New Milford Public School District board meeting, Oct 14, 2026
45 min · 1 public speaker
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New Milford school board hears of 34% health benefit increase for 2027 33:10
- A presenter said the anti-bullying self-assessment has a maximum score of 78 and the district average was 74.75. 5:37
- During the superintendent's report, a speaker said the state voted to raise health insurance 34% next year, and a staff member giving the assistant business administrator report said the 2027 health benefit increase is 34% with open enrollment running October 26th to October 31st. 8:46
- Motions were made on board action, curriculum, personnel, finance and athletics items and on a first reading of policies, with a roll call taken on the personnel motion. 36:09
Item by item (11)
- Opening statements and minutes 0:08
- Heather Gomez read the board's open public meetings statement and sought a motion to approve the September 9th closed and regular minutes. 0:08
- Student representative report 1:25
- The new student representative reported on homecoming and Spirit Week and an Environmental Club research project on Japanese knotweed, an invasive plant. 1:33
- Anti-bullying self-assessment presentation 4:38
- Superintendent's report 8:41
- Assistant superintendent for education report 24:56
- A staff member said fall benchmarking, including the K-3 universal literacy screening, is complete and family reports were sent through ParentSquare. 25:07
- The staff member said individual score reports for Spring 2026 testing would be mailed home around October 30th. 26:31
- The staff member said the statewide performance data presentation would come at the November meeting. 30:30
- Assistant business administrator report 31:10
- A staff member said the auditors were nearly finished and were waiting on information from the state. 31:19
- The staff member said the high school window project is almost complete and the high school air conditioning project is about 80% complete. 32:13
- The staff member said the 2027 health benefit increase is 34% and open enrollment will run from October 26th to October 31st. 33:10
- Board committee reports 34:14
- Anthony Albro said the Policy Committee had 3 policies and 1 regulation up for a vote, including an update to a 1995 policy on pupil use of vehicles and a policy on indoor air quality. 34:18
- Cheryll Calderon said the finance and facilities committee discussed the 34% insurance increase and said the committee was of the opinion it is not sustainable in the long term. 35:26
- Public comment on agenda items 36:09
- The board opened public comment on agenda items, and no one from the public spoke. 36:09
- Board action and committee motions 36:09
- Motions were made on board action, curriculum and personnel items, and a roll call was taken on the personnel motion. 36:09
- Cheryll Calderon corrected the finance item numbers and sought a motion to approve F26-27.59 through 0.78. 38:38
- Anthony Albro moved a first reading of policies and regulations. 39:23
- Board member announcements 39:43
- A speaker encouraged the public to take part in a state school funding outreach survey and said a School Funding Outreach tab on the New Jersey Department of Ed website lists ways to get involved. 39:43
- Nicole Dunne announced a domestic violence symposium on October 21st at 6:30 PM in the New Milford High School auditorium. 42:02
- Heather Gomez said the board's ethics training is scheduled for January 13th. 42:33
- Public comment and adjournment 43:20
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