Tag: John Witherspoon Middle School
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Meeting to discuss renaming John Witherspoon Middle School will be held July 23 via Zoom
Princeton residents who want to weigh in on renaming the John Witherspoon Middle School can do so at the Princeton school board’s Policy Committee meeting, set for 8 a.m. July 23. The meeting, which will run from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., will be held virtually. A link to the Zoom meeting is available on…
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Community demands renaming of John Witherspoon Middle School
A petition demanding that Princeton school district officials rename the John Witherspoon Middle School for someone else in lieu of Witherspoon, who was a former president of Princeton University and a slave owner, has gained more than 850 signatures since it began circulating July 6. The petition states that “In the midst of the ongoing…
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Princeton public schools to have virtual graduations; administrators already try to plan for next school year
Princeton Public Schools officials’ hopes that students and teachers would abandon the virtual classroom and return to the real classroom were dashed when Gov. Phil Murphy extended school building closures through the end of the school year. The public school buildings have been closed since mid-March to prevent the spread of COVID-19. School district officials…