Tag: Princeton Public Schools
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Princeton expands in-school learning
Barring prohibitions at the state level, the Princeton Public Schools will be fully opened for five-day, in-person instruction in September, said Barry Galasso, the district’s interim superintendent of schools. But in the meantime, the school district is inching its way toward expanding more in-person instruction beginning this week, school district officials said. “As vaccines become…
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Princeton school board approves contract for new superintendent
The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education officially appointed Carol Kelley as the new superintendent of schools, replacing former Superintendent of Schools Steve Cochrane. The school board also approved a four-year contract for Kelley, which begins July 1, 2021, and ends June 30, 2025. The board took action at its March 16 meeting, following review…
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Sustainable Jersey grant will be used by Princeton grounds crews for battery-operated equipment
With a $10,000 grant in hand, the grounds crews that work for the Municipality of Princeton and the Princeton Public Schools may begin to move away from gasoline-powered lawn and landscaping equipment and toward battery-operated equipment. The grant from Sustainable Jersey also will help the town and the school district – with some help from…
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Petition circulating to reopen Princeton Public Schools full-time for in-person learning
Nearly 700 people have signed an online petition that calls for the Princeton Public Schools (PPS) to drop hybrid learning and return to full-time, in-person learning. The petition, which was launched March 1 on www.change.org, claims that hybrid learning has negatively affected students and teachers, contributing to mental health and physical health crises among the…
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Princeton hires new superintendent of schools
A veteran educator who has ties to the Princeton area has been appointed to become the Princeton Public Schools’ new superintendent of schools, following a special school board meeting Feb. 18. Carol Kelley, who is the superintendent of schools in the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 in Illinois, was chosen from among a field…
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Princeton school district wants vaccines for teachers, staff
Princeton Public Schools officials did not mince words as they called on Gov. Phil Murphy to move classroom teachers higher up on the list of New Jersey residents who are eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. In a Jan. 28 letter to Gov. Murphy, Interim Superintendent of Schools Barry Galasso urged the governor to give New…
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Superintendents in Mercer County push Murphy for educators to receive high priority in vaccine roll out
Mercer County superintendents are urging that Gov. Phil Murphy place educators in the highest priority to receive vaccinations in the state’s COVID-19 vaccination roll out. Mercer County Association of School Administrators (MCASA), an organization for Mercer County superintendents, sent a letter on Feb. 1 to Murphy asking for vaccines for teachers as soon as possible.…
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Princeton schools return to hybrid learning
Princeton school district officials will bring students back into the classroom for hybrid learning on Jan. 19 – one week later than they had planned following the winter break. Hybrid learning brings small groups of students into the classroom for in-person learning for part of the week, then has them learn remotely at home part…
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Princeton school board reorganizes; pay rate for substitute custodians increases
Three newly-elected school board members, which included two incumbent members, were sworn into office during the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education’s annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. Beth Behrend, Michele Tuck Ponder and Jean Durbin took their “virtual” seats on the school board after being sworn in for three-year terms by school board attorney…
