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The characteristics and traits that should be embodied by the next schools Superintendent will be discussed at the June 19 Board of Education meeting. Information gleaned from an online survey, meetings with parents, board members, faculty and staff, township officials and the community at large has been distilled by the district’s search firm, Hazard, Young & Attea Associates. Firm representatives will …

That fact that the Franklin Township school district was not among the seven districts recently sued over their enrollment policies does not mean it’s off the hook. The New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union made good June 2 on a threat issued to a number of school districts in the state – Franklin’s among them – which …

The Board of Education’s search for a new schools Superintendent is barely underway, but “seven or eight” hopefuls have already submitted applications, the school board was told May 15. Representatives from the board’s superintendent search firm, Hazard, Young & Attea Associates, sat with the board in a special meeting designed to help the company prepare a “leadership profile” of the type …

UPDATE: Orvyl Wilson, the school district’s director of school management, has been named acting principal at the high school. Wilson served as the high school principal from 2001 to 2008 and as acting principal from April through July 2012. District spokeswoman Mary Clark said the issue of Wilson’s compensation “is under review and will be determined by Board of Education policy …

A $142 million spending plan for the 2014-2015 school year was approved May 6 by the Board of Education. The budget is powered by a tax levy of nearly $130 million, comprised of $124,774,680 for the general fund and $4,626,751 for the district’s debt service. The general fund portion of the levy is 2 percent higher than that for the …

Here’s what’s happened since the FR&A broke this story: An online petition has been created, urging the Board of Education to not accept Bevere’s resignation at its May 8 meeting. The board will consider the resignation as part of the interim Superintendent’s personnel report. The reason given for Bevere’s resignation in that report is “personal.” Orignal story: Franklin High School …

It took the Board of Education president to change her vote, but Home Street resident Edward Potosnak III was selected to fill the board’s vacant seat at an April 25 special meeting. Potosnak, who is also an alternate member of the township Planning Board, was one of six candidates vying for the seat vacated earlier this year by Robert Trautmann. …

The school district’s roughly 150 substitute teachers will be working for a Cherry Hill-based company starting next year, for a little more money and better benefits. The Board of Education at its April 24 meeting voted unanimously to privatize the substitute teachers, awarding a $1.4 million contract to Source4Teachers. And unlike the move to substitute the district’s para-professionals – which …

In a fast meeting April 8, the Board of Education selected Illinois-based ECRA Group to lead a search for the new schools Superintendent. The company, which has an office in Jersey City, will charge the district an $18,500 basic consultation fee for the search, plus expenses. Those expenses – which in an extreme case could add another $17,000 to the …

A New York-based bus company that took over most of the school district’s bus routes has agreed to take on some more. Montauk Transit Service of Medford, N.Y. has agreed to purchase some equipment from and assume some district bus routes held by Mercy Transportation Inc. of Monmouth Junction. The deal, which will affect 1,850 students, is effective immediately, but …