Hall 

47. Jaime Malek 

48. Jessica Casamento 

17. APPROVE NON-CERTIFIED STAFF TRANSFERS (8) – DISTRICT – SY 2008- 

2009 

Motion to approve the following non-certified staff transfers for the 2008-2009 school 

year: 

RLHS 

1. Nadine Paretzky, Registered Nurse from 31 hrs/wk to 35 hrs/wk 

JTDS to BHS 

2. Janet Park, Secretary at JTDS to BHS – effective 11/1/08 

CSCS to JTDS 

3. Debbie Bosko, Secretary from CSCS to JTDS 

CSCS to JTDS/CSCS 

4. Patricia DelTufo, Kindergarten Aide at CSCS to Library Technician at 

JTDS/CSCS 

BHS to BHS/CSCS 

5. Karen Flood from Secretary at BHS to BHS/CSCS 

BHS to CSCS 

6. Judith Higgins, Secretary from BHS to CSCS 

BHS to JTDS 

7. Sue Carroll, Secretary at BHS to JTDS – effective 11/1/08 

B&G 

8. Arthur Walsh from Maintenance to Full-time Custodian 

18. APPROVE CERTIFIED STAFF TRANSFERS (33) – DISTRICT – SY 2008- 

2009 


Motion to approve the following certified staff transfers for the 2008-2009 school 

year: 

ADMIN 

1. Adam Angelozzi, K-12 Supervisor from BHS to CSCS 

CST 

2. Valerie Cericola, LDT-C from 4 days per week to 1 day per week 

3. Anne Sterner, School Psychologist from RLHS to JTDS 

ROBMS to CST 

4. Gillian Harris from Resource Room Teacher to LDT-C 

JTDS 

5. Angela Smith from 1 L/LD Teacher to 2 nd Grade Teacher 

CSCS 

6. Alison Greco from 5 th Grade Teacher to Basic Skills Teacher 

7. Jennifer Ashworth from Kindergarten Plus/ILA Teacher to 5 th Grade Teacher 

CSCS to JTDS 

8. Susan Sellarole, Kindergarten Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

9. Abby Shubsda, Kindergarten Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

10. Betty Ann Bleakley, 1 st Grade Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

11. Lisa Fisher, 4 th Grade Teacher from CSCS to 1 st Grade Teacher at JTDS 

12. Tracy Paskalides, 2 nd Grade Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

13. Jennifer Ryan, 2 nd Grade Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

14. Elissa O’Sullivan, 3 rd Grade Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

15. Karen Campbell, 3 rd Grade Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

16. Michelle Burton, 4 th Grade Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

17. MaryGrace Cahill, 5 th Grade Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

18. Sarah Flynn, 5 th Grade Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

19. Jocelyn Husko, 1 L/LD Teacher from CSCS to JTDS 

RLHS 

20. Regina Santolla from 4 th Grade Teacher to 5 th Grade Teacher 

21. Amy Santasieri from Kindergarten Plus/Basic Skills Teacher to 4 th Grade 

Teacher 

RLHS to CSCS 

22. Pamela Hartsell, Pre-school Disabilities Teacher from RLHS to CSCS 

23. Kerry Beetel, Pre-school Disabilities Teacher from RLHS to CSCS 

RLHS to JTDS 

24. Samantha Farias, Primary L/LD Teacher from RLHS to JTDS 

25. Leigh-Ann Brown, Primary L/LD Teacher from RLHS to JTDS 


LMDS 

26. Lisa Kenny from 2 nd Grade Teacher to 3 rd Grade Teacher 

LMDS to RLHS 

27. Catherine Carroll from Science/Health Teacher at LMDS to 5 th Grade 

Teacher at RLHS 

28. Laura D’Agostino, Behavioral Disabilities Teacher at LMDS to RLHS 

29. Joseph Hagan, Social Worker at LMDS to RLHS 

ROBMS to JTDS 

30. Virginia Warren, Certified School Nurse from ROBMS to JTDS (90 day 

probation) 

RLHS to ROBMS 

31. Heather Harding from Registered Nurse at RLHS to Certified School Nurse at 

ROBMS 

BHS to BHS/JTDS 

32. Michelle Clerico, Physical Education Teacher from BHS to BHS/JTDS 

BHS to ROBMS 

33. Dennis Smith from Behavioral Disabilities Teacher at BHS to Resource Room 

Teacher at ROBMS 

19. APPROVE HIRING FULL-TIME CUSTODIANS (4) – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve hiring the following as Full-time Custodians for the 2008-2009 school 

year. DOE: July 1, 2008. Salary: $23,000. GAAP: 11-000-262-100 Ext. 11294. 

