Middletown BOE Holds Special Meeting Thursday Night On Mold Issue

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — The Middletown Board of Education will hold a special meeting this Thursday night to brief the public on the mold issue in two schools in the district.

The meeting will be at 7 p.m. Thursday and it will actually be held virtually on Zoom, which is not usually how the Board conducts their meetings now (usually, meetings are in person only).

The discovery of mold in classrooms at Nut Swamp and Lincroft elementary schools pushed back the start of the school year for every school in the district, now back to Sept. 13, Middletown superintendent Mary Ellen Walker said in a surprise announcement Tuesday.

The Middletown school district has hired an environmental consultant who will be testing each room in all elementary, middle and high schools. During that time, all buildings will be closed. The district also hired a second vendor, a remediation team to remove the mold.

It remains unknown how much the district is paying to remove the mold.

Here is the official notice of Thursday night's meeting:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a meeting of the Middletown Township Board of Education on Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.

At which time the following matters of business will be conducted: Special Board of Education Meeting for an update on mold issues. This meeting will be conducted virtually using the Zoom platform and will be open to the public following the closed portion of the meeting.

Public participation will be available virtually using the Zoom conferencing platform. The Zoom meeting code will be shared prior to the start of the meeting on the district website. The meeting will also be live-streamed on YouTube, the link will be on the district website.

Those attending the meeting via Zoom will have the opportunity to comment during the public portion of the meeting by requesting to participate by utilizing the "Raise Hand" feature on their Zoom attendee dashboard.

Formal Action Will NOT Be Taken

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a meeting of the Middletown Township Board of Education:
DATE: Thursday, September 2, 2021
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
PLACE: Virtual Zoom Platform (see school district website for link)

AT WHICH TIME the following matters of business will be conducted:

SPECIAL BOARD EDUCATION SPECIAL MEETING

1. Call to Order and Reading of the Sunshine Notice
2. Roll Call
3. Resolution for Executive Session for review of matters related to mold.
4. Call to Order – Reopening of Public Meeting (following closed meeting)
5. Re-Reading of Sunshine Notice
6. Roll Call
7. Pledge of Allegiance
8. Opportunity for the Public to Speak (30 minutes)
9. Motion to Adjourn

Formal Action Will NOT Be Taken

PLEASE SEE THE DISTRICT WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO THE VIRTUAL MEETING PLATFORM

Prior: Mold Discovery Delays Middletown School Start Date To Sept. 13 (Aug. 31)

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