Tag: Edison Township School District
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As enrollment soars, Edison board moves to address student overcrowding
EDISON — To deal with the issue of overcrowded conditions in its schools, the Edison Township Public Schools Board of Education has hired an architect to prepare a long-range facilities plan and a demographer to study enrollment trends. “We haven’t had a long-range facilities plan in seven years,” board President Jerry Shi said at a…
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Edison school board names interim superintendent
EDISON — Starting Aug. 3, Paul Saxton will serve as the interim superintendent of schools in the Edison Township School District. At a meeting on July 18, Board of Education President Jerry Shi announced the board had received 21 applications from individuals interested in filling the full-time position of interim superintendent. “The Personnel Committee interviewed…
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VFW Teacher of the Year has connections to Edison, Metuchen
Todd Pagel, a history teacher at John Adams Middle School in Edison, has been named New Jersey Veteran of Foreign Wars’s Teacher of the Year. “I am extremely honored,” said Pagel, who has been a teacher for 11 years. “The VFW is an amazing organization that helps veterans throughout America. They also do an excellent…
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Full-day kindergarten will be a big hurdle for Edison schools
EDISON — Jerry Shi, the president of the Edison Board of Education, has charged the members of a task force with finding a way to implement a full-day kindergarten program in the district. With building space limited and class sizes already approaching 30 pupils at the Woodbrook and Lincoln elementary schools, the full-day kindergarten initiative…
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Edison students, teachers walk for CARE
EDISON — The faculty and students at John Adams Middle School in Edison showcased how much they care for their community. More than 300 students signed up and 30 teachers participated in a walk-a-thon on Nov. 8 to raise money for the non-profit Community Action Reaches Everyone (C.A.R.E.), Inc. organization. “We raised almost $1,500 dollars…
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Nine candidates seek Edison school board seats
EDISON — Nine candidates are vying for the three, three-year term seats available on the Board of Education in the upcoming election. Incumbents Beth Moroney and Jingwei “Jerry” Shi face seven newcomers including Carol Bodofsky, Elizabeth M. Conway, Ruchika Juneja, Falguni Patel, Aquib Virani, Sunil R. Vuppula, and Maria C. Wise. Two candidates are vying…
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Edison addressing overcrowding in schools
EDISON — Township officials are lending a helping hand to the Edison Township School District as they continue to address the severe overcrowding problem that has existed for many years and continues to get worse. Councilman Robert Diehl said that when the elementary schools in the township opened more than 50 years ago, the student…
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Edison considers adding high school
EDISON — The “hopes and dreams” of building a third high school is a hope and dream that needs to become a reality. That is why the Edison Board of Education approved a resolution at a meeting on July 31 for LAN Associates, Midland Park, Bergen County, to perform a survey and evaluation of the…
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Edison school budget gives relief to taxpayers
EDISON — The taxpayers of Edison will feel a bit of relief in their wallets when opening the next quarterly tax bill. In May, the Board of Education (BOE) made a promise when adopting the 2017-18 school budget — to use the expected $1.45 million in additional state aid to provide direct tax relief to…