Tag: Princeton Public Schools
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Princeton school board members, superintendent salute retiring administrator
He’s run a film festival in Princeton, been the host of a cable television show and finds time to help lead the Princeton Public Schools as an assistant superintendent, a job from which Lew Goldstein is walking away. “It’s been a great ride,” said Goldstein, 62, after the Board of Education meeting on Oct. 30,…
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Princeton parent raises mold concerns at Community Park Elementary School
The mother of a third-grader at Princeton’s Community Park Elementary School, Witherspoon Street, has filed complaints with the state about mold, indoor air quality and other conditions for each public school in the Princeton Public Schools, including the one her daughter attends. Jennifer Cohan said on Oct. 31 that she brought her concerns to the…
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Baglio seeks second term on Princeton Board of Education
Betsy Baglio had lived in Princeton for four years when the former teacher decided to run for a seat on the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education in 2015. “I felt like I, as an educator, that was a perspective that was missing on the board,” said Baglio, 44, in an interview. “We need all…
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McDonald says he would bring professional background to school board
Brian J. McDonald came to Princeton in the late 1970s to attend college in a community where, 40 years later, he is trying to help lead the public school district. He is one of five candidates running for the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education in the election on Nov. 6, when three seats are…
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Kendal asks voters to let her continue service on Princeton school board
In a span of three years, Dafna Kendal went from being an outsider who felt the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education needed “new ideas” to an incumbent board member trying to get re-elected next month. “I originally got involved in 2015 … when the teachers union was renegotiating their contract and I was frustrated…
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Retired teacher bidding for seat on Princeton Board of Education
Mary Clurman has been involved in her adopted community of Princeton as a political activist, concerned about the town she has called home for the past 10 years. But today, she is looking to help lead the public school system by winning a seat on the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education next month. Clurman,…
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Candidate seeks to bring financial experience to school board service
Daniel J. Dart has been a regular at Princeton Public Schools Board of Education meetings this year, someone who is looking to go from an audience member to a policy maker for a growing school district. He is running for one of three open seats on the board on the ballot in the Nov. 6…
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Princeton school board candidates react to plan for less expensive referendum
Candidates running for seats the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education weighed in favorably about a decision board members made on Oct. 9 to have a smaller facilities referendum in two months. Challenger Daniel J. Dart commended officials for voting “wisely” to place on the Dec. 11 ballot a $26.9 million referendum that would meet…
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Princeton school board will place $27M referendum on Dec. 11 ballot
The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education has decided to forgo the most expensive capital projects it was considering seeking voter approval for in December, instead agreeing on Oct. 9 to put a nearly $27 million referendum on the ballot to pay for infrastructure projects at district schools. The truncated proposal does not call for…
