Tag: Princeton Public Schools
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Princeton school board still considering options on referendum
Months and months of planning, discussion and public comment will come to a denouement at the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education meeting on Oct. 9, when officials decide whether to have a facilities referendum in December and, if so, for how much. “There has been a lot of debate and a lot of feedback…
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Princeton school district and charter school settle legal battle
The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education and the Princeton Charter School Board of Trustees have settled their legal battle over the enrollment expansion the public charter school obtained in 2017 to add 76 students. The school district agreed to abandon its appeal of the approval the state Commissioner of Education granted for the charter…
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School board eyes smaller referendum in response to concern over $129.6M plan
The head of the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education has floated the prospect of having a smaller bond referendum than the current $129.6 million proposal after receiving skepticism from some residents worried about a mounting tax burden. “I think all options are on the table,” board President Patrick Sullivan said on Sept. 17, ahead…
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Couple seek to dissolve Princeton-Cranbury school arrangement
The Cranbury and Princeton boards of education are facing a legal challenge to the send-receive agreement their school districts have, with two Princeton residents this week asking the state’s top education official to end the long-standing arrangement. Joel Schwartz and his wife Corrine O’Hara have taken another step in their fight against the deal that…
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Princeton school district, charter school still wrangling over lawsuit
The leader of the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education this week expressed a desire to resolve a legal battle the district has been fighting over the Princeton Charter School’s addition of more than 70 students. The charter school educates children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Representatives for the school district and the charter school…
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Princeton school board: Delay at state level cancels Nov. 6 referendum vote
The Princeton Public Schools will not have a facilities bond referendum in November as officials had intended because the New Jersey Department of Education is not done reviewing the nearly $130 million package of projects. School district administrators were looking this week to meet an election-related deadline to hold the referendum on Nov. 6. The…
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Cochrane reflects as another academic year starts in Princeton
His tenure as superintendent of schools in Princeton began on a snowy January day not quite five years ago, the starting point for Stephen C. Cochrane to lead, and change, a public school district seen as one of the best in the state and the nation. He has sought to redefine what success means for…
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Decision to place school referendum on ballot could be made on Sept. 4
The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education is on track to vote in early September to put a $129.6 million facilities referendum on the ballot this fall. The board meeting scheduled for Aug. 28 has been rescheduled for Sept. 4, when the vote to place the referendum on the ballot is expected to take place.…
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Five candidates will seek three seats on Princeton school board
Five candidates will run for three seats on the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education in a race where some of the candidates already are staking out positions on the nearly $130 million facilities referendum that may also be on the ballot. Mary Clurman, Daniel Dart, Brian McDonald, incumbent Dafna Kendal and incumbent Betsy Baglio…
