BERKELEY – The Central Regional Board of Education introduced a $53,363,700 budget at their most recent meeting.
Of this total, $42,500,000 would be raised in taxes.
The budget hearing, which is open to the public, is going to be at the April 30 Board of Education meeting. The board would vote to approve the budget after that. More details about the budget will be presented then.
Recording Meetings?
Also at the most recent meeting, Board member Heather Koenig revisited the idea of recording meetings for the public.
Board attorney Mark Toscano said that he would check with the board’s bylaws and see what the policy is.
Superintendent Michelle CarneyRay-Yoder said that she had worked in several districts in her career and boards have different policies. The best one, in her opinion, is when the meeting is filmed but doesn’t air the next day. That way, they can handle any issues of confidentiality before it goes online. If, for example, a parent doesn’t want their child filmed when they are presented with an award, that is difficult to handle live, but can be addressed in post-production.
Board member John Serpica suggested getting the students involved with the recording process, which other officials agreed with.
Central Regional High School students used to film the board meetings as well as Township Council meetings years ago. They were overseen by the broadcasting teacher. The meetings would run on Channel 21. However, in the beginning of the pandemic, meetings were closed to the public. This put an end to students attending them.
Most months, Central’s board meets twice. The first meeting is a workshop/committee meeting held at the High School Presentation Room at the back of the library. That meeting opens at 5 p.m. but there is a closed session built into the schedule for officials to discuss matters in private that are not for public consumption such as contracts.
The regular meeting is held in the high school auditorium. The closed session is scheduled at 6 p.m. while the public session begins at 7 p.m. More information on the board and their meeting schedule can be found here: centralreg.k12.nj.us/page/about-board-of-education
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