New Milford Public School District board meeting, Jun 10, 2026

1 h 25 min · 0 public speakers

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New Milford school board takes up $9,000 tuition for new full-day preschool program 1:04:41

  • The board recognized its outgoing student board representative with a resolution and honored Teachers of the Year and retiring staff members. 2:34
  • In the business administrator's report, a staff member said enough families showed interest to open a full-day preschool program with tuition of $9,000, and said the district had reduced 2 full-time bus drivers during the budget process. 1:04:34
  • The board took up motions on items recommended by the superintendent and on items from the educational programs and curriculum, personnel, finance and facilities, and athletics and co-curricular committees. 1:17:14
  • Heather Gomez moved the board into closed session on a personnel matter and said the board would not take action when it returned. 1:23:33
Item by item (12)
  1. Opening and minutes 0:00
    • A motion was made to approve the minutes of the May 6th and May 13th meetings. 0:00
  2. Student board representative report 0:00
    • The student board representative gave a final report covering the annual scholarship dinner, the senior prom and the annual sports award dinner. 0:00
    • The report noted the track team was named County Team of the Year and listed end-of-year senior events. 1:48
  3. Recognitions of students and staff 2:34
    • A staff member read a board resolution recognizing the student board representative for service on the board. 2:34
    • A staff member said Teachers of the Year are chosen by a committee of past winners and administration that reads submissions and votes. 6:07
    • Principals spoke about each Teacher of the Year and about retiring staff, including an instructional assistant who served at Berkeley for over 20 years. 7:53
  4. District news and upcoming events 32:08
    • The administrator said a preview of a documentary made with the Names Not Numbers organization would be shown on the 16th at 7 PM and that June 19th is the last day of school. 46:53
    • A district administrator said the district gave out over $30,000 in scholarships at the athletic awards and over $100,000 at the academic awards. 53:49
  5. Agenda items from the administration 57:50
    • A district administrator said BA 2526.76 is a borough ordinance that would let police ticket electric scooter and electric bicycle riders on the district's track and field turf. 59:05
    • The administrator said another item is a resolution urging relief from rising public school employee healthcare costs, which NJSBA asked boards to pass and send to the state. 1:00:04
  6. Assistant superintendent report 1:01:51
    • The assistant superintendent's report said families of students in preschool through grade 1 were sent a home technology access survey via ParentSquare. 1:01:51
    • The report said the survey results will inform the emergency virtual or remote plan, which will be on the July 15th agenda. 1:03:16
  7. Business administrator report 1:04:34
    • A staff member said a resolution would set tuition of $9,000 for a new full-day preschool program. 1:04:41
    • The staff member said students whose families did not provide sufficient residency documentation would be disenrolled effective June 11th. 1:05:29
    • The staff member said the district reduced 2 full-time bus drivers during the budget process and is working with the rec department on field trip transportation. 1:09:05
  8. Correspondence on school calendar 1:14:24
    • A staff member said the Orthodox Christian community sent a letter asking that the school calendar accommodate Orthodox Easter each year. 1:14:27
    • The staff member said next year's calendar was already set and encouraged the board to review a community survey the group submitted. 1:14:27
  9. Public comment on agenda items 1:16:07
    • A speaker at public comment asked about an item on page 9 of the agenda. 1:16:07
    • A staff member said the item approves part-time instructors for the music program for 2026⁠-⁠27. 1:16:42
  10. Board action on committee items 1:17:14
    • Motions were made on superintendent items, curriculum items C25 through 47 and personnel items, with a roll call on the personnel items. 1:17:14
    • Heather Gomez sought a motion on finance items F25⁠-⁠26.244 through 316. 1:19:29
    • Motions were also made on athletics and co-curricular and policy items. 1:20:51
  11. Public comment 1:21:41
    • A speaker at public comment described a recent anti-bias symposium and said the borough remains in litigation over affordable housing. 1:22:28
  12. Closed session 1:23:33
    • Heather Gomez read a motion to adjourn into executive session on a personnel matter. 1:23:33
    • Heather Gomez said the board would not take action when it returned. 1:24:13

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