Thursday, March 28, 2013
What's next for the BOE now that a member has resigned?
Now that John Tavis has resigned, what does the Board of Education do now? According to state law, the board will have 60 days from the date of the resignation to fill the vacancy, normally by a majority vote of the board. If the board fails to do so, the vacancy could be filled by the county superintendent, the law reads. The Wall Township Board of Education bylaws say that the board will publicly notice for the vacancy and solicit candidates willing to fill it. The board will then interview candidates for the vacancy. This may or may not be done in public session. The vote to appoint a candidate, however, will be in public session, the bylaws read. Whoever is appointed to the seat will serve until the board’s next organization meeting, …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Unanimous vote to adopt budget under cap with significant tech purchases, hiring
The Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously approved the budget for the upcoming school year following a presentation by administrators and a public hearing at a special meeting held at the Intermediate School. The vote to adopt the budget was 8-0. Board member Donald Herbert, who was present prior to the start of the meeting, left the building before the board was called to order. He did not return. No explanation was given for his absence. The vote followed about an hour-long presentation by district administrators that varied little from the presentation given on Monday. Some budget numbers were changed slightly from Monday’s presentation, but those changes were largely insignificant. The $68,462,470 total budget comes with just shy…
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Another scheduled Tuesday evening
A presentation on the upcoming school year's budget is scheduled for Monday morning, officials said. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Intermediate School's auditorium, according to a post from schools Superintendent Daniel Simon. The budget numbers, including the tax rate, tax levy and tax burden on the average home assessment were unavailable Friday afternoon from the district's website. The Board of Education is slated to hold a public hearing on the yet-unreleased final budget on Tuesday at a special meeting. That begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Intermediate School cafeteria.
Monday, March 11, 2013
$68 Million School District Budget Introduced last week; special meeting to discuss Tuesday
A special meeting of the Board of Education is scheduled for Tuesday to discuss the district's $68 milllon tentative budget, officials said. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Intermediate School is the second such special meeting in as many weeks. It was announced Saturday in a blog post by Superintendent Daniel Simon and, also Saturday, in a tweet on Simon's twitter page. New budget documents also were made available over the weekend, including the district's tentative budget summary, Simon said. The budget process presentation linked on the business office page under the heading "2013-14 Budget," however, contains the previous year's budget numbers, not the proposed budget numbers. Also, the link to the tentative budget …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
More than $4,000 raised at charity basketball game
The four principals of the school district's elementary schools, with the additional firepower of Superintendent Daniel Simon lasted through a grueling basetball game with the district's fifth graders on Monday. The event, a charity fund-raiser for district victims of Hurricane Sandy, raised more than $4,000, Simon said. Pictured here are the “Fab 5,’’ a quintet comprised of Superintendent Daniel Simon and Anthony Abeal, William Carson, Eric Laughlin and Greg Stortz, the principals of West Belmar School, Allenwood School, Old Mill School and Central School, respectively.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
No public vote on district budget, unless it exceeds 2 percent tax levy increase
The Board of Education in a special meeting Tuesday voted unanimously to move its annual elections to November. The school board called the extra session to beat a deadline of Feb. 17 imposed by the state Department of Education to decide whether to move the elections to November, when statewide elections are held. In a Jan. 25 letter from Christopher D. Cerf, acting commissioner of the state Department of Education, districts were asked to let their county clerks know by the middle of February whether they were going to hold annual elections in November or keep them in April. No member of the public spoke at the lightly attended, 10-minute meeting. The vote was 9-0. “It does not mean that it hasn’t been considered for almost two years …
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
First public meeting since start of interim schools chief search
The Board of Education is scheduled to meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Intermediate School, 2801 Allaire Ave. It is the first public meeting since the school board began interviewing candiates to fill in for Superintendent James Habel, who is out on medical leave and is not expected to return before his contract expires in June. The meeting agenda does not call for a vote on a interim superintendent. The topic is up for disucssion under the board president's report to the full board, according to the agenda. The board last month began a search for a temporary chief and held interviews with candidates earlier this month. John Tavis, school board president, said Tuesday afternoon that the board has not yet decided on a candidate and is still …
Friday, July 15, 2011
World Language instruction for elementary schools will be computer-based
School district officials at a meeting Thursday said the district’s decision to implement a computer-based language program in the elementary schools for the upcoming school year will not be altered. About 30 people attended the meeting, which was part sales pitch and part frank discussion. It followed Tuesday’s Board of Education presentation by outgoing Curriculum Director Marianne Gaffney, where a parade of parents criticized the plan to implement the Rosetta Stone computer-based language program to teach World Language to grades 1-5. Gaffney, who is leaving the district to take a position in the Cherry Hill school district, began the meeting giving basically the same presentation she did Tuesday, with minor changes. She was followed by…
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Surprise windfall from Trenton bumps aid figures
Wall Township school received an unexpected windfall from Trenton this week when its state aid money was doubled as part of a state-wide increase to school districts. Wall schools’ share of the $600 million bump to school budgets doubles the aid the district had already banked for the 2011-2012 school year. The district will receive an additional $600,516 in state aid on top of the $600,516 bump it received in February, bringing Wall’s total state aid figure to $3,178,023. That’s $1,201,032 more in aid than last year, according to figures released by Gov. Chris Christie’s office this week. “I think it’s great that our aid has been increased,’’ said Brian Smyth, district business administrator. “There are plenty of areas to allocate these …
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Each recognized for their outstanding efforts
A group of teachers and school professionals were honored at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting for outstanding achievement. Schools Superintendent James Habel honored one teacher or professional from each school for top honors and recognized them during the board’s meeting. The 2011 Outstanding Teacher/Educational Services Professionals are:
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10:05 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
What is going on in Wall Township? There has been one after another BOE member who resigned....Something must be going on there. more ›