Tag: Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education
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‘I am just so grateful’
Lawrence Township school board member Patricia Hendricks Farmer, whose term is expiring Dec. 31, was honored by her colleagues at the school board’s Dec. 13 meeting. Farmer is completing a three-year term on the school board. She did not run for re-election to the school board. She ran successfully for a seat on the Lawrence…
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Two incumbents, newcomer secure seats for Lawrence school board
Two incumbent school board members will be joined by a newcomer when the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education reorganizes in January. Incumbent school board member Michele Bowes was the top vote-getter with 4,001 votes, followed by newcomer Diana Pasculli with 3,939 votes. Incumbent school board member Arundel Clarke received 3,745 votes. Candidate Thomas…
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Voters elect Lawrence Township school board members
Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education members Michele Bowes and Arundel Clarke were re-elected to the school board, along with newcomer Diana Pasculli, in the Nov. 7 general election. Bowes, Clarke and Pasculli ran on the “Students First” ticket against challenger Thomas J. Figueira, who ran alone on the “Quality Education Safely” ticket. According…
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Lawrence Township school board appoints assistant superintendent of student services
Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education has appointed an assistant superintendent for student services. Vanessa Bekarciak was appointed to the position in July. The Lawrence Township native will earn an annual salary of $175,000 in her new job. Bekarciak, who graduated from Lawrence High School in 1998, will start work Sept. 15. She replaces…
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Four candidates to run for three open seats on Lawrence school board
Four candidates, including two incumbent school board members, turned in nominating petitions to run for three open seats on the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education by the July 31 deadline. Incumbent school board members Michele Bowes and Arundel Clarke submitted their petitions. Thomas J. Figueira and Diana Pasculli also turned in petitions. School…
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‘Very big shoes to fill’
Ben Franklin Elementary School Principal Jay Billy will leave the district in August for neighboring Hopewell Valley Regional School District From one elementary school to the next. Ben Franklin Elementary School Principal Jay Billy resigned to become the new principal at the Bear Tavern Elementary School in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Billy’s resignation…
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Difficult balancing act
Lawrence Township school board adopts 2023-24 budget with one-cent tax increase Lawrence Township property owners will see a one-cent increase in the school district property tax rate, based on the $84.9 million operating budget for 2023-’24. The Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education approved the new spending plan unanimously at its May 3 meeting.…
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Farmer, Santos to lead Lawrence Township school board in 2023
Three newly re-elected school board members were sworn into office and board officers were chosen at the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education’s annual reorganization meeting Jan. 3. Pepper Evans, Michelle King and Amanda Santos were sworn into office for three-year terms. Evans has served on the school board since 2011 and King has…
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Incumbent school board members in Lawrence earn enough votes to remain on board
Incumbent school board members Pepper Evans, Michelle King and Amanda Santos have earned enough votes in the November school board election to keep their seats on the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education. King was the top vote-getter with 5,495 votes, followed by Santos with 5,404 votes. Evans received 5,299 votes. The term is…