1. Soontari Engebretsen 

2. Fatima Mauras 

3. Trudy Shinn 

4. John Caruso 

20. APPROVE HIRING TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve hiring Jonathan Jones as Technology Technician for the 2008- 

2009 school year. DOE: July 1, 2008. Salary: $34,861. GAAP: 11-000-252-100 

Ext. 11282. 

21. APPROVE HIRING KINDERGARTEN PLUS/BASIC SKILLS TEACHER – 

RLHS – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve hiring Alena Josephson as Kindergarten Plus/Basic Skills 

Teacher for the Horbelt School for the 2008-2009 school year. DOE: September 

1, 2008. Salary: $42,000 Step 1/BA. GAAP: 11-120-100-101 Ext. 11363. 


22. APPROVE HIRING TEACHERS (2) – CSCS – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve hiring the following teachers for the Collins School for the 

2008-2009 school year. DOE: September 1, 2008. GAAP: 11-120-100-101 Ext. 

11363. 

1. Michele Mastronardi, Kindergarten Plus/ILA Teacher. Salary: $42,000 Step 1/BA 

2. Stacey Cirrincione, 5 th Grade Teacher filling Maternity Leave. Salary: $43,492 Step 

2/BA 

23. APPROVE HIRING TEACHERS (2) – JTDS – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve hiring the following teachers for the Donahue School for the 

2008-2009 school year. DOE: September 1, 2008. 

GAAP: 11-204-100-101 Ext. 11391 

1. Lisa Dada, L/LD Teacher. Salary: $48,484 Step 4/MA 

GAAP: 11-120-100-101 Ext. 11363 

2. Maureen Healy, 4 th Grade Teacher. Salary: $42,000 Step 1/BA 

24. APPROVE HIRING TEACHERS (4) – ROBMS – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve hiring the following teachers for the Brackman School for the 

2008-2008 school year. DOE: September 1, 2008. 

GAAP: 11-213-100-101 Ext. 11399 

1. Christine Duffy, Resource Room Teacher. Salary: $48,484 Step 4/MA 

2. Daniel Gunderson, Resource Room Teacher. Salary: $49,447 Step8/MA 

GAAP: 11-130-100-101 Ext. 11366 

3. Brooke Healey, Basic Skills Teacher. Salary: $42,000 Step 1/BA 

GAAP: 11-201-100-101 Ext. 11391 

4. Mary Ellen Driesse, Multiple Disabilities Teacher. Salary: $43,492 Step 2/BA 

25. APPROVE HIRING TEACHERS (3) – BHS – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve hiring the following teachers for Barnegat High School for the 

2008-2008 school year. DOE: September 1, 2008. GAAP: 11-140-100-101 Ext. 

11369. 

1. Dana Danzinger, Math Teacher. Salary: $42,000 Step 1/BA 

2. Katie Greco, ILA Teacher filling a Leave of Absence. Salary: $42,000 Step 

1/BA 


3. Johanna Miller, ILA Teacher filling a Maternity Leave. Salary: $42,000 Step 

1/BA 

26. APPROVE HIRING DEPARTMENT CHAIRS (9) – BHS – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve the following personnel as Department Chairs for Barnegat High 

School for the 2008-2009 school year. Stipend: $3,500 or schedule relief. 

1. Megan Martin-Vile – Science 

2. Barbara Quick – Math 

3. Lindsay Wesslen – English 

4. Lesley Thomson – History 

5. Todd Gagnon – Fine & Performing Arts 

6. Shannon Shattuck – Information Technology & Business 

7. Michele Clerico – Health & Physical Education 

8. Jennifer Wojciak – World Languages (split $1,750) 

9. Valerie Morris – World Languages (split $1,750) 

27. APPROVE HIRING ATHLETICS PERSONNEL (43) – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve hiring the following Athletic Personnel for the 2008-2009 school year. 

