Tag: overcrowding
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Edison BOE considers proposals to expand, renovate John P. Stevens High School
EDISON – Three proposals are on the table in efforts to address overcrowding at John P. Steven High School. Pradeep Kapoor, director of sustainable design, and Kurt Vierheilig, director of design, for DMR Architects, Hasbrouck Heights, presented the proposals at a Board of Education (BOE) meeting in November. The firm has been working with the…
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Edison Public School District taking steps to address overcrowding ahead of pandemic end
EDISON – Whenever the pandemic passes, the issue with overcrowding in the Edison Public School District will still remain. The district is moving forward with an addition to Lincoln Elementary School and looking at other possible options to alleviate overcrowding. The Edison Board of Education (BOE) approved Schools Superintendent Bernard Bragen’s recommendation for a $9…
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Edison BOE will ask public support for $189.5 million referendum to address overcrowding
EDISON – With students literally learning in closets and trailers and eating lunch in classrooms, the need for more space in the Edison Public Schools is evident – sooner rather than later. That is why the Edison Board of Education will ask for public support of a $189.5 million referendum on Dec. 10. School officials…
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New Jersey Department of Education approves $189.5 million school facilities project in Edison for referendum
EDISON – The message was loud and clear: although the urgent need is to address overcrowding needs in the Edison School District, hold the golden toilets and magazine spread in “Architectural Digest.” That was the charge the Edison Board of Education gave Jeanne Perantoni, principal and CEO of SSP Architects, Bridgewater, and Heather Wilkerson, project…
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Edison BOE sues Zoning Board, calling a stop to overdevelopment
EDISON – Overcrowding has reached a crisis level in the Edison Township School District. That is what is known. However, the motivation behind the recent Board of Education move to charge Board Attorney Ramon Rivera, of Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC, to initiate a lawsuit against the township Zoning Board of Adjustment and other necessary parties for…
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Edison Council approves PILOT in hopes of staying competitive with neighbors
EDISON — Edison officials are looking at neighboring Woodbridge to see how development PILOT agreements can help the Edison School District. To stay competitive in the warehouse market, developers are asking municipalities for payment in lieu of tax agreements, according to Township Attorney William Northgrave. A PILOT agreement gives a developer a tax break on…
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Edison addressing overcrowding in schools
EDISON — Township officials are lending a helping hand to the Edison Township School District as they continue to address the severe overcrowding problem that has existed for many years and continues to get worse. Councilman Robert Diehl said that when the elementary schools in the township opened more than 50 years ago, the student…
