Tag: Metuchen School District
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Metuchen School Board takes stand on mental health stigma and will ask public for support
METUCHEN – The popular saying is “it takes a village to raise a child.” And with that saying, the Metuchen School District will ask “the entire village” of Metuchen to help in their efforts in addressing mental health programing and emotional support for all their students. “When talking about the issue of mental health, we…
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Metuchen School District must combat tuition for out-of-district placements
METUCHEN – With “egregious” out-of-district placement increases for special education students, the Metuchen School District is looking at ways to become more inclusive. Tania Herzog, director of special services, presented the proposed special education budget at a Board of Education meeting on March 5. In the budget, she proposed developing programming in district for the…
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Officials discuss benefits of therapy dog at Moss School
METUCHEN – In an effort to “reduce the duration and frequency of very challenging and very destructive behavior” of students, Moss School Principal Richard Cohen has included a pilot program for a therapy dog in the proposed budget for Moss School. Moss School houses a special need pre-school and a kindergarten program. There are six…
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New borough police officer is Metuchen native
METUCHEN — A lifelong Metuchenite has joined his hometown police force. Brian Mulligan was officially sworn in at a Borough Council meeting on Dec. 3. “Not only is this the second officer I have sworn in as mayor, but also [Mulligan] is the second homegrown [officer],” Mayor Jonathan Busch said. “He was born and raised…
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Metuchen School District takes a look at STEM
METUCHEN — With 80 percent of careers growing in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), school officials are moving forward with an eight-year STEM action program to provide a path for students in the district. Richard Cohen, assistant superintendent and principal at Moss School, presented the STEM action program, which is one…
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Metuchen school board seeks to exceed 2 percent spending cap
METUCHEN — The Metuchen School District Board of Education will seek to collect more in school taxes for the upcoming school year than would otherwise be permitted by the state because of a projected enrollment increase of more than 1 percent for the 2018-19 school year. However, although the board is seeking to collect 0.99 percent…
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Metuchen superintendent asks school board to hire director of safety
METUCHEN — Calling it a sign of the times, Metuchen Superintendent of Schools Vincent Caputo is recommending the Board of Education hire an individual to work as the district’s director of safety. “I think it would be a timely position and a position that would be important to the district,” he said. Caputo said he…
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Parents ask Metuchen board for full-time counselors at Campbell School
METUCHEN — The Metuchen Board of Education will consider employing two full-time guidance counselors at Campbell Elementary School as board members analyze the district’s personnel budget. Currently, the Campbell school has one part-time guidance counselor. Parents addressed the board at a Feb. 27 meeting and discussed what they said is a need for full-time counselors.…
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Metuchen considers revamping schools
METUCHEN — Facing the inevitable growth of the downtown area, the Board of Education is in the midst of contemplating how to prepare the district for the development in the next five to 10 years. EI Associates, a Cedar Knolls-based architectural design and engineering firm, presented a district wide feasibility study, which laid out suggestions…