School Board Business Administrator Resigns For Position In West Orange
John Calavano, the Board of Education’s business administrator and assistant schools Superintendent, has resigned. Calavano said in an email that he submitted his 60-day notice on July 29. Calavano, who has been with the district for 17 years, said he will become the business administrator for the West Orange school district. Calavano’s departure marks the […]
School Board Narrowly Votes To Move $84 Million Referendum To December
It took a last-minute change of heart on the part of one member, but the Board of Education June 26 decided to move the $84 million referendum vote from September 30 to December 9. The move had been requested by Nick Demeglio, head of “One Less Move,” the grassroots citizens’ committee that is trying to […]
School Referendum May Be Postponed Until December
The $85 million school district referendum that has been planned for September may not happen until December. The Board of Education at its June 26th meeting is scheduled to vote on a motion that would push the vote back three months. The main reason for the change is that the grassroots referendum citizens’ committee,”One Less Move,” […]
Schools Superintendent Search Update: School Board Hopes To Interview Candidates In July, August
The Board of Education hopes to interview prospective schools Superintendent candidates in the two months leading up to the 2014-2015 school year, the board’s vice president said June 19. Eva Nagy, sitting in for board president Julia Presley, said that the board is “on track” in looking for the district’s next top executive. “We’re working […]
Next Schools Superintendent’s ‘Profile’ To Be Discussed At School Board Meeting
The characteristics and traits that should be embodied by the next schools Superintendent will be discussed at the June 19 Board of Education meeting. Information gleaned from an online survey, meetings with parents, board members, faculty and staff, township officials and the community at large has been distilled by the district’s search firm, Hazard, Young & […]
Threat Of ACLU Suit Over Registration Policy Hangs Over School District
That fact that the Franklin Township school district was not among the seven districts recently sued over their enrollment policies does not mean it’s off the hook. The New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union made good June 2 on a threat issued to a number of school districts in the state – […]
Hopefuls Begin Applying For Schools Superintendent Position
The Board of Education’s search for a new schools Superintendent is barely underway, but “seven or eight” hopefuls have already submitted applications, the school board was told May 15. Representatives from the board’s superintendent search firm, Hazard, Young & Attea Associates, sat with the board in a special meeting designed to help the company prepare a […]
UPDATED: School Board Accepts Bevere’s Resignation, Decision Criticized By Parents
UPDATE: Orvyl Wilson, the school district’s director of school management, has been named acting principal at the high school. Wilson served as the high school principal from 2001 to 2008 and as acting principal from April through July 2012. District spokeswoman Mary Clark said the issue of Wilson’s compensation “is under review and will be determined […]
School Board Approves $142M Budget; Some Teaching Positions Saved
A $142 million spending plan for the 2014-2015 school year was approved May 6 by the Board of Education. The budget is powered by a tax levy of nearly $130 million, comprised of $124,774,680 for the general fund and $4,626,751 for the district’s debt service. The general fund portion of the levy is 2 percent […]
UPDATED: Franklin High School Principal Suddenly Resigns; No Reason Given
Here’s what’s happened since the FR&A broke this story: An online petition has been created, urging the Board of Education to not accept Bevere’s resignation at its May 8 meeting. The board will consider the resignation as part of the interim Superintendent’s personnel report. The reason given for Bevere’s resignation in that report is “personal.” […]