School District Set to Hire Former Madison Business Administrator on Interim Basis

The School District of the Chathams Board of Education will hire an interim business administrator Monday who formerly worked in Madison schools.

The board will appoint Charles Milewski to replace outgoing business administrator Ralph Goodwin, who is retiring. Milewski will be paid $550 per day and will take over the job Tuesday.

Milewski retired as the Madison School District's business administrator June 30. He will do the job until a replacement is hired, according to a resolution on the matter.

The school district will also formally accept various grants that will allow it to do work on several building projects at the Monday board meeting.

It will take an $8,266 grant from the high school Parent Teacher Organization that will allow it to do work on its lobby.

It will also approve receiving a variety of grants that will go toward roof work at its schools. Partial roof replacements will be done at Lafayette Elementary School, Washington Avenue Elementary School and Chatham High School and that money will help pay for those projects.

Other projects that will be done include the conversion of various classrooms at Chatham Middle School and the revampment of the weight room at Chatham High School. The latter will be done with general funds, not with grant money.

The district's board will also vote on a resolution opposing a proposal, offered by Gov. Chris Christie, that would cap superintendent salaries based on district size.

Superintendent Jim O'Neill's salary for the 2009-'10 school year was $210,058, according to Data Universe, a database of salary information on the Asbury Park Press's Web site.