School Board

Contracts for goods and services totaling $3,185,776 were approved by the Board of Education at its March 18 meeting. The contracts approved were: An agreement between Franklin Township Police Department, Jobs4Blue and Franklin Township Board of Education, for the period of September 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025, not to exceed the amount of $1,119,448 for all Franklin Township Public …

EXPLAINING THE NUMBER – District Business Administrator Stephen Fried explains the preliminary Fiscal Year 2026 budget calculations at the March 18 Board of Education meeting. About $6 million in necessary reductions included in the preliminary Fiscal Year 2026 budget will impact school district programs and, to a lesser extent, staff, schools Superintendent John Ravally told the Board of Education at …

INTERIM ONCE AGAIN – Kelley Guerrero speaks at the March 18 Board of Education meeting after she was named interim Principal at Pine Grove Manor Elementary School. As she did just three months earlier, Kelley Guerrero found herself in front of the Board of Education on March 18, thanking them for naming her the interim principal of a district school. …

BUDGET NEWS – Schools Superintendent John Ravally speaks about the challenges the District faces in creating the Fiscal Year 2026 budget at the February 27 Board of Education meeting. The school district is facing a certain 3 percent reduction in state aid and an uncertain amount of federal aid in the run-up to creating the Fiscal Year 2026 budget. Figures …

NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL – Genesi Miles speaks to the Board of Education February 27 after being named the new Franklin High School principal. A 5-year veteran of the district school system was named the new Franklin High School principal at the February 27 Board of Education meeting. Genesi Miles is currently the Pine Grove Manor elementary school principal, a …

The Franklin Township school district will not share students’ immigration status with federal officials, nor will it immediately allow immigration officials immediate access to students, families, or faculty, according to guidelines published on the District’s web site. The web pages, which went live on January 29, are meant to provide information and resources to the District’s immigrant population. “Franklin Township …

SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT – Ardaman Singh was unanimously re-elected as president at the January 7 Board of Education reorganization meeting. Board of Education member Ardaman Singh was returned as Board president, and Dr. Dennis Hopkins was elected vice-president at the January 7 Board of Education reorganization meeting. Newcomer Nicolas DiMeglio was sworn into the seat he won in the November …

HIS FINAL ADDRESS – Outgoing Director of School Management, Orvyl Wilson, speaks to the RTS students at their annual; Thanksgiving celebration on November 26. More than 50 students enrolled in the school district’s Road to Success program were treated to a Thanksgiving buffet on November 26. The event was held at Franklin Middle School – Hamilton Street campus, where much …

EQUITY AND INCLUSION UPDATE – Daryn Plummer, the school district’s Supervisor of Equity and Inclusion, discusses the four-year District Equity Plan at the November 21 Board of Education meeting. A four-pronged, four-year plan to ensure equity in education for Franklin Township students was unveiled at the November 21 Board of Education meeting. The so-called District Equity Plan “signifies a dedication …

ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS GIVEN – Schools Superintendent John Ravally told the Board of Education on November 21 that the District expects pre-Kindergarten enrollment to be near 800 students by the 2025-26 school year. The township school district plans to enroll nearly 800 pre-Kindergarten students in the 2025-26 school year, the Board of Education was told at its November 21 meeting. Schools …