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New CSA for Roosevelt Public School District

By Roosevelt Board of Education
Mary Robinson Cohen, Assistant Principal at South Hunterdon Regional High School, will become the Chief School Administrator (CSA) of Roosevelt Public Schools as of November 1, 2013. Robinson Cohen will take over leadership, as announced by the Roosevelt Board of Education on September 30, from Theresa Hamilton, who has served as interim CSA for the district since July of this year.
A small pre-K through sixth-grade public school district in a historically designated community, Roosevelt is situated in northwest Monmouth County, between Hightstown and East Windsor in Mercer County and Millstone Township in Monmouth County.
“The board is very pleased to appoint Ms. Robinson Cohen as the new leader of our district,” said Board of Education President Natalie Warner. “She’s had experience in curriculum, staff development as well as many years of teaching. In addition – and this is very significant for Roosevelt – she understands the culture and needs of a small district like ours.”
As Assistant Principal in South Hunterdon Regional High School since 2009, a district that has the smallest middle and high school in the state, Robinson Cohen served as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction and Supervisor of Guidance. From November 2012 until June 30, 2013, she also served as Acting Principal of the school.
At South Hunterdon Regional, Cohen also played a strong role in the growth of the district’s Choice program. South Hunterdon Regional, like Roosevelt, is part of the Interdistrict Public School Choice program, which was launched by the New Jersey DOE and enables participating districts to enroll students who do not reside within their district with no cost to their parents.
“I am delighted to join the Roosevelt community,” said Robinson Cohen. “As a former history teacher, I have been aware of thee historical significance of Roosevelt for a long time. I am looking forward to meeting the students, staff and residents of Roosevelt and learning more about the history and the vision that the community holds for the future. I hope that this will be the beginning of a long collaboration in which we all work together to maintain the traditions that make this such a wonderful community while preparing students to achieve academic excellence and a lifelong passion for learning.”
Ms. Robinson Cohen completed her undergraduate and masters degrees at Bryn Mawr College, where she lived in the dormitory designed by Louis Kahn, who also designed the houses of Roosevelt. She received her JD from the University of Pennsylvania’s Law School and school administrator certification from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. Ms. Robinson Cohen holds certification in Elementary Education and Secondary Social Studies. Originally from Brooklyn New York, she and her husband, Robert, live in Princeton and have two children.