Tag: Metuchen School District
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Metuchen school board adopts $44.8M budget for 2021-22
By GLORIA STRAVELLI Correspondent METUCHEN — The Metuchen School District Board of Education voted to adopt a $44.8 million budget to fund programs, services and day-to-day operations of the district for the 2021-22 school year. The $44,876,429 budget adopted by a unanimous vote of board members at the final budget hearing on April 27 represents…
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Metuchen School District working with Hackensack Meridian Health to provide COVID-19 vaccines for educators
METUCHEN – In efforts to reach the ultimate goal of returning back to in-person school, the Metuchen School District is working with Hackensack Meridian Health to provide educators from pre-kindergarten to high school and support staff the opportunity to receive COVID-19 vaccines. “I’m so happy for our staff and so thankful for the folks at…
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Metuchen School District has requested to begin 2020-21 school year all-remote, begin hybrid in-person plan on Oct. 1
METUCHEN – The Metuchen School District has requested to begin the 2020-21 school year all remote and begin its hybrid in-person plan on Oct. 1. Schools Superintendent Vincent Caputo shared the request on his weekly social media post on Aug. 21. “The Board of Education has authorized me to submit an application to begin the…
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Metuchen superintendent, BOE president address concerns of proposed in-person back-to-school plan
METUCHEN – The proposed 50% alternate week “roomers and Zoomers” back-to-school in-person plan may not be perfect for everyone in the district. Schools Superintendent Vincent Caputo and Board of Education (BOE) President Justin Manley know and acknowledge that. They reiterated it at a BOE meeting on July 21. “There’s no good plan here,” Caputo said.…
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Metuchen batting idea of an alternate week of 50% ‘roomers and Zoomers’ for back-to-school in-person plan
METUCHEN – School officials are batting the idea of an alternate week of 50% “roomers and Zoomers” for its back-to-school in-person plan. Schools Superintendent Vincent Caputo led an hour panel discussion webinar through Zoom on July 13, covering all aspects of up-to-the-minute thinking from instruction, board operations, school district operations and everything in between. School…
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Metuchen school officials heed students call for racism awareness, diversity in curriculum
METUCHEN – Current students and alumni of the Metuchen School District, as well as parents, flooded Schools Superintendent Vincent Caputo’s email inbox calling for more racism awareness and diversity in the district’s curriculum in the wake of the events in Minneapolis. And after fielding the more than 200-plus correspondences and listening to about 100 students…
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In-person graduations still undecided for Edison, Metuchen, virtual pomp and circumstances planned for the Class of 2020 next week
School districts in Metuchen and Edison will end the school year with virtual pomp and circumstance for the Class of 2020. In-person graduations are still up in the air. Gov. Phil Murphy announced in-person graduations would be allowed after July 6. He lifted the state’s stay-at-home order on June 9, which went into effect on…
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Local officials, police speak on events in Minneapolis, call for unity to end racism
Local officials took to social media, whether in a statement or personal note, to express their thoughts following the events surrounding the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. Floyd, an African American man, died after Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin, a white man, knelt on his neck for more than eight…
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Metuchen officials gear up for what 2020-21 school year will bring, budget carries $32 tax increase for average homeowner
METUCHEN – The Metuchen School District is making sure they stay ahead of whatever the 2020-21 school year may bring. That is why the 2020-21 school budget includes an adjustment to budgeted fund balance for transportation and compensatory services in the amount of $290,461. “Due to the school closure [because of the novel coronavirus pandemic],…
