Miguel Rivera addresses the Board of Education September 22 after being appointed as new principal at Claremont Elementary School. The Board of Education on September 22 once again elevated one of the district’s own, naming Miguel Rivera as the new principal at Claremont Elementary School. Rivera has spent the last nine years as principal at Pine Grove Manor School.
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Update: The Board approved the policy and regulation ayt its September 22 meeting. A policy that would provide for the use of hand-held metal detecting wands on township school properties was introduced at the August 25 Board of Education meeting.
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Two school district administrators were awarded merit bonuses for the 2021-22 school year at the August 25 Board of Education meeting. Jonathan Toth, the district’s outgoing business administrator, was awarded $15,124.26 in merit bonuses for meeting three goals.
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School district Business Administrator Jonathan Toth is one of two district administrators leaving for the Edison school district. The resignations of the principal of the Claremont Road Elementary School and the school district’s business administrator were accepted at the Board’s August 25 meeting. Claremont Road principal Nicole Sury Bevere’s resignation is effective September 27, while Board business administrator Jonathan Toth’s …
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Gaye McGee, the newly appointed vice principal at Franklin Park School, poses with her family after her appointment was approved by the Board of Education. A 19-year education veteran and township resident was named as the new Franklin Park School vice principal at the August 25 Board of Education meeting. Gaye McGee spent her entire educational career with the Piscataway …
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The Board of Education at its August 25 meeting completed its annual exercise of creating new goals for the upcoming school year. Board members unanimously adopted the following six goals:
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School board president Nancy Lacorte leads a slate of three incumbents in the November Board of Education election. Three incumbents are being challenged by two newcomers and a former Board member for the three available Board of Education seats. School board candidates in Franklin are chosen during the general election in November.
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Quiyon Peters is the school district’s new K-12 counselor supervisor. The Board of Education once again reached into the district to fill a top supervisory post, tapping an eight-year veteran to be the new Supervisor of School Counseling. Quiyon Peters, currently a guidance counselor at Franklin Middle School – Hamilton Street campus, will start her new $105,000-a-year position on July …
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Zufall’s Frances Palm describes the health clinic that is planned for Hillcrest Elementary School. The student health clinic that is a partnership between the school district and Zufall Health Services is set to start operations on July 14 at Hillcrest Elementary School. Frances Palm, Zufall’s COO, stopped by the June 16 Board of Education meeting to give the Board and …
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Schools Superintendent John Ravally gave details about the planned school-based health clinic at the May 26 Board of Education meeting. Plans are being finalized for what could eventually be a community health center based at Hillcrest Elementary School. The school district received a $200,000 federal grant to partner with Somerville-based Zufall Health Services to offer the clinic in what will …
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