Tag: Princeton Public Schools

  • Princeton superintendent: Passage of referendum needed to keep up with growing enrollment

    Princeton superintendent: Passage of referendum needed to keep up with growing enrollment

    Princeton Public Schools officials are keeping their options open in case their nearly $130 million facilities bond referendum is defeated in October, options that include having another referendum early next year. In New Jersey, school districts can appeal to the state Commissioner of Education to override the outcome of an election after two defeats at…

  • Parties may meet to discuss charter school enrollment

    The Princeton Public Schools and the Princeton Charter School, two sides fighting in court over the charter school adding more students, are trying to set up a meeting to discuss that and other issues, an official close to the matter said. Princeton Board of Education President Patrick Sullivan said on June 13 that any meeting…

  • Princeton school board eyes purchase of Thanet Road tract for staff space

    The Princeton Public Schools will look to buy about 14 acres on Thanet Road for $6.47 million as part of a planned facilities referendum in October. Though contingent on the referendum passing, the prospective purchase would provide a new home for district employees who today work out of the Valley Road building. Officials intend to…

  • Princeton school board adopts $98 million budget for 2018-19

    Princeton school board adopts $98 million budget for 2018-19

    The Princeton Public Schools plans to spend $98 million in the upcoming school year and raise school taxes, based on the 2018-19 budget the Board of Education adopted on April 24. In remarks during the board meeting, Superintendent of Schools Stephen C. Cochrane said the budget does not add staff, even though enrollment is up…