Politics & Government

West Deptford School Board Reorganizes, Planning Board Canceled

The school board will take care of various housekeeping items Monday night.

will hold its annual reorganization meeting Monday night, the lone government meeting on the schedule this week after the planning board meeting was cancelled.

The school board will take care of the yearly housecleaning—appointing professionals, approving various benefits agreements and ratifying teacher contracts for the 2012-2013 school year—among other items at the 7 p.m. meeting at the middle school.

This will be the last April reorganization for at least the next four years; the move to hold school elections in November means the board will reorganize in January through the beginning of 2016.

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No action on the proposed standardized dress code, a hot topic of recent meetings, is officially on the draft agenda posted on the district’s website, which is included above. The online comment period for the dress code closed at the beginning of April, and a phone survey was the next planned step in considering a revamped dress code.


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