School Board

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 …

Six candidates for an unexpired term will be interviewed April 25 during a special Board of Education meeting. The candidates hope to fill the seat of Robert Trautmann, who left in February midway through his first term. The candidates who filed for the position are: Alex Kharazi of Margaret Drive. Kharazi is founder and president of Educational Excellence, which provides tutoring for …

After seven years with the school district, interim schools Superintendent Evany Pagan is moving on to another position. Pagan, who was assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction before taking on the interim role at the beginning of February, next week will become the assistant superintendent of schools for the Passaic school system. The Hillsborough resident said her leaving was “bittersweet.” …

The school district is still without an interim Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, apparently thanks to an outburst from an audience member at the Feb. 20 Board of Education meeting. The position was vacated when interim schools Superintendent Evany pagan was appointed at the end of last month. The board was holding the required public hearing on the proposed …

Privatization of some positions and the search process for an interim schools Superintendent are among the topics to be discussed at a special meeting of the Board of Education set for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at Franklin Middle School. The school board will discuss privatization of the district’s paraprofessionals and substitute teachers, and the interim superintendent’s search process, according to …

The school district has launched an internal investigation as to why a child left on a school bus for five hours Jan. 28 was reported as being in school. Franklin Township police are also investigating the incident, said department spokesman Sgt. Philip Rizzo. A statement from schools Superintendent Edward Seto said the student’s attendance was marked “verified,” even though the …