Tag: South Brunswick School District
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South Brunswick High school teacher becomes two-time Fulbright scholarship winner
South Brunswick High School teacher Samantha Saldanha-Kuncharam is a two-time Fulbright scholarship winner. In summer 2023, she will be traveling abroad to Taiwan with a select group of teachers after earning a Fulbright scholarship in “Group Projects Abroad” from The College of New Jersey, according to the Social Studies Department at South Brunswick High School…
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South Brunswick School District to receive $2 million in state funds for preschool expansion
Full-day preschool is coming to South Brunswick School District with the state awarding $2 million in funding for the district to implement the program. Superintendent Scott Feder announced that the district is receiving state funding to run a full-day preschool program in a letter to the school community in November. The announcement comes after school…
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South Brunswick Board of Education extends superintendent contract through 2027
South Brunswick School District will continue to be led by Superintendent Scott Feder with school board members approving an amended contract that keeps him in the district through 2027. Vice Board President Mike Mitchell, and Board members Deepa Karthik, Raja Krishna, Ray Kuehner, Smitha Raj, Lisa Rodgers, and Barry Nathanson voted to approve the contract…
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South Brunswick High School students named Class of 2023 Governors STEM Scholars
The Governor’s STEM Scholars has named three South Brunswick High School students to its 2023 Scholars class. South Brunswick Senior Krishnan Tholkappian, Senior Xinyi Zhang, and rising Senior Samuel Yeboah-Manson are part of a 2023 Scholars class that consists of 128 scholars from 20 counties across the state. Students of color make up 83% of…
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Carley projected to win re-election for South Brunswick mayor; newcomers lead school board race
South Brunswick races for mayor, Township Council and school board were all contested in the Nov. 8 general election. Mayoral Race As of Nov. 10, in the South Brunswick mayoral race, Democratic incumbent Mayor Charles Carley leads Republican challenger Michael Havardansky in the one, four-year term for mayor. Carley has received 8,593 votes and Havardansky…
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South Brunswick school district could lose state funding for mental health programming
Under the state’s proposed plan to reform the student mental health system, the South Brunswick school district may be at risk of losing mental health programming due to a loss in state funding. South Brunswick is one of 62 school districts that face the halting of mental health programs following Gov. Phil Murphy’s announcement in…
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ESCNJ appoints Cranbury Schools’ superintendent to board of directors
The Educational Services Commission of New Jersey, the largest educational service commission in the state, announced the appointment of Cranbury Schools’ Superintendent/Principal Jennifer Diszler to its board of directors. Diszler, the former assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and administration for the South Brunswick School District, was named the new chief school administrator and principal of…
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Lawrence school district hires new assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction
The Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education has appointed a new assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction. Rajneet Goomer, who will earn an annual salary of $175,000, was appointed at the school board’s Aug. 31 meeting. She started work in her new post Sept. 19. Goomer replaces Andrew Zuckerman, who resigned last month to…
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South Brunswick School District gears up for start of 2022-23 school year
As the 2022-23 school year approaches, the South Brunswick School District plans to form a District and Community Budget Committee, hopes to be awarded full-day, free preschool and is down custodial positions. The three topics were part of Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder’s update at a South Brunswick Board of Education meeting on Aug. 25.…
