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Hillside Township School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Hillside board hears tentative budget that accounts for possible charter school 30:50

  • The board also heard a presentation from Ola Edwards Community School, public comment and committee reports before a motion to go into executive session. 20:36
  • A district staff member presented a tentative budget and said it had to include a charter school that appears on the district's state aid report, though no charter school is currently in Hillside. 30:50
  • The staff member said about $4.37+ million would be diverted to the charter school and, combined with $2.3+ million in lost state aid, the district would face $6.6 million over 2 years. 31:36
Item by item (7)
  1. District updates and upcoming events 0:00
    • A district official said Black History Month programs planned for February continued into March after 2 snow days. 0:00
    • The official said testing would run from the end of April into mid-May and that a second evening event for the community to ask questions would be held the week of April 13th. 0:00
  2. Student representative report 7:18
    • The student representative said the Academic Decathlon team placed 14th in the state competition on March 10th. 7:18
    • The student representative asked the board to consider a formal treatment facility at Willfield Stadium for student athletic trainers to treat injured players on site. 10:32
  3. Ola Edwards Community School presentation 12:40
    • Students from Ola Edwards Community School performed a song and a poem. 12:54
    • The principal of Ola Edwards Community School described character development, academic supports, enrichment clubs and family events at the school. 12:54
    • The principal said the school supported over 1,000 families during the Christmas season through initiatives such as the Angel Tree Program. 29:01
  4. Tentative budget presentation 30:50
    • The staff member said the tentative budget would be submitted to the county the next day and that the final budget meeting is advertised for May 7th. 32:30
    • A district staff member said enrollment had declined since 2023 to about 2,910 students and that each student represents roughly $20,000 in revenue. 34:40
    • The staff member said state aid revenue had decreased by 3% in each of the past 2 years and that the budget includes roughly $33+ million in tax levy and $32+ million in state aid, with total revenue north of $74 million. 37:49
  5. Public comment 46:18
    • A speaker at public comment asked about the board's plan for an athletic training room at the football field, saying transporting supplies to the field was labor-intensive. 48:04
    • Speakers at public comment described a student trip to Barcelona, Madrid, Florence and Rome, a planned trip to Germany and Switzerland in 2028, and a Daddy-Daughter Dance on May 30th. 51:38
    • A speaker at public comment representing the paraprofessionals union asked the board to finalize and sign the union's contract and schedule a signature meeting within 7 calendar days. 54:51
  6. Committee reports 57:25
    • Laquana Best-Vick said the Labor Committee discussed items 1 through 30 on the labor agenda, and Pinchas Shapiro said the finance committee met multiple times that week. 57:51
    • Helen Egwaikhide said the Buildings and Grounds Committee discussed auditorium HVAC upgrades at Hillside High School and an emergency evacuation agreement with the Bright Munch Kings Learning Center. 58:11
    • Jo-Ann Horton-Givens said the Policy Committee reviewed a policy on the use of movies and/or videos for classroom instruction. 59:08
  7. Executive session 59:41
    • Dr. Donald Howard, Jr. asked for a motion to go into executive session to discuss matters including personnel, litigation and labor negotiations. 59:41

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Video: posted by the district as “Hillside BOE Meeting 3/26/26 - Part 1”