Tag: Hillsborough Board of Education

  • Election results: Hillsborough committee, school board

    Election results: Hillsborough committee, school board

    There were elections for seats on the municipal governing body and Board of Education in Hillsborough on Nov. 3. The results listed here reflect what has been posted online by the Somerset County Clerk’s Office as of Nov. 3. Mail-in ballots can be received through Nov. 10, and provisional ballots will be tabulated post-Nov. 11.…

  • Six candidates in the running for the three spots on the Hillsborough Township Board of Education

    Six candidates in the running for the three spots on the Hillsborough Township Board of Education

    Three spots are open on the Hillsborough Township Board of Education (BOE), with six candidates running for those positions.     Incumbent Judy Haas is seeking her sixth term on the BOE. During her time on the board, Haas has been board president for two years and has held the role of vice president on…

  • Hillsborough Education Association endorses Nurse, Marini, Kidd for school board

    Hillsborough Education Association endorses Nurse, Marini, Kidd for school board

    The Hillsborough Education Association (HEA) members have questioned whether the current Board of Education (BOE) shares the sentiment of what is “Best for BORO” and believes members must take a close look at the direction board leadership is steering the district and decide if that is what’s best for the town’s award-winning schools. The HEA…

  • Hillsborough High School Class of 2020 honored with virtual graduation

    Hillsborough High School Class of 2020 honored with virtual graduation

    The backdrop of Hillsborough High School sees Principal Karen Bingert leading a host of school administrators and top-ranked students of the Class of 2020 into the school. All of them are in their graduation attire, walking six feet apart from each other and wearing a mask with a capital H on it to symbolize Hillsborough…

  • Hillsborough superintendent: Online learning is going well

    Hillsborough superintendent: Online learning is going well

    Public and private school administrators throughout New Jersey have instituted online or remote learning to educate students during the coronavirus pandemic over the past couple of weeks. For how the Hillsborough Township Public Schools have been handling online learning, Superintendent of Schools Lisa Antunes said the district has been doing really well with the transformation…

  • Hillsborough school board and union reach tentative agreement

    Hillsborough school board and union reach tentative agreement

    Hillsborough Township Public Schools District officials announced that the Hillsborough Township Board of Education (BOE) and the Hillsborough Education Association (HEA) came to a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract. Officials said the tentative deal was reached on Dec. 19 after both sides met with a fact finder for approximately six hours. The HEA…

  • Hillsborough school board amends activity participation fee policy

    Hillsborough school board amends activity participation fee policy

    The Hillsborough Township Board of Education has adopted a change to include the winter guard, an indoor color guard a part of the marching band in the district’s activity participation fee policy. The nine-member board approved the change by a vote of 8-1 at the Aug. 26 board of education meeting. Board member Jean Trujillo…

  • Hillsborough school board will have a hearing on a new activity fee

    Hillsborough school board will have a hearing on a new activity fee

    The Hillsborough Township Board of Education has set a public hearing for Aug. 26 on an activity participation fee for the district. The fee would apply to athletic competition and co-curricular activities, according to officials. The nine-member board of President Judith Haas, Vice President Lorraine Soisson, Joyce Eldridge-Howard, Gregory Gillette, Ann Harris, Lisa Maroun, Chris…

  • Transportation assistance approved by Hillsborough school board

      Assistance and cost efficiency were achieved when the Hillsborough Township Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution to participate in coordinated transportation with the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey for the 2019-20 school year. “This is a resolution that is renewed each year by our Board of Education. This is not a new resolution.…