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Tuesday
May 5, 2009

Hundreds turn out to ask BOE what they’re thinking by firing popular, effective principal

Drive toward educational mediocrity underway in SO/M. Popularity, effectiveness and high test scores apparently embarrass BOE and superintendent. Via NY Times Local. 11:19 am

Saturday
May 2, 2009

Is Principal Tom Gibbons being ousted?

More than 150 posts on MaplewoodOnline indicate this is a bit of a shock. Letter-writing campaign underway. Via MOL. 9:37 am

Thursday
April 30, 2009

Race takes center stage at event sponsored by Community Coalition on Race

Read story. Via NY Times Local. 7:17 am

Wednesday
April 29, 2009

Tonight is CHS in Action night

The main floor hallways of Columbia will be lined with tables filled with the accomplishments of the many CHS clubs and teams. Sports teams display their trophies and pass out game schedules. The clubs each demonstrate their own activities; for example, the quiz bowl holds a mock tournament and the astronomy club invites the community to look through the school’s treasured telescope, in the astronomy tower.
Read more. Via MOL Blogs. 7:38 am

On the banning of nuts

According to a letter that went home to parents last week, Dr. Anjelica Allen, the principal of [Marshall] school, has a peanut allergy. Recently she was sitting next to a colleague who was eating peanut butter and went into anaphylactic shock. Thankfully, the principal has recovered, as I understand, but in response to this incident, the school went into food lock down. The school is now peanut-free.
Read more. Via NY Times Local. 7:24 am

Wednesday
April 22, 2009

No indictment against reverent accused of bat attack

Read more from NYTimes Local. The Star-Ledger and Patch also filed stories on this. Via NY Times Local. 6:40 am

Tuesday
April 7, 2009

Maplewoodian interviews school superintendent Osborne

With a $112.3 million budget and some 6,200 students, the per student cost comes to roughly $18,000, a nice chunk of change to pay for any student illegally enrolled.
Read the story. Via Maplewoodian. 7:24 pm

Monday
April 6, 2009

SO/M superintendent gets new contract

Read more. Via Star-Ledger. 7:11 am

Thursday
April 2, 2009

More on drug-sniffing dogs in Millburn schools

Read more. Via NY Times Local. 6:39 am

Tuesday
March 31, 2009

More to the Millburn story than meets the eye or nose?

“People aren’t saying anything, but I think everyone is pretty much unanimously against it," said one person without any indication of irony. Read more. Via NY Times Local. 9:54 am

Board of School Estimate passes school budget with almost 4 percent increase

De Luca and Powder two dissenting votes in 6-2 result. 1:50 am

Saturday
March 28, 2009

See Spot.  See Spot run.  See Spot smell drugs.

Millburn's war on drugs in Millburn schools. Via NY Times Local. 6:00 am

Thursday
March 26, 2009

Alert from Jefferson School principal regarding suspicious vehicle

Please read. (edited to fix link) Via MOL. 5:22 am

Tuesday
March 24, 2009

Budget constraints in Millburn force cuts of teacher aides

Read more. Via Patch. 8:00 am

Monday
March 23, 2009

Free room and board give job new allure

Read more. Via NY Times. 7:46 am

Thursday
March 19, 2009

BOE moving to earlier start times for some schools.

8:05am Via NY Times Local. 8:44 am

Monday
March 16, 2009

SO/M school superintendent salary may rise to $200,000

BOE is slated to vote on the 2.3 percent increase this evening. Update: Superintendent Osborne is donating raise to the South Orange Maplewood Education Foundation (SOMEF). Via MOL. 8:13 am

South Orange professor named Fulbright scholar

Dr. Kyle Farmbry teaches at Rutgers University, Newark. Via News-Record. 8:09 am

Friday
March 13, 2009

Home economics or new media instruction?

NYT Local covers the current budget showdown between home economics and computer instruction. This is being discussed on MOL, too. Via NY Times Local. 7:07 am

Thursday
March 12, 2009

SHU holds program on guiding students through military deployment

"[A]s educators, counselors and professionals in fields of service it is necessary for us to become educated on how to best support these students during this difficult part of their lives." The program was held in mid-February. Read more. Via Seton Hall University. 10:42 am
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