Tag: Princeton Public Schools
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Former Princeton school district employee charged for allegedly “stealing and selling” more than $95K of school property
A former Princeton Public Schools employee is facing multiple charges after she allegedly stole and then sold more than $95,000 worth of school district property, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and the Princeton Police Department. The 58-year-old Philadelphia woman, who worked for the school district from 2000 to 2021, has been charged with…
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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.…
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Princeton school district applies for federal grant to add electric school buses to transportation fleet
Grants may help the Princeton Public Schools add four electric school buses to their transportation fleet. The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education approved an $880,000 grant application to the U.S. Environmntal Protection Agency (EPA) Clean School Bus program at a meeting in August. An additional grant application for $52,000 also was submitted to help…
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Johnson Park School and Littlebrook School earn sustainability honors
The Johnson Park School and the Littlebrook School have earned “Sustainable Jersey for Schools” bronze-level certification for 2022, based on their efforts to encourage sustainability, according to the Princeton Public Schools. Both elementary schools earned points for the school district’s basic efforts to track their energy and water usage, quantifying their carbon footprint, performing energy…
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Princeton High School graduation spotlights ‘perseverance’ through COVID-19
Princeton High School Class of 2022 closed one chapter together as they received their high school diplomas. The 451 high school graduates – dressed in blue caps and gowns – walked from the school to their seats on the front lawn of the high school on June 20 under a sunny evening sky. “We have…
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Princeton Public Schools teachers, staff get new contract
Princeton Public Schools teachers are in line for salary increases of 3% annually for the next five years, under a contract approved by the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education. Under the terms of the contract, which takes effect July 1 and expires July 30, 2027, the salary for a new teacher is $58,375 for…
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Opinion: Princeton Public School parents express concerns about school district’s ‘new direction’
We write to express our serious concerns about the direction the Princeton Public School system is taking under the current administration and the new superintendent, Dr. Carol Kelley. We first became aware of this new direction when the district formed a “Math Committee” this spring to consider changes to the math curriculum. The committee was…
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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…
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Princeton police step up presence at schools
The Princeton Police Department is stepping up its presence around Princeton High School, Princeton Middle School and the four elementary schools in the wake of the May 24 school shooting incident that killed 19 children and two teachers in Texas. An 18-year-old man walked into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and shot the children…
