Meeting To Discuss Superintendent Who Allegedly Pooped On Track

KENILWORTH, NJ —The Kenilworth Board of Education will be hosting a special meeting to discuss Superintendent Thomas Tramaglini, who was recently arrested for pooping on an almost daily basis on the Holmdel High School athletic fields.

The meeting will be held on Saturday at 8 a.m. at David Brearley High School, Board of Education Conference Room, 401 Monroe Ave., in Kenilworth with the purpose "to meet in closed executive session to discuss personnel matters involving the office of Superintendent of Schools." (See Related: Kenilworth Superintendent Charged With Pooping On Holmdel Track)

The meeting will first be open to the public, but then go directly into closed executive session "to discuss the topic of personnel (matters involving the office of superintendent of schools) which private discussion is being held pursuant to Section 7b and 8 of the Open Public Meetings Act," according to the meeting notice.

What is discussed in closed session will be disclosed to the public as soon as final decisions are made and voted upon.

Two resolutions are also being proposed by the board including: the status of Dr. Thomas Tramaglini, Superintendent of Schools.

A resolution will also be discussed about the status of Brian Luciani, Director of Academics, who has been serving as the acting superintendent of schools since Monday.

Tramaglini, 42, a Matawan resident, was arrested and charged with the bizarre crime. He was charged with lewdness, littering and defecating in public. His home is only a few miles away from the high school.

Tramaglini is the superintendent of the Kenilworth school district, and also lectures part time at Rutgers, in their graduate-level education classes. After his arrest, he requested he take a paid leave of absence from his $147,504-a-year job. Kenilworth schools announced the news on their Facebook page late Wednesday night.

"Earlier today, we learned of municipal court charges facing our current superintendent of schools in Holmdel, NJ," read the somber statement. "Given the nature of those charges, he asked for and was granted a paid leave of absence."

Before he was hired to oversee Kenilworth's schools, Tramaglini was the PreK-12 Chief Academic Officer of the Keansburg School District. He is also a part-time lecturer at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education. He started out as a middle school and high school teacher.

According to state law, a leave can only be unpaid if the superintendent is indicted, or faced with tenured charges. Brian Luciani, Kenilworth's director of academics, has been named as the acting superintendent of schools.

Tramaglini was due in Holmdel municipal court Monday morning, May 7 to answer to the charges, but that date has been pushed back and rescheduled, police told Patch. His case has been rescheduled to May 30 at 10 a.m.

Photo of Thomas Tramaglini from the Kenilworth school district.

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