{"id":295,"date":"2025-01-07T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2025-01-07T07:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T12:51:00","slug":"publicmeetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/boardofeducation\/publicmeetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rutherford Board of Education meets approximately every three weeks for the transaction of district business. Board committees meet monthly or as needed to receive information and discuss all business that comes before the Board. The Board takes action on items at its regular meeting. Meetings are scheduled for <strong>7:00 p.m. on pre-scheduled Monday evenings throughout the year<\/strong>. Meetings are held in the Rutherford High School cafeteria. The Board welcomes public participation at each meeting. Regular meetings are taped for broadcast on Tuesday evenings on Public Access Television and the Rutherford Public Schools website.<br \/>\nFrom time to time the Board may meet in closed or executive session to discuss items that legally may not be discussed in public. Items reserved for closed sessions include personnel, litigation and negotiations issues. The Board is not permitted to take action in closed sessions and will indicate at the time of the closed session whether or not action will be taken upon return to open session. The order of business shall be as follows unless temporarily changed by the Board.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call to Order<\/li>\n<li>Roll Call<\/li>\n<li>Announcement of Notice<\/li>\n<li>Approval of Minutes<\/li>\n<li>Report of Board President<\/li>\n<li>Hearing of Public<\/li>\n<li>Report of Superintendent<\/li>\n<li>Resolutions<\/li>\n<li>Committee Reports<\/li>\n<li>Communications<\/li>\n<li>Old Business<\/li>\n<li>New Business<\/li>\n<li>Hearing of Public<\/li>\n<li>Adjournment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Meeting Schedule 2025-2026<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>January 6 Reorganization Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">January 27 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">February 24 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">March 10 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">April 7 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">April 28 Regular Meeting (Budget Hearing) 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">May 12 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">June 2 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">June 30 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">July 21 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">August 18 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">September 8 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">September 29 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">October 20 Regular Meeting (Bd of Ed Scholastic Awards) 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">November 10 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">December 1 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">January 5, 2026 Reorganization Meeting 7:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All meetings are on Monday unless noted<\/p>\n<p><center>All meetings will be held on Monday evenings in the Cafeteria at<br \/>\nRutherford High School<br \/>\n56 Elliott Place<br \/>\nRutherford, NJ 07070.<\/center><strong><br \/>\nIn accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A 10:4-6, all meetings of public bodies are open to the public unless closure is specifically permitted by law.<br \/>\nAny changes to the meeting schedule, including dates, times and location, will be posted 48 hours in advance on the district\u2019s website (www.rutherfordschools.org) and in the Board office, filed with the Borough Clerk\u2019s office, and provided to the Record, Herald and South Bergenite newspapers.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rutherford Board of Education meets approximately every three weeks for the transaction of district business. 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