CRANBURY — After being hired as the Cranbury School’s new chief school administrator two months ago, Dr. Susan Genco hit the ground running and gave a report of all she has accomplished so far at the Board of Education meeting July 19.
Considering she officially took over interim CSA Carol Malouf’s position only 19 days earlier, members of the board were impressed by all she already has done.
She said she is having 15-minute interviews with each staff member.
”I wanted to get to know them personally and professionally,” she said at the board meeting.
She said that through the interviews, she learned the teachers and faculty share similar values, such as community, student learning and teamwork.
The district chose her as superintendent because Dr. Genco proved to uphold similar values as principal in the Brick Township School District.
She also met with students the last week of school and asked them what makes their school special and what things make them proud of their school.
She said the teachers have been very supportive, sending her a bouquet of flowers on her first day as superintendent.
She is in the process of looking for a media specialist and a new part-time employee to help at the school help desk.
Other items that have been keeping her busy are the planning for eighth-graders’ fundraising events, such as a car wash and school dances. The events help cover the costs of the eighth-grade class trip, semi-formal dance, the graduation ceremony and the class gift to the school.
July 12, she visited Princeton High School and attended a meeting with Judy Wilson, superintendent of Princeton schools, and other PHS representatives.
July 13 and 14, she attended a leadership conference called the New Jersey Department of Education’s Office of Governance and Leadership Development Summer Leadership Institute, held at Sayreville High School.
The conference focused on educational leadership, preparing for the future of education and the responsibilities of superintendents.
Also among the first things Dr. Genco did was send letters out to parents, telling them 15 minutes would be added to the end of the school day in the 2011-12 school year.
