Update: Student Accident Insurance Extended Through July
A resolution that would have provided the insurance failed at the Fort Lee BOE’s meeting Tuesday, when two board members abstained and one voted against it. The district's business administrator subsequently got it extended for a month.
The president of the Fort Lee Board of Education said earlier this week that a special meeting may be necessary if the school district wants to have a broker of record and, more importantly, student accident insurance for the 2012-2013 school year, after the board failed to pass a pair of finance resolutions at its meeting Tuesday. But business administrator Cheryl Balletto said that when the board did not renew the student accident insurance, she called the district’s broker and got it extended through July 31. “I confirmed it this morning with [the broker], and it is extended through July 31,” Balletto told Patch Friday. In order for the insurance to be extended beyond July 31, it will have to be approved by the board. “I’m hoping that …
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clare speeck
5:33 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012
PLEASE EXPLAIN: Why is the Board of Education paying an insurance broker's fee of $110.000.00 and getting a $52,207.00 policy? This seems to be based on the same purpose as never posting the Supt. vacancy, at no cost, on the Schools Employment listings and paying $9,500.00 to a search firm when there is no intention of considering other candidates. Are there some inappropriate relationships here? more ›