On Jan. 6, the Lenape Regional High School District Board of Education held its annual reorganization meeting. At the meeting, the board recounted the results of this past November’s election in which three seats on the board were filled.
Up for re-election were Medford Lakes representative Steve Lee, Mt. Laurel representative John Jeffers and Shamong representative Ted Shinske.
All three members ran unopposed and won their respective elections.
Lee was elected with 683 out of 689 votes cast for his seat, Jeffers was elected with 4,754 out of 4,801 votes cast for his seat, and Shinske was elected with 491 out of 502 votes cast for his seat. All three men once again took the oath of office and were sworn in to their seats.
During the meeting, the board also nominated and approved the appointment of Southampton representative Linda Eckenhoff to the position of board president. Eckenhoff previously served as vice president for the past two years and will take over for Medford representative David Stow, who held the position for 2014 and 2015.
The board then nominated and approved the appointment of Mt. Laurel representative Paula Lee to vice president.
The board approved numerous other board professional appointments during the meeting, including board secretary, treasurer, solicitor and more.
In other news:
• The board also approved the schedule of its meetings for the upcoming calendar year.
As in previous years, regular board meetings are scheduled to take place on a Wednesday of every month and will continue to be held at the Lenape District Administration Building at 93 Willow Grove Road in Shamong.
Meetings for 2016 include Jan. 20, Feb. 17, March 16, April 27, May 11, June 22, July 20, Aug. 24, Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16 and Dec. 21.
At the March 16 meeting, the board is scheduled to approve submission of its tentative 2016–2017 budget to the state Department of Education, and at the board’s April 27 meeting, it will hold its public hearing for the budget.
• The board approved the 2015 audit submission to the NJDOE.
The audit covered the activities of the LRHSD BOE, any financial transactions of the board secretary/school business administrator and treasurer, as well as the records of the district’s student activity fund, food service fund, athletic fund and special revenue fund.
In the audit report, the district’s auditor stated it received the complete cooperation of all the officials of the school district, and the board’s finance and insurance chair said no corrective actions were necessary.
