MSD BOE Meeting October 26, 2026

The MSD Board of Education meeting on October 26, 2026, included a major facilities and financing update. Administrators reported that projects under the voter-approved $158.4 million bond referendum are being scheduled from the coming summer through the 2032 school year. The next step is to advertise and bid the bond sale, planned for November 18, with tentative closing on December 3; financial advisers and bond counsel will lead the process, and the board approved Business Matters motions 1–16. The board also considered approximately $2.3 million in capital-reserve funding for previously discussed facility work, including Alfred Vail window-wall repairs, Frelinghuysen Middle School turf and boiler replacement, HVAC controls, and a turf-field lease payment. No specific construction vendor award was reported.

Other procurement- and funding-related items included a New Jersey cybersecurity grant application, presented as access to services and resources rather than direct funding, for IT staff training, security assessments, exercises, and continuous risk monitoring; the board approved the associated business motions. The meeting also covered nutrition services and preschool plans, donations supporting school programs, and a districtwide anti-bullying and student-safety presentation. No additional contract award or vendor selection was identified.