School board held its regular meeting on Dec. 13
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SCHOOL, from Page 1
was finance, and 16 resolutions
were approved. among other
things in relation to finances, the
Board resolved to:
• ratify the purchase order lists
for October 2018, in the amount
of $437,567.35.
• approve the bill list for De-
cember 2018, in the amount of
$960,036.35.
• ratify the check lists for No-
vember and December 2018, in
the amount of $3,176,672.25.
• approve the purchase of
music equipment from Coles
Music Service for the high school
and middle school bands in the
amount of $17,970.52.
• approve the purchase of a
school bus (a 2020 54-Passenger
Blue Bird School Bus from
Hoover truck & Bus Centers) in
the amount of $100,186.48.
• approve to dispose of anti-
quated “Go Math” textbooks lo-
cated at Warren e. Sooy Jr.
elementary school.
in regards to the new school
bus, board member Barbara Bere-
nato noted that it is a necessary
purchase because it will shorten
the amount of time some students
spend on the bus.
“the need for this [new bus] is
going to be instrumental because
it will cut down on time. there are
students who are on the bus for
two hours,” Berenato said.
the board then turned to 17 res-
olutions involving personnel, and,
among other things, they resolved
to:
• approve a letter of resignation
from early Childhood education
Center instructional aide Deanna
Calabria, effective December 21,
2018.
• approve professional staff
members to provide tutoring serv-
ices for the Hammonton early
Childhood education Center
Helping Hands and Sooy elemen-
tary Project assist District title i
after-school programs. the ap-
proved instructors and planners
are the following: ashley Noll,
ashley Brigandi, Nereida rosado,
amy D’ambrosia, Dana Grasso,
Joni Diemma, amy DiMatteo,
Stefanie Dooley, andrea Silipena,
Gina Silipena and Denise am-
brose. Cindy McBride was ap-
proved as the nurse for the
after-school programs, and Beth
Bugdon was approved as Program
admin/Lead teacher. Substitutes
were also approved. in total,
$15,544.66 will be spent to pay
these personnel for the 20 sessions
of the after-school programs.
• approve the following person-
nel for Warren e. Sooy Jr. ele-
mentary School Curriculum and
instruction Coordinators for the
2018-2019 school year: Lori Sci-
bilia (Grade 2), Karen Viruet
(Grade 3), renee Clark (Grade 4),
Sandy Silipino (Grade 5), amy
Clauhs (Bilingual) and Jennifer
Greco (Special education). each
of these personnel will receive a
stipend.
• approve to create and post the
full time positions of Bus
Driver/Grounds, Bus Driver/Mainte-
nance, and Bus Driver/Custodial.
• approve a letter of retirement
for district bus driver Gregg in-
gram, effective January 3, 2019,
and district custodian John De-
Palma, effective august 31, 2019.
• approve the following person-
nel pending receipt of necessary
paperwork: Carolann Cohan (dis-
trict part-time food service
worker); evelyn Santiago (substi-
tute teacher/guidance counselor
with a teaching certificate); Jaeda
Cooper, alicia Grunewald, Shari
Grinceri (substitute teachers with
a New Jersey substitute certifi-
cate); Victoria Neill (substitute
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