School Board

BEST IN THE STATE – Principal Oguz Yildiz stands with a graduating senior at the 2025 Thomas Edicaon EnergySmart Charter School graduation ceremony. (File photo.) Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School and Central Jersey College Prep Charter School are ranked as the top two charter schools in the state in the latest US News & World Report ranking of high schools …

FIRST DAY CHAT – Schools Superintendent Jamil Maroun speaks with a Road to Success program student September 3 at the Franklin Youth Center. Elementary and high school students across the township returned to their classrooms September 3 for the opening of the 2026-27 school year, and for schools Superintendent Jamil Maroun, the morning marked a first of his own. Don’t …

Franklin Township Board of Education committees moved a mandated student cellphone policy toward final adoption, endorsed nine new high school courses and set the date for a stadium tribute to the late football Coach Len Rivers during a round of August meetings, according to committee reports. The reports also disclosed that the District paid $3,823,866 in charter school tuition in …

The Franklin Township Board of Education approved more than $446,000 in contracts, purchases and service agreements at its August 27 meeting, including a $75,000 award for an online elementary Spanish program and nearly $44,000 for phone lock pouches. The spending was spread across three agenda items: a 20-part contract approval list totaling about $371,354, the award of a technology recycling …

A FEW QUESTIONS – School Board member Bill Grippo had some questions about the proposed Board goals at the August 27 meeting. The Board of Education voted Aug. 27 to adopt six goals for the 2026-27 school year, reworking the language of one goal, keeping a disputed word in another and taking on a certification effort that schools Superintendent Jamil …

EXPLAINING CHAIN OF COMMAND – Schools Superintendent Jamil Maroun, sitting at his first Board of Education meeting, explains the draft “chain of command” document soon to be released to the public. Schools Superintendent Jamil Maroun previewed a draft “chain of command” document at the Aug. 27 Board of Education meeting, a step-by-step guide that tells parents, students and staff whom …

EXPLAINING THE PROGRAM – Nicholas Solomon, the District’s Director of School Management, describes the use of “phone pouches” under the new school policy at the August 27 school board meeting. The Board of Education voted Aug. 27 to spend $43,950 on 2,400 locking phone pouches, part of a district plan to enforce New Jersey’s new “bell-to-bell” ban on student use …

MARATHON MEETING – The Board of Education met in the Franklin High School library July 30 to create new goals for the upcoming school year. The Board of Education July 30 held its annual district goals meeting and emerged with a draft document not too much different than the one it used for the past year. Don’t Miss Out! No …

NO COMPETITION – School Board members Bill Grippo and Erika Inocencio, and Jimmie Parker, III (not pictured) were the only candidates to file for the upcoming Board of Education election by the July 27 deadline. (File photo). For the first time in years, November’s Board of Education race will be uncontested. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin …

Contracts worth $2,944,410.01 in goods and services were approved by the Board of Education at its July 23 meeting The Board approved: 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 …