Stanhope Borough School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Stanhope board reviews ethics rules, updates goal wording and approves action items 2:33

  • A School Boards Association field representative gave the board annual ethics training, covering disclosure forms, penalties, social media and a new $500 fine for frivolous claims. 1:14
  • The field representative then led a goals workshop in which board members reviewed last year's board and district goals and discussed keeping them, with a wording change to the student choice goal. 14:30
  • A motion on personnel action items 1 through 10 and addenda items 11 and 13 carried on a roll call vote. 36:58
Item by item (12)
  1. Opening and roll call 0:37
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call that found a quorum and a reading of the Open Public Meetings Act notice. 0:37
  2. Annual ethics training 2:26
    • The field representative said board members other than new members must complete governance training by December 31st and that a $500 fine is now imposed for frivolous claims. 2:33
    • The field representative advised board members to use board email only for board business, to add a disclaimer on personal social media and not to text at the table. 2:33
    • A speaker asked about administering a social media page as part of a job, and the field representative said the commission's concern was mainly about community pages where the public could be blocked. 13:30
  3. Board and district goals workshop 14:30
    • A speaker said the regionalization study was completed and presented publicly but that committees still had to meet on it. 19:48
    • The superintendent said the student choice goal was pretty much achieved as drafted, and the wording was changed to build, maintain and sustain; the superintendent said the double period math goal was a long-term goal still lacking evidence. 21:13
  4. Superintendent's report 25:22
    • The superintendent said staffing was in better shape than in a long time and that the opening of school had gone well. 26:05
    • Asked about the new parking lot, the superintendent said it made the main lot significantly safer but was not yet completed, and that it is meant for staff, not parent drop-off. 28:06
  5. Committee reports and first public session 31:10
    • Jennifer Herold reported a short personnel and curriculum committee meeting and announced an AI presentation for parents and community on September 24th. 31:18
    • A speaker giving the business services report said the audit begins the week of October 5th and that 43 people had registered for the AI community presentation. 32:44
    • A speaker giving the Ed Services report said that board passed a resolution to purchase a building to expand its campus for $2.2 million, and no public comments were offered at the first public session. 34:19
  6. Approval of minutes 34:34
    • The board took a voice vote on the minutes after a motion and second. 34:34
  7. Administrative action items 35:31
  8. Education action items 36:13
    • A speaker asked whether pricing was available for the Washington, D.C. trip, and a staff member said the information would be presented at a parent meeting. 36:23
    • The motion carried. ~36:58
  9. Personnel action items 36:58
    • The staff member said coaches need not be teachers and that the district has no girls basketball coach so far this year. 38:14
    • The motion carried. ~39:26
  10. Business services action items 39:27
  11. Student liaison position 40:11
    • A staff member said the student liaison position would be posted to students and linked this year to the 8th grade advisors. 40:29
    • The staff member said the hope was to have news of applicants by the October board meeting. 41:05
  12. Second public session and adjournment 41:18
    • No public comment was offered, and the board took a voice vote to adjourn. 41:18

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Video: posted by the district as “Stanhope Board of Education - Board Goals & Objectives and Regular Meeting 9/16/2026”