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Agenda:LOPATCONG TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION 321 Stonehenge Drive Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING: The Board of Education will meet on Saturday, November 20, 2004 at 9:00am at Lopatcong Township Middle School located at 321 Stonehenge Drive. The meeting will be held in the Cafetorium. To gain admittance, please use the entrance at Stonehenge Drive. The meeting will be open to the public at 9:00am. AGENDA
This is a board work session meeting. No action will be taken and no public input will be allowed.
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Minutes:MINUTES OF THE LOPATCONG TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL MEETING AND WORK SESSION Vice-President Gallant called the meeting to order at 9:05am. Mrs. Barna read the following opening statement, “I would like to announce and have placed in the minutes that adequate notice of this special meeting of the Lopatcong Township Board of Education has been provided in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act by publication in the Express-Times. A copy of this notice has also been filed with the Township Clerk and posted at both school locations.” The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all present. ROLL CALL Present: Ernie Gallant (left at 10:50am), Greg McGann, Terry Glennon, Joe Kennedy, Tim McGuinness, Jesse Rozycki, Raisy Stammherr (left at 10:45am), and Bill Taggart. Absent: Frank Kish Others Present: Teresa E. Barna, Business Administrator/Board Secretary and Diane Morris, Representative of New Jersey School Boards Association. SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PROCESS The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Superintendent Search Process, set criteria and a calendar. Ms. Diane Morris of the New Jersey School Boards Association discussed the search process with the Board. New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) will conduct the search in conjunction with the Board of Education. NJSBA will post the position, obtain information from the Board, staff and the community regarding the criteria, expertise level, experience and characteristics of the next Superintendent to lead the district. NJSBA will develop the application, which is customized to individual districts according to the input received from all groups. Applications will be sent directly to NJSBA and will not be accepted at the Board of Education Office. NJSBA will review and evaluate resumes and applications and weigh them according to the criteria set by the Board. All resumes will be presented to the Board of Education for their review. The Board will select the candidates that they wish to interview. Two rounds of interviews will take place in closed session meetings. The Board is charged with the responsibility of doing all reference checks. Once a candidate is selected, the Board may do district visits and have the candidate spend a day in the district. The Board by law must offer a three to five year contract to the new Superintendent. If the Board for whatever reason, chooses not to renew the contract of the newly appointed Superintendent, they must give one year notice of non-renewal. If notice is not given, the contract automatically renews for the term of the original contract. With the retirement of the current Superintendent, there will be some operating changes since the new superintendent is not offered tenure according to law. Mr. Purdy is a tenured Superintendent and has been grandfathered under the law to maintain his tenure. All new superintendents do not obtain tenure. Legal Notices and advertisements to announce the vacancy will be placed in the Sunday Newark Star Ledger for two weeks with one week in between. The notice will also appear on the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators website. After considering the process and how NJSBA will lead this process for the Board, the consensus of the Board is to enter into a contract with NJSBA for the purpose of a Superintendent Search. The Board will hold a special meeting on November 30th to take action on this contract. At this time, Diane Morris distributed notebooks which contained pertinent information on the Search. These notebooks are for the Board’s purposes to use as a reference and work papers as they go through the process. The Board must start to develop contract language, so that they are prepared to offer a contract to the individual who is selected for the position. Mr. Taggart in conjunction with the Board Attorney will work on developing contract language. The Board must also work on updating the job description for the Superintendent. The Special Ad-Hoc Committee will meet to discuss the job description. The Board also discussed the timelines and set a calendar which will put the selected candidate in place July 1, 2005. Since Mr. Purdy’s contract expires and he will be retiring July 1, 2005, the new Board, the board seated after the April election, must take action appoint the selected candidate. Therefore, the new Superintendent will be appointed at the Reorganization meeting on April 26, 2005. Mrs. Stammherr left at 10:40am. Mr. Gallant left at 10:50am. The Board had discussion with the guidance of Ms. Morris on establishing criteria for the position as well as the education, experience, expertise, personality characteristics of the candidate. Staff input dates were set for December 9, 2004. Community input will take place at a special meeting on December 6, 2004. Hearing no further business, the Board adjourned at 12:50pm on a motion by McGuinness, second by McGann. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Respectfully submitted, Teresa E. Barna, RSBO Business Administrator/ Board Secretary
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