Tag: The Cranbury School
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Cranbury school board adopts $20.1 million budget for 2021-22 school year
The Cranbury Township Board of Education has adopted a $20.1 million budget to fund school district operations during the 2021-22 academic year. Board President Karen Callahan, Vice President Pramod Chivate and board members Peter Katz, Lisa Rue, Laura Hoffman and Rob Christopher voted “yes” to adopt the budget on April 28. Board members Dominique Jones…
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Cranbury School District adds Wednesdays to in-person learning
The Cranbury School District will be expanding in-person learning to Wednesdays starting March 24. During the school year, Wednesdays each week have been fully remote learning days to allow for deep cleaning of the school building. “We have been intensely monitoring our local conditions in an effort to safely increase in-person learning opportunities for our…
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Cranbury Board of Education members re-elect Callahan and Chivate to top spots
Karen Callahan will continue to serve as president of the nine-member Cranbury Board of Education in 2021. She was re-elected when board members voted unanimously during the annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 6. Pramod Chivate was unanimously re-elected vice president. “I am extremely proud and honored to serve as president of the Cranbury Board of…
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Cranbury School extends remote learning to Jan. 19
In-person instruction won’t be returning to the Cranbury School District this December. The schoolwide switch to full-remote instruction for students at The Cranbury School has been extended to Jan. 19. The decision by the district administration arrives, as Cranbury Township faces an uptick in confirmed positive cases of COVID-19, along with the rest of Middlesex…
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Cranbury School forges ahead in challenging 2020-21 school year
Cranbury School operations are still running smoothly since making the transition to in-person instruction. With its first week of in-person instruction already under its belt, district administrators had prepared extensively for the return of in-person instruction with measures that included not only safety protocols, but facility changes. “Welcoming the students back to school was a…
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Cranbury Public Library trustees explore options for pocket library
A new pocket library for the Cranbury Public Library has been met with some delays, as the board of trustees work to lock in a downtown location for library operations. Library leadership is continuing to explore all options regarding a new downtown temporary location, since leaving a shared space with the Cranbury School on Aug.…
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Cranbury School students participate in virtual Spirit Week to promote togetherness
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has not stopped Cranbury School teachers from celebrating Spirit Week with students. Normally, Spirit Week would be celebrated in the halls and classrooms of the school, but due to the pandemic pushing school operations to remote learning, students will now be participating from home. Activities for students began on April 20…
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Cranbury School students celebrate a ‘Week of Respect’
Cranbury School students are teaching each other first hand about the meaning of respect. Eighth grade students are leading these efforts during a “Week of Respect” that began on Oct. 1 and will continue through Oct. 7. The eighth graders, who are serving as peer leaders, are presenting lessons on the importance of respect for…
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Two retiring teachers reflect on their careers at Cranbury School
After decades of sculpting young minds, Jay Gilligan and Joann Charwin are set to bid farewell to the Cranbury School at the end of the month. They are retiring. Their decisions to retire have been bittersweet. “I am looking at old year books and thinking about the children. I have gotten emails from students that…