Dr. Todd Fay will divide his time evenly between the two elementary school districts.
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer
LAMBERTVILLE When students return to Lambertville Public School next week, they’ll see two new faces, and one familiar face in a new job.
The biggest change is the addition of a new superintendent, Todd Fay. Hired in June to start work July 1, Dr. Fay will oversee administrative tasks at the K-6 school 2½ days per week. He’ll spend the rest of his week performing similar duties at West Amwell Elementary School where he’s been the superintendent since December 2002.
The day to day running of the school is in the hands of the new principal, Gail Tress-Nardoni. Students will recognize her from the many years she spent in a variety of positions at LPS, among them acting superintendent from 2000 to 2001, a basic skills reading teacher and a teacher of pre-first, first, second, third, fifth and sixth grades.
Previously, one person oversaw both the administrative tasks and the day to day concerns. The Board of Education in June agreed to create the new position of principal and share a superintendent with West Amwell.
The board also hired Dominick DiIenno as a new third-grade teacher.
The school will have two third grades this year instead of only one as it had last year in an effort to keep class sizes smaller, according to Business Administrator Toni Slack.
Local elementary schools that send graduating sixth-graders to South Hunterdon Regional High School, including LPS, have been working on articulating the curriculum, making sure students from different schools are on the same page and ready to learn the same things when they graduate to middle school.
”Fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and, sometimes, eighth-grade teachers meet over curriculum issues fairly regularly, and that’s really fruitful work,” Dr. Fay said.
Now with one superintendent overseeing both LPS and West Amwell, that articulation will continue in a stronger fashion.
”We’re getting better and better at that,” Dr. Fay said. “And we’re trying to develop a K-12 curriculum.”
Students will start the school year with a full day Sept. 5.
LPS’ enrollment this year is expected to remain approximately equivalent to last year’s enrollment of 150.

