School Board

  Ethics complaints against the Board of Education’s president and vice president have been dismissed by a state Administrative Law judge. The complaints were filed by former board member Robert Trautmann, who alleged that board president Julia Presley and vice president Eva Nagy violated state ethics regulations when they voted earlier this year to accept a buyout contract with former schools …

  A proposal to eliminate mid-term exams in Franklin High School will be up for a vote at the Board of Education’s Nov. 20 meeting. The proposal has been discussed by the district administration and high school staff since about September, interim Schools Superintendent Lee Seitz said at the board’s Nov. 13 meeting. Seitz said the proliferation of state-mandated tests …

The Board of Election race isn’t the only one upon which Franklin residents will vote on Nov. 4, but it is arguably the most important. That’s because of all the candidates voters will choose – a U.S. Senator, a member of the Congress, two Somerset County Freeholders and four school board members – the latter category has the most direct …

The pending school referendum, the search for a schools Superintendent and school budget oversight were some of the topics fielded by Board of Education candidates Oct. 30 at a candidates’ night held at Somerset Run. The event, which five of the six school board candidates attended, was sponsored by the Somerset Run Civics Club and the Somerset Adult Communities Civics …

An incumbent and an unsuccessful candidate in last year’s Board of Education election are joined by four others in seeking the three open board seats this November. An additional two candidates are seeking a 1-year unexpired term. Richard Seamon, who served two terms before losing his re-election bid last year, has thrown his hat in the ring again. Also running for a …

A former teacher of autistic and emotionally disturbed children has been named the interim Director of Pupil Personnel Services for the school district. Terrance R. Brennan will start the position on July 14, according to a release from the district. He was named to the position at the June 26 Board of Education meeting. Brennan is the former interim schools …

A proposed schedule for Franklin High School which would have reduced class periods and increased lunch times was rejected June 26 by the Board of Education. That means that the master schedule in effect for the 2013-2014 school year will be used in the 2014-2015 school year, and possibly longer. Board members Delvin Burton, Christine Danielsen, Nancy LaCorte Edward Potosnak …

Schedule changes that would result in more homework and added – albeit shorter – lunch periods for Franklin High School students and longer science and social studies classes for Sampson G. Smith 6th graders will be up for votes at the Board of Education’s June 26 meeting. Details of the changes were discussed at the board’s June 19 meeting. Board …

A proposed Franklin High School schedule change for the 2014-15 school year would create more, shorter periods and would cut the amount of time for lunch periods for the second consecutive year. The proposed schedule was shared with high school staff in a June 2 meeting. In general, the schedule calls for eight periods, the first and 8th being 47 …

A former teacher at Sampson G. Smith School who allegedly said a group of African-Amercian students were “acting like a bunch of monkeys” has lost an appeal of her 2012 dismissal on charges that her conduct toward her students was “unbecoming and violated the standards required by public school teachers.” A 3-judge panel of the state Appellate Court found that the …