With budget planning set to begin next month, the Stafford Township Board of Education’s regular meeting on Feb. 20 not only was brief at just under 15 minutes, but only one agenda item was questioned by one of two individuals from the public in attendance.

That item was the attendance of Superintendent George Chidiac in a doctoral program on educational leadership. Payment of the program is part of Chidiac’s contract terms and is expected to cost about $2,400 per credit, according to Business…