Sports Announcers – Stipend: $40 per event 

1. Paul Santasieri – Football 

2. Jonathan Gordon – Football & Basketball 

Site Supervisors - Stipend: $45 per event 

3. Michael Miller 

4. Michelle Clerico 

5. George Chidiac – Volunteer 

6. Josh Toddings – Volunteer 

7. Greg Brandis – Volunteer 

Timer/Scorekeepers - Stipend: $40 per event 

8. Jon Gordon 

9. Karen Flood 

10. Randee Covine 

11. Keri Seidenfaden 

12. Dennis Smith 

13. Paul Santasieri 

14. Greg Brandis – volunteer 

Event Staff – Stipend: $40 per event 

15. Dayna Angelozzi 21. Randee Covine 27. Brett Hardie 33. Victoria Morrill 39. Brett Taylor 

16. Eleanor Cosentino 22. Maria DeMasi 28. Liz Hults 34. Valerie Morris 40. Lesley Thomson 

17. Alyson Brown 23. Maria DiPisa 29. Erin Koovits 35. Paul Santasieri 41. Cara Walters 

18. Angela Caruso 24.Ryan Dalon 30. Michael Miller 36. Keri Seidenfaden 42. Lindsay Wesslen 

19. Emily Cherry 25. Karen Flood 31. Tom Mongelli 37. Traci Sellers 43. Jennifer Wojciak 

20. Michelle Clerico 26. Jon Gordon 32. Richard Morrill 38. Shannon Shattuck 


28. APPROVE HIRING COACHES – ROBMS – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve hiring the following coaches for the Brackman School for the 

2008-2009 school year as per negotiated salary guide. 

Coach Position 

1. Mike Leone Head Football Coach 

2. Derek Rizzo 

Assistant Football Coaches 

3. Mike Miller 

4. Tara Gianni Primary Response Technician 

5. Kathy Brown Head Girls Volleyball Coach 

6. Melissa Smith Head Field Hockey Coach 

7. Kerri Gilsenan Assistant Field Hockey Coaches 

8. Lauren Ritter Head Cheerleading Coach 

9. Brooke Healey Assistant Cheerleading Coaches 

10. Jon Gordon Head Boys Soccer Coach 

11. Mike Flanagan Assistant Boys Soccer Coaches 

12. Jill Spain Head Girls Soccer Coach 

13. Doug Szot Assistant Girls Soccer Coaches 

14. Jen Patterson Head Cross Country Coach 

15. Melissa Hayes Assistant Cross Country Coaches 

16. Lauren Scheller Head Dance Coach 

17. Diane Stanton Assistant Dance Coaches 

18. Derek Rizzo Head Wrestling Coach 

19. Jared Burke & Mike Flanagan Assistant Wrestling Coaches 

20. Dennis Smith Head Boys Basketball Coach 

21. Mike Miller Assistant Boys Basketball Coaches 

22. Miike Iveson Assistant Girls Basketball Coaches 

23. Tom Duralek Head Baseball Coach 

24. Kevin Smith Assistant Baseball Coaches 

25. Dennis Smith Head Softball Coach 

26. Kerri Gilsenan Assistant Softball Coaches 

27. Tara Gianni 

28. Melissa Hayes 

Head Track & Field Coach 

29. Lauren Ritter 

30. Kathy Brown 

Assistant Track & Field Coaches 

31. Mike Iveson 

32. Joe Romano Inter-scholastic Sports Advisor 

All Coaches listed above BHS Weight Room – All Seasons 

29. APPROVE HIRING COACHES – BHS – SY 2008-2009 

Motion to approve hiring the following coaches for the Barnegat High School for 

the 2008-2009 school year. 

Coach Position 

1. Rob Davis Head Football Coach 

3. Mike Burke 

4. Jared Burke 

5. 

6. 

Kevin Smith 

Mike Detroia 

Assistant Football Coaches 

7. Brett Hardie 

8. Greg Oravets 


9. Ryan Dalon 

10. Chris Aviles 

11. 

12. 

Jon Carman 

Dan McCoy 

Volunteer Football Coaches 

12. Alyson Brown Head Field Hockey Coach 

13. Colleen Healey 

Assistant Field Hockey Coaches 

14. Lauren Meyer 

15. Shannon Shattuck Head Cheerleading Coach 

16. Leah Froberg Assistant Cheerleading Coaches 

17. Mike McCullion Head Boys Soccer Coach 

18. Mike Puorro 

Assistant Boys Soccer Coaches 

19. Mike Palmieri 

20. Richard Blasi Volunteer Boys Soccer Coach 

21. Linda Schuler Head Girls Soccer Coach 


Assistant Girls Soccer Coaches 

23. Janna VanVelson 

24. Joe Doviak Head Boys Cross Country Coach 

25. Paul Santasieri Head Girls Cross Country Coach 

26. Karla Jennings Head Girls Volleyball Coach 

27. Emily Cherry 

Assistant Girls Volleyball Coaches 

28. Valerie Morris 

29. Sue Rogers Head Girls Tennis Coach 

30. Erin O’Connell Assistant Girls Tennis Coach 

31. Elizabeth Hults Head Gymnastics Coach 

32. Lynne Burke Assistant Gymnastics Coach 

33. Michelle Clerico Head Dance Coach 

34. Claudia Pohlke Assistant Dance Coaches 

35. Greg Oravets Head Wrestling Coach 

36. 

