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VOORHEES TOWNSHIP (SBN) — The Eastern Camden County Regional School District Board of Education returned to a contested legal-services appointment at its September 14 meeting, again considering the law firm Methfessel & Werbel, P.C. as School Solicitor at $185 per hour, not to exceed $150,000, through June 30, 2027. The identical appointment had failed to pass at the board’s prior August 24 meeting on a split vote, according to the minutes.

The solicitor contract is the district’s most closely watched item because the board remains divided over who should represent it in legal matters. In August, the board divided on the prior motion by a 4-4 vote.

The reappointment was being proposed under a state statute that permits school boards to hire professional services without competitive bidding.

The board also took up the first reading of two privacy policies, Policy 3324 and Policy 4324, both titled “Right of Privacy.”

Policy 3324 governs privacy for teaching staff and would establish guidelines and protections to prevent unauthorized audio or video recording of school staff by students, visitors, or other individuals while staff perform their assigned job duties.

Policy 4324 covers all non-certified support personnel, including custodians, cafeteria staff, secretarial staff, security personnel, bus drivers, and instructional aides. It prohibits students, parents, visitors, or fellow employees from making unauthorized audio or video recordings of support staff members while they are performing their board-assigned job responsibilities.

Both policies are part of state-wide standardized regulatory updates drafted because of the prevalence of social media and instances where videos were made secretly and edited out of context.

A first reading introduces a policy for public review before a later vote on final adoption.

Beyond the solicitor and policy items, the board’s agenda carried a slate of special education and student services actions affecting students across Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro, and Voorhees.

Those included an out-of-district special education student placement effective September 3, 2026, and an agreement with the Voorhees Board of Education to transport a middle school student to and from Kingsway Learning Center at $150 per day for 180 days, or $27,000 annually.

The district also scheduled ratification of instructional assistant bus support for an out-of-district route to Kingsway Learning Center, effective September 8, 2026, and approved a visit by Collingswood School District educators to Eastern’s Post Graduate 18-21 Transition Program on September 16, 2026.

On the financial side, the board paid bills totaling $1,343,114.24 for September 14, and approved the August 2026 payroll of $654,613.15 and additional bills submitted August 25 through September 13 $168,582.60.

The board also scheduled ratification of the sale of 50 solar renewable energy credits at $166 each, generating $8,300 in revenue.

The next regular meeting will be Monday, October 12, 2026.

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Eastern School Board Weighs Solicitor, Privacy Policies