Tag: Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education

  • Opinion: Please don’t stack Hopewell Valley Regional School Board

    Opinion: Please don’t stack Hopewell Valley Regional School Board

    I am writing with my concern about the Hopewell Valley Regional School Board election. I was on the Board of Education representing the voice of retired people on a fixed income and spent nine years on or chairing the Finance Committee and kept spending at or below cap. During our overlap, Adam Sawicki spent his…

  • Five candidates vie for three open seats on Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education

    Five candidates vie for three open seats on Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education

    Five candidates are on the ballot for three three-year terms to represent Hopewell Township on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education in the Nov. 3 general election. The candidates are Andrea Driver, Anita Williams Galiano, Jacqueline Genovesi, Ross Gordon and incumbent Adam Sawicki. Driver, Galiano and Gordon are running as a slate together for…

  • Hopewell Valley Board of Education discusses school district equity audit

    Hopewell Valley Board of Education discusses school district equity audit

    Hopewell Valley Board of Education members and district officials were briefed on the findings of an independent equity audit conducted by Rowan University professor Jennifer Rich. Rich’s teaching at the university has an emphasis on social justice and anti-bias education, according to the university. When the school board convened for a virtual meeting on Sept.…

  • Fall activities, sports return for Hopewell Valley schools

    Fall activities, sports return for Hopewell Valley schools

    Since Board of Education approval more than two weeks ago, a new normal has resumed at the school district secondary level in Hopewell Valley for fall activities and outdoor sports. Official practices are already underway for outdoor fall sports such as cross country, field hockey, football, soccer and girls tennis at Hopewell Valley Central High…

  • Hopewell Valley Regional Schools will start academic year with in-person and remote options

    Hopewell Valley Regional Schools will start academic year with in-person and remote options

    When schools within the Hopewell Valley Regional School District (HVRSD) start the academic year on Sept. 9, they will be resuming in-person and remote learning. HVRSD consists of six schools: Hopewell Valley Central High School, Timberlane Middle School, Bear Tavern Elementary School, Hopewell Elementary School, Stony Brook Elementary School and Toll Gate Grammar School. The…

  • HVCHS’s athletics department prepared for a return of fall sports

    HVCHS’s athletics department prepared for a return of fall sports

    Hopewell Valley Central High School’s (HVCHS) summer workouts for fall sports are already underway, as the athletics department awaits any further changes to the official season openings of fall competition. The decision to attend in-person summer workouts was up to individual student athletes and their families. The athletics department had released their procedures and guidelines…

  • Five candidates file to run for three open Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education seats

    Five candidates file to run for three open Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education seats

    Five candidates will be vying for three open seats on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education when the general election arrives on Nov. 3. The three open seats are to represent Hopewell Township and each carry a three-year term. The candidates are Andrea Driver, Anita Williams Galiano, Jacqueline Genovesi, Ross Gordon, and current Board…

  • Pinelli appointed new principal of HVCHS

    Pinelli appointed new principal of HVCHS

    Hopewell Valley Central High School (HVCHS) has a new leader at the helm Patricia Pinelli, vice principal of HVCHS, is the new principal after Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education members approved her appointment during a June 15 virtual meeting. “We are excited to announce our appointment of Patricia Pinelli as the new principal of HVCHS.…

  • Hopewell Valley school board adopts $92.3 million budget for 2020-21

    Hopewell Valley school board adopts $92.3 million budget for 2020-21

    Hopewell Valley Regional School District Board of Education members have adopted a $92.3 million budget to fund the operation of the school district during the 2020-21 school year. Board President Deborah Linthorst, Vice President Adam Sawicki and board members Jessica Grillo, Alyce Murray, Debra O’Reilly, John Mason, Sarah Tracy, Jenny Long and William Herbert voted…