Tag: Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education
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School board elections return incumbents and welcome newcomer
Incumbent school board members – Board President Anita Williams Galiano, Vice President Andrea Driver, and Pamela Lilleston – return to the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education has been certified by the Mercer County Clerk’s Office. When sworn in to start their three-year terms representing Hopewell Township on the school board in January, they will…
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‘Here together in support’
Hopewell Valley Regional School District (HVRSD) is not immune to the impact on families and students from the Israel-Hamas War and the war in Ukraine. Superintendent Rosetta Treece delivered a new message to the school community at the school board’s Oct. 16 meeting in response to emails she received after her first message speaking to…
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‘Eager to jump in’
Toll Gate Grammar School has a new leader in charge of guiding the school for the remainder of 2023-24 year. Melissa Lauri was named interim principal of Toll Gate following the resignation of former principal Jane-Ellen Lennon, which was effective Sept. 29. “It has been a pleasure to step in as interim principal of Toll…
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Hopewell Valley Regional School district to focus on mental health training, grading consistency, diversity
Consistency in grading, more mental health training and diversity among staff are just some of the goals the Hopewell Valley Regional School District has for the 2023-24 school year and beyond. During a work session in August, the school board established goals in the areas of academics; civic engagement and building community; diversity, equity and…
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‘A deeper dive’
Small percentage of Black and Hispanic student are not graduation ready, according to the NJGPA Data from the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) has highlighted that Hopewell Valley high school juniors who identify as Black or Hispanic have a higher percentage of not being graduation ready than other ethnicities. The NJGPA percentages are higher…
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Closing the performance gap
Hopewell Valley Regional School District is hiring elementary teacher leaders to lead the charge, pauses on filling STEM facilitator positions A pause is coming to STEM facilitator positions in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District as the administration seeks to address a student performance gap in the English Language arts and math curriculum. The school…
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Covering a revenue shortfall
Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education adopts 2023-24 budget with tax increases The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education – faced with a revenue shortfall and rising costs due to inflation – adopted a $100.5 million budget to fund district operations for the 2023-24 school year. Board President Anita Williams Galiano, Board Vice President Andrea…
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Hopewell Valley Regional School District faces rising costs in health benefits and transportation
Hopewell Valley Regional School District, like many school districts statewide and nationally, is not immune to rising costs associated with inflation and transportation. Health benefits, transportation, property and causality insurance were just some of the drivers of Hopewell Valley school district’s increased costs highlighted by Robert Colavita, school board business administrator and board secretary. The…
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Lilleston to serve unexpired term left by former board president on Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education
The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education has decided on Pamela Lilleston to serve the vacancy left by former Board President Deborah Linthorst following her resignation. Linthorst, whose term runs through the end of 2024, had announced her resignationf from the school board in December 2022. She cited personal and professional reasons for her resignation.…