Parents will have a chance to question Princeton representatives face to face to find out about Princeton High School.
By: Melissa Morgan
A few special guests will join the Cranbury school board meeting next week.
Members of the Princeton Regional school board will join with members of the Cranbury school board, Cranbury residents and parents for a question and answer session 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Cranbury School cafeteria.
The meeting provides parents a chance to question Princeton representatives face to face to find out about Princeton High School, said Cranbury School board President Joan Rue.
"Even if their kids are a year or two away, it is good to get a feel for what is expected of their child at the high school and to see if Cranbury is preparing the kids well to face their high school," she said.
Ms. Rue said the teachers and administration at the Cranbury School also hope that they can find out about the programs and developments at the high school.
Cranbury school board members are most interested in learning the status of the renovation project for the high school.
According to Ms. Rue, said Princeton voters approved a referendum for a new addition to the school.
"As a sending district, we are anxious to hear about the new additions and how our students will be affected during the construction," Ms. Rue said.
Cranbury school board members said the project’s timetable as well as its effect on space also will be discussed, Ms. Rue said.
"With an upgrade in the science labs and technology, the additions will help the school move into the 21st century," she said. "We are excited for them and our students who will be going there."
In addition to the construction project, Princeton officials will address how the opening of the school year went and discuss new and continuing programs and discipline issues.
Ms. Rue said this meeting will be the first time the entire Cranbury school board has met Sandra Deluca, the new principal of Princeton High School.
Ms. Rue said that although the Princeton school board welcomes Cranbury parents to attend its meetings and become involved, more Cranbury parents take part in this annual meeting because it gives them a comfort factor of attending a meeting that takes place right in their own town.
"The meeting allows parents to come to a school they are familiar with where they don’t feel like they are such a minority," Ms. Rue said. "As a whole, parents are very much involved in Princeton, but this gives them a chance not to have to leave town to see what is happening."
Ms. Rue said she hopes many parents will show up to take advantage of the opportunity to meet with administration from Princeton High.
"It is really important that parents in Cranbury get to know the high school that their kids will be attending," she said.