Board of Education Taxes

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 …

A 40-year educational veteran – and veteran of a very public dust-up with Gov. Chris Christie – was named interim schools Superintendent March 20 by the Board of Education. LeRoy Seitz will take over the helm on March 29, the day after current interim Superintendent Eveny Pagan leaves the district for another job. Seitz, of Long Branch, will be paid …

Teacher and paraprofessional layoffs and a slight property tax increase are in the offing under a $142 million preliminary 2014-2015 school year operating budget approved March 19 by the Board of Education. Those layoffs could be mitigated by outsourcing the district’s substitute teachers, the board was told. Interim schools Superintendent Eveny Pagan told the board that the layoffs of the …

The Board of Education paid its attorney nearly $20,000 for legal work connected with negotiating with the former schools Superintendent to leave his position before his contract ran out. Add that to the approximately $55,000 payout given to former Superintendent Edward Seto, and the total bill to have him leave before the end of June comes to about $75,000. There’s …