Tag: Princeton Middle School

  • Police investigating Princeton Middle School student’s ‘alarming statements’ on social media

    Police investigating Princeton Middle School student’s ‘alarming statements’ on social media

    The Princeton Middle School was placed under “shelter in place” status after police were dispatched to the school at 8 a.m. Jan. 30 for a report of alarming statements that had been made on a social media platform, according to the Princeton Police Department. Police officers spoke to school administrators and discovered that the student…

  • Princeton Council renews parking lot agreement with Rider University

    Princeton Council renews parking lot agreement with Rider University

    The Princeton Council has renewed its agreement to lease a parking lot from Rider University at the former Westminster Choir College campus, allowing business employees to park in the lot off Franklin Avenue. The Council’s initial lease expired Aug. 31. The new lease between the town and Rider University began Sept. 1 and ends Aug.…

  • Not in Our Town Princeton recognize students, educators with Unity Awards

    Not in Our Town Princeton recognize students, educators with Unity Awards

    Not In Our Town Princeton recognized local middle, high school students and educators for their recent work on anti-racism. The work ranged from hosting a “Day of Dialogue” featuring various ethnic groups and cultures at Princeton High School (PHS) to creating a series of podcasts interviewing African American staff at PHS, according to a press…

  • Princeton Public Schools searching for interim principal for Riverside School

    Princeton Public Schools searching for interim principal for Riverside School

    The Princeton Public Schools is searching for an interim principal for the Riverside School, following the transfer of Riverside School Principal Ebony Lattimer to fill an assistant principal post at the Princeton Middle School. Lattimer, who will be paid $149,650, is moving over to the grades 6-8 middle school July 1. She is filling a…

  • Letter petition urges Princeton Middle School to be named for Shirley Satterfield

    Letter petition urges Princeton Middle School to be named for Shirley Satterfield

    Princeton school district officials, who thought they had resolved the issue of a new name for the district’s grades 6-8 middle school, have come under fire for choosing the “wrong” name. The former John Witherspoon Middle School, which was renamed the Princeton Middle School effective last month, should have been named the Shirley Satterfield Middle…

  • Not In Our Town Princeton celebrates ongoing work toward racial justice

    Not In Our Town Princeton celebrates ongoing work toward racial justice

    Not In Our Town Princeton honored individual students as well as school groups and their student leaders who continued to work for racial justice at Princeton High School (PHS), Princeton Middle School (PMS) and in the community despite the challenges of a difficult year in which many activities were curtailed due to the COVID-19pandemic. More than 100 people…

  • New name chosen for Princeton school, but debate ensues

    New name chosen for Princeton school, but debate ensues

    After months of discussion and study, Princeton school district officials have settled on Princeton Middle School as the new name for the grades 6-8 school formerly known as the John Witherspoon Middle School. The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education voted 7-1 on the new name at its June 15 meeting. School board member Dan…