Ingemi questions $39K for helmets
Page 4 • Wednesday, February 17, 2016 • The Hammonton Gazette
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one of our teachers could qualify
for teacher of the year, but tonight
to give a special recognition to one
teacher from every building, it’s
very special. and it’s great to see
the type of people and the type of
commitment we have here. You
know the schools are just brick and
mortar, but the heart and soul, and
really the driving force of the education here at Hammonton, is certainly our faculty and staff,” board
president Sam Mento said.
in other board news, as stated on
the agenda, the board approved the
first reading of resolution No. 16
02 r (W): resolved that the Hammonton Board of education approve to introduce on first reading
for the refunding of all or a portion
of the outstanding callable refunding school bonds of the school district, dated October 12, 2006,
issued in the original principal
amount of $7,385,000, appropriating not to exceed $7,600,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of
not to exceed $7,600,000 refunding
school bonds to provide for such refunding. the purpose of the refunding is to incur an interest cost
savings for the School District.
the board approved a joint purchasing system authorizing the
Hammonton Board of education to
enter into a Joint Purchasing agreement with the Somerdale School
District.
the board approved the following amounts, as stated on the
agenda:
• purchase order lists for December 2015 and January 2016 in the
amount of $719,532.91.
• bill list for february 2016 in the
amount of $522,978.84.
• check lists December 2015,
January and february 2016 in the
amount of $1,386,416.82.
the board approved the 20162017 tuition costs for sending districts. according to Mento, the
rates are as follows: regular tuition
(HHS 9-12) $12,185; (HMS 7-8)
$11,168.
the following contracts were approved unanimously, as stated on
the agenda:
• Northeast Plumbing Services
for the pipe reinsulating at the high
school in the amount of $15,180
based on education Data trade
Service agreement.
• Vargo associates for topographical mapping in the amount of
$5,400.
• Cengage Learning for aP Calculus textbooks for the high school
in the amount of $5,940 based on
lowest quote.
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for
Spanish textbooks and supplemental materials for the high school in
the amount of $13,166.01 based on
lowest quote.
•
Clencoe/McGraw
Hill/
MacMillian for CP Psychology
textbooks and for the high school in
the amount of $15,799.00 based on
lowest quote.
• american tennis Courts inc.
for high school running track repairs in the amount of $4,250 based
on education Data trade Service
agreement.
• follett educational Services for
the high school based on the lowest
quote for english Literature textbooks, $6,617.60 and World History textbooks, $2,354.
• adorama for various technology supplies for the high school in
the amount of $5,899.47 based on
lowest quote.
• riddell Speedflex football helmets for the high school in the
amount of $39,354 based on lowest
quote.
“Now, i’m going to probably
guess this isn’t about safety because
that would mean we are currently
using unsafe helmets … in Hammonton, our fiscal compass is broken. We go to town council, we’re
spending on eagle theatre, a dog
park, community garden. We come
here. We’re spending money to
bring the Hawks here, and no one
has ever told me how we are going
to pay for the electricity and the upkeep. Now, we want to spend
$40,000 for more sporting equipment. So i think these are our
wants, they are not our needs. But
we got a lot of needs, and i think
this school has a lot of needs and
addition to funding to improve our
ParCC scores. We’ve got leaking
roofs, we are going to have healthcare and benefit increases when the
government’s toolkit expires in
terms of how much the school district pays versus individual teachers. So costs are coming and there
are plenty of things we need to address. So we have two options as a
schoo