Highland Park Board of Education

Public Notice of Intent to Amend and/or Alter Superintendent’s Contract

WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey has enacted P.L. 2007, c.53, An Act Concerning School

District Accountability (“Act”); and

WHEREAS, Section 5 of the Act amended N.J.S.A. 18A:11-11 to require boards of education to

provide public notice 30 days prior to the renegotiation, extension, amendment, or alteration of

an employment contract with the superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent of schools,

or school business administrator; and

WHEREAS, the Highland Park Board of Education intends to take action to amend and/or alter

the contract terms and conditions of the Superintendent of Schools; and

NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, in accordance with the Act, the

Highland Park Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the employment contract of the

Superintendent of Schools on June 23, 2025 at 5:30pm during its regularly scheduled Board of

Education meeting to be held at Highland Park Middle School Cafeteria, 330 Wayne Street,

Highland Park, NJ 08904. It is the intent of the Board of Education to take formal action on said

employment contract at this meeting.

Members of the public are invited to submit public comments regarding the proposed

amendment and/or alternation of the Superintendent’s employment contract. The Board,

pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b), the Open Public Meeting Act, shall not publicly discuss

personnel matters and shall not respond to comments made by members of the public. Please

be aware that the subject of this hearing retains the right of privacy and shall retain all rights

regarding defamation and slander according to the laws of New Jersey. The Board shall not be

held liable for comments made by members of the public. This advertisement was issued in the paper on

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION on May 13, 2025 in the News Tribune.

Denise M. DeRosa, Business Administrator/Board Secretary

Highland Park School District

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