School Board Notes

The fiscal year 2025 budget season continued its busy pace over the last week as the Senate Education Committee heard testimony from invited guests, including the New Jersey School Boards Association, regarding the school funding formula. Both chambers of the...

The New Jersey Department of Education recently announced $7 million in a second round of preliminary grant awards for the implementation of high impact tutoring in 57 additional school districts and charter schools. The funding will help the schools establish highly effective,...

Join the New Jersey School Boards Association on Friday, May 10, for our Spring Conference, which will include tracks focusing on a variety of areas. The event will be held at the Conference Center at Mercer County College from 9:30...

The Atlantic County School Boards Association, Burlington County School Boards Association, Camden County School Boards Association and Cape May County School Boards Association recently held “Eighth-Grade Dialogues,” in which they had students from local middle schools discuss their experiences. The...

On Wednesday, March 13, the Warren County School Boards Association honored 21 students from across the county as “Unsung Heroes” at Warren Hills Regional High School in Washington Township. The Warren County Unsung Heroes included seven sixth-grade Unsung Heroes from...

On Monday, March 11, the Passaic County School Boards Association along with the Passaic County Education Association honored 32 twelfth-grade students from high schools across the county as “Unsung Heroes” at the newly built Muhammad Ali School #23 in Passaic...

The Hunterdon County School Boards Association honored Unsung Heroes at its March 14 meeting at J.P. Case Middle School in Flemington. Unsung Heroes make outstanding contributions to their schools and communities, even though they are often overlooked under traditional student...

The New Jersey School Boards Association’s board of directors met in-person and virtually on Friday, March 15, 2024. Karen Cortellino, M.D., president, presided over the meeting from the Association’s headquarters in Trenton. Immediate Past President Irene LeFebvre and Barry Fitzgerald,...

Highlight your school’s exemplary programs and services for students with special needs by entering the Innovations in Special Education Award program. If you have a new, successful, groundbreaking program that has been in place for at least one school year (starting on or...

Heather Daniel, director of communications and policy at Edison Township Public Schools, was recently named the 2024 Communicator of the Year by the New Jersey School Public Relations Association. The annual award recognizes exemplary leadership and commitment to enhanced communication...

The New Jersey Department of Education, in partnership with the Jersey City – Newark Urban Area Security Initiative, announced in an advisory that it is offering behavioral threat assessment and management training for school communities. N.J.S.A. 18A:17-43.4 requires the establishment of threat assessment teams...

This April, the New Jersey Department of Education invites New Jersey local educational agencies to participate in Action for Earth in recognition of Earth Day 2024. Earth Day is held every April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First...

The New Jersey Department of Education recently sent out an advisory alerting local educational agencies that the purchase of security cameras with American Rescue Plan emergency funds must follow certain federal guidelines. Although ESSER applications have been approved for the purchase of...