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Dwight Pfennig and Leroy Nunery, left to right, will help lead the Board of Education in its search for a new schools Superintendent. 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, …

Interim schools Superintendent Lee Seitz came under fire at the May 8 Board of Education meeting over the resignation of Franklin High School principal James Bevere. 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 …

School district business administrator John Calavano discusses the proposed 2014-2015 school budget at the May 6 meeting. A $142 million spending plan for the 2014-2015 school year was approved May 6 by the Board of Education. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. …

Franklin High School principal James Bevere has told school staff that he submitted his resignation on May 2. Here’s what’s happened since the FR&A broke this story: Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the …

Edward Potosnak III was selected April 25 to fill a vacated Board of Education seat. 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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

Source4Teachers’ president, Kevin Bush, talks about the benefits his company will offer the school district’s substitute teachers staring next school year. 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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

Mercy Transportation Co. is in the process of selling some of its school district routes to Montauk Transit. A New York-based bus company that took over most of the school district’s bus routes has agreed to take on some more. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …

LeRoy Seitz of Long Branch was named interim schools Superintendent March 20 by the Board of Education. 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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

The Board of Education was told at its March 19 meeting that staff cuts would be necessary to fill a budget gap if substitute teachers were not outsourced. 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. …