Plainfield Public Schools public meetings in 2020
3 substantive meetings from 2020, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Business Meeting
The Plainfield Board of Education will hold a business meeting with action items including personnel appointments, leaves, resignations, and retirements. The board will also vote on stipends for winter athletics coaches totaling $91,492 and for Saturday and after-school academic programs. Public comment is scheduled for 30 minutes before committee reports.
- Approve contractual appointments including Audio Visual Specialist at $69,550 and Math Supervisor at $122,074
- Approve 12 leaves of absence and 3 resignations, 1 retirement
- Approve winter 2020-2021 coaching stipends totaling $91,492
- Approve Cedarbrook Saturday Academy stipends up to $24,008
- Approve Cook Twilight Academy stipends up to $30,464
Work & Study Meeting
The Plainfield Board of Education will hold a work and study meeting with action items, including approving contracts for a gifted and talented arts program, out-of-district special education placements, a water infrastructure grant application, and routine financial reports. The agenda also includes an enrollment report showing 8,079 students as of November 2020.
- Approve $31,275 contract with Arts & Education and Middlesex County College for gifted arts program (grades 6-12)
- Approve $161,984.85 for out-of-district special education placements for 3 pupils
- Authorize submission of Water Infrastructure Improvement Grant application up to $416,000
- Approve payment of bills totaling $12,256,707.86
- Approve 2021-2022 Academic Program of Studies for Plainfield High School
Business Meeting
The Plainfield Board of Education will hold a business meeting on November 17, 2020, with action items including approval of minutes, human resources reports, and various staff appointments, leaves, resignations, retirements, and stipends. The board will also recognize former board member Robert J. Darden and allow public comment.
- Approval of annual appointments for 2020-2021, including assistant custodians and an elementary teacher
- Substitute/part-time appointments with rates from $28/hr to $265.55/day
- Leaves of absence for multiple staff, including medical and FMLA
- Resignations of five teachers, effective Dec 2020-Jan 2021
- Stipends for curriculum writing ($4,760), translation team ($4,480), data specialists ($13,440), and Schoology training ($43,200)