37. 

Kevin Karp 

Chris Aviles 

Assistant Wrestling Coaches 

38. Erik Mazur Head Boys Basketball Coach 

39. Greg Ryan 


41. Mike Puorro 

42. Anthony Magliaro 

43. Jan Mazur 

Assistant Boys Basketball Coaches 

Volunteer Boys Basketball Coaches 

44. Alyson Brown Head Girls Basketball Coach – (Interim) 

45. Alyson Brown 

46. Generosa Conejos 

47. Lauren Meyer 

Assistant Girls Basketball Coaches 

48. Emily Cherry Head Boys Swimming Coach 

49. Tom Duralek Head Girls Swimming Coach 

50. Vanessa Purpuri Assistant Swimming Coaches 

51. Mike Palmieri Head Boys Bowling Coach 

52. Victoria Rizzo Head Girls Bowling Coach 

53. Joe Doviak Head Winter Track Coach 

54. 

55. 

Mike Leone 

Jen Patterson 

Assistant Winter Track Coaches 

56. Tom Sutaris Head Baseball Coach 


Assistant Baseball Coaches 

58. Mike Leone 

59. Ed Liquori, 

60. Dan McCoy 

61. Anthony Magliaro 

Volunteer Baseball Coaches 


62. Laura Miller Head Softball Coach 

63. 

64. 

Brett Taylor 

Mike Palmieri 

Assistant Softball Coaches 

65. Mike Puorro Head Boys Golf Coach 

66. Sue Rogers Head Girls Golf Coach 

67. Marc Getz Head Boys Tennis Coach 

68. Rick Blasi Assistant Boys Tennis Coaches 

69. Joe Doviak Head Boys Track & Field Coach 

70. 

71. 

Jared Burke 

Chris Aviles 

Assistant Boys Track & Field Coaches 

72. Jen Patterson Head Girls Track & Field Coach 

73. Alyson Brown Assistant Girls Track & Field Coaches 

74. Dayna Angelozzi Head Girls Lacrosse Coach 

75. Megan Martin-Vile 


Assistant Girls Lacrosse Coaches 

77. Colleen Healey 

78. Ryan Dalon Head Boys Lacrosse Coach 

79. 

80. 

Generoso Conejos 

Mike McCullion 

Assistant Boys Lacrosse Coaches 

81. Chris Cammarato Volunteer Boys Lacrosse Coach 

82. E.C. Peters Head Boys Volleyball Coach 

83. Derek Rizzo Assistant Boys Volleyball Coaches 

84. E.C. Peters Head Fall Weight Room Coach 

85. Rob Davis Head Winter Weight Room Coach 

86. E.C. Peters Assistant Winter Weight Room Coach 

87. Rob Davis Head Spring Weight Room Coach 

88. Greg Oravets Assistant Spring Weight Room Coach 

89. Rob Davis Head Summer Weight Room Coach 

90. Greg Oravets Assistant Summer Weight Room Coach 

All Coaches listed above Weight Room – All Seasons 

91. Athletic Trainer - Summer Wayne Wedderman 

Mr. Houser: Motion to approve Personnel Motions 1-29. 



Mr. Falkowski: First by Mrs. Mitchell and Second by Mrs. Taylor. Any discussion? 


Mr. Davis No on 8, yes on the rest 

Mrs. Mitchell OK, 8 abstain, 15 part 52 abstain, 17 abstain, 18 yes, but on 18 parts 1, 30 

and 32, no 


Mrs. Sarno: We are going over 18, Personnel Information, correct? 

Mr. Falkowski: That is correct, personnel 

Mrs. Sarno Yes on all 

Mr. Scully Yes on all except No. 22, Section 1, I have to abstain 



Mr. Houser Abstain on 15 and 18, yes to all the others 


OLD BUSINESS 

Mr. Houser: Do we have any Old Business? 

NEW BUSINESS 

Mr. Houser: Anything under New Business? 

SUPERINTENDENT’S COMMENTS 

Mr. Houser: Anything under Superintendent’s Comments? 

Dr. McMahon: None this evening. 

ADJOURNMENT 

Mr. Houser: OK, may I have a Motion to Adjourn? 



Mr. Falkowski: All in favor, aye. All opposed? Motion carried 

The next scheduled Barnegat Township Board of Education meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 

July 8, 2008 at the Barnegat High School. 

Respectfully Submitted, 

Brian S. Falkowski, Board Secretary/ 

Assistant Business Administrator

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