The Princeton School Board and the teachers union met Thursday night, March 26, but did not come to an agreement on a new contract. School board representatives and union negotiators are scheduled to meet with a mediator for the fifth time on April 9. The two sides are not commenting publicly about negotiations, based on…
A New Jersey Assembly panel has released a two-bill legislative package to tackle the growing concern over the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment being administered to New Jersey students in grades 3 to 11. The first bill would allow a parent or guardian to exclude a student from taking…
Sullivan A. “Tripp” Welborne III has been selected as the new Lawrenceville School Athletic Director. Welborne, who currently serves as the Director of Athletics at the Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, Fla., will begin his duties on July 1. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and of the Queens University of…
The school board for the Princeton Public Schools voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a tentative budget for the 2015-16 academic year that includes a tax levy increase of $1.7 million. Under the proposed budget, the tax levy would increase from $71,629,433 to $ 73,339,567, an increase of 2.4 percent. The owner of a home…
The West Winsor-Plainsboro Regional School District had to cancel the controversial PARCC assessment test yesterday due to technical problems while attempting to administer the test. “These issues concerned the proctor caching of the test,” Superintendent of Schools David Aderhold said. “We have been working with New Jersey Department of Education and Pearson Services to resolve…
Five Princeton Day School students have been named finalists for the 2015 National Merit Scholarship competition: Michael Kearney, Caroline Lippman, Pria Louka, Navin Rao, and Katherine Venturo-Conerly. The students were among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists named in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program, and have met all the requirements to advance to finalist standing…
An open letter to Princeton Public Schools staff, students and parents: I am grateful for the opportunity that I have had over the last 3 years to serve our schools as a board member. It has provided me valuable insight into how hard our administrators, teachers and support staff work everyday to ensure that our…
The workers who serve food to students in the Princeton Public Schools day after day say they can no longer afford to take a day off of work if their own children are sick. The new contractor that provides food service for the district, Nurti-Serve Food Service Management, has taken away the cafeteria employees’ health…
The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education issued the following Q&A regarding the school calendar this afternoon. By the Princeton Board of Education In light of the weather-related interruptions to our school year, the board has received many questions from parents and guardians regarding changes to the school calendar. Here are our best answers at…
Princeton Public Schools officials have made a last-minute change to the school schedule for this week and next week because of snow days. Schools will now be in session this Friday, Feb. 14, and Monday, Feb. 17. Friday was originally a staff development day. Monday is President’s Day. Superintendent of Schools Steve Cochrane made the…
A citizen group says it has collected enough signatures to put a referendum on the ballot asking Princeton voters whether they support turning the oldest section of the Valley Road School into a community center. Resident Dick Woodbridge said supporters of a non-profit community center have collected more than 2,100 signatures from Princeton voters to…
The Rutgers University Board of Governors today released the results of a review of the events that preceded the dismissal of former head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice. Conducted by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP, the review offers several recommendations to improve university policies and procedures. The recommendations include the implementation of a university-wide risk…
