Tag: Princeton Board of Education
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Opinion: Now is not ‘time for a change’ for Princeton school board leadership
I am writing in support of Beth Behrend, Michele Tuck-Ponder and Jean Durbin for Princeton’s Board of Education. Upon assuming board leadership in January 2019, Behrend and Tuck-Ponder took immediate steps to improve board oversight. Through fact-based and expertise-based decision-making, they have steered the ship straight, even during these unprecedented times. The Princeton Public Schools…
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Opinion: Johnson, Lemon, Hare ‘bring impressive skills’ to Princeton school board
I write in support of the candidacy of Paul Johnson, Karen Lemon and Bill Hare to the Princeton Board of Education. The slate has made a commitment to walk the walk on the chronic academic achievement gap in our schools. Public schools can’t be blamed, after almost 20 years of trying and hardly making any…
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Opinion: Current school board member supports Behrend, Tuck-Ponder, Durbin
I am writing as a 25-year resident and public school parent. While I am honored to serve on the Board of Education, I am writing in a personal capacity, not on behalf of the board. This year’s school board election is enormously important, and I am strongly supporting Beth Behrend and Michele Tuck-Ponder for reelection…
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Opinion: Michele Tuck-Ponder will ‘make the right investments’ for Princeton students
We are supporting Michele Tuck-Ponder for a second term on the Princeton Board of Education. Michele has the leadership experience that we can trust to help us make the critical decisions ahead on equity, facilities, budget, safety and educational excellence. Michele will continue to address systemic and institutional racism in our district, particularly in the…
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Opinion: Beth Behrend has used her skills to advance Princeton schools on many fronts
I write to endorse Beth Behrend for reelection to the Princeton school board, where she has served as board president for the last two years. I worked with Beth on the board of the Watershed Institute prior to her election to the school board and as a result was confident that our schools and taxpayers…
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Opinion: Beth Behrend has extraordinary talent as a team leader
We are pleased to let our friends and neighbors know how enthusiastically we support Beth Behrend’s candidacy for re-election to the Princeton School Board. Beth reached out to us last year asking that we volunteer our time to join with a number of other Princeton residents with deep and varied professional backgrounds in public finance,…
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Opinion: Adam Bierman has ‘an open mind, welcoming spirit’
For Adam Bierman, Princeton has always been home. His candidacy for the Princeton Board of Education gives me the welcome and fitting opportunity to say what I’ve been honored to say before about this dynamic and engaged citizen: Adam Bierman lives his life embracing the spirit of the proud center of learning that is Princeton…
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Opinion: Adam Bierman would solve problems sensibly as member of Princeton school board
The Princeton community will be well served with Adam Bierman on the Board of Education. Adam is a teacher at the state Division of Children and Families, working with at-risk students in Trenton. He attended Princeton Public Schools where his mother taught and his father was president of the BOE in the late 60s to…
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Joint Effort Safe Streets gathers local officials to discuss 2020 general election
With the general election just three months away, Mercer County officials gathered virtually to deliver remarks about the importance of the 2020 election. The event on Aug. 8 was part of week of programming organized by Joint Effort Princeton Witherspoon-Jackson Safe Streets. Joint Effort Safe Streets organizes an annual summer program that celebrates the history…
