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About three dozen of the district’s substitute teachers showed up at the Nov. 21 Board of Education meeting to once again ask that the pay hike they were promised last year be put into effect. The teachers have been showing up regularly since September, asking the board to reverse a June decision to cut their per day pay by as …

A team of 24 Rutgers Prep students participated in the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament.Photo: Rutgers Preparatory School. A team from Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset, placed 18th out of 150 teams recently in the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament held in Cambridge, Mass. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

Franklin Township High School seniors Eva Michaylin (left) and Travis Schwarz sort through donated food Nov. 19 at Sampson G. Smith School. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can …

Mayor Brian Levine, center left, and school principal Oguz Yildiz, center right, with award-winning students.Photo courtesy of Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School. Photo courtesy of Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent …

Landscape architect Jeff Reynolds describes outside improvements planned for a Riverview Drive site. A school for learning-disabled children will have a new home in a former office building on Riverview Drive. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly …

Eric Zeises, Let’s Yo’s director of operations (center) holds commemorative $1,000 check for Franklin Township High School’s Project Graduation committee with committee member Lydia Copperthwaite (left). The Franklin Township High School Project Graduation Committee won $1,000 in a contest sponsored by Let’s Yo yogurt stores. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …

Rutgers Prep students are working on an app for the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organizations. Come early next year, members of Non-Governmental Organizations registered with the United Nations may have an easier time finding each other. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We …

Photo by Ibrahim Tuncel Students at the Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School celebrated Diwali, the Indian “Festival of Lights,” during a special presentation Nov. 5. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. …

Board of Education president Julia Presley Updated with response from Julia Presley. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can only do that with your support. Please consider a yearly …

Orvyl Wilson, director of school management Incidents of violence, vandalism and harassment are decreasing in all nine of the district schools, according to a district official. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight …