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| May 29, 2008 • Vol. XXXI • No. 40 |
 Superintendent Contracts: NJSBA and NJASA Issue Statement Governor Calls for Review of Superintendent Contracts Senate Committee May Hear November Election Bill NJQSAC Finds Half of Districts Are 'High Performing' NJSBA Looks for New Ways to Go Green More Reasons to Attend Workshop 2008 School Board Member of the Year Nominations Now Being Accepted Scenes from the Annual Special Education Week Celebration Summary of May 17 Semiannual Delegate Assembly NJSBA Executive Committee to Meet Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes |
Superintendent Contracts: NJSBA and NJASA Issue Statement The New Jersey School Boards Association and the New Jersey Association of School Administrators are deeply concerned about the recent news of the Keansburg superintendent’s retirement package. |
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| Governor Calls for Review of Superintendent Contracts Gov. Jon Corzine has called on his administration to review school superintendent contracts for large severance packages, like the one that made statewide news in Keansburg. |
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| Senate Committee May Hear November Election Bill A bill that would move the school board member elections to November is expected to come before a key Senate committee on June 5. |
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| NJQSAC Finds Half of Districts Are ‘High Performing’ Nearly half of the school districts assessed under the state’s new monitoring program were categorized as “High Performing Districts,” the New Jersey State Board of Education recently announced. |
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| Education by the Numbers Areas where school boards have allocated resources. |
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| NJSBA Looks for New Ways to Go Green An NJSBA staff advisory task force will be created to make recommendations to the Executive Director on ways that the Association can become greener—anything from boosting recycling to cutting energy usage and costs. |
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| More Reasons to Attend Workshop 2008 In recent weeks, much of the attention surrounding Workshop 2008 has revolved around successfully obtaining the Commissioner of Education’s waiver for the training event, to take place from Oct. 28-30 in Atlantic City. |
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| School Board Member of the Year Nominations Now Being Accepted In recognition of the exceptional dedication to public education and leadership that New Jersey’s school board members display on a regular basis, NJSBA is sponsoring the fourth annual New Jersey Board of Education Member of the Year award. |
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| Scenes from the Annual Special Education Week Celebration | ||
| Summary of May 17 Semiannual Delegate Assembly The NJSBA Annual Delegate Assembly met on May 17 at the Wyndham Conference Center, Plainsboro, to elect officers to serve the Association for the 2008-2010 term, to consider one ad hoc committee report, two resolutions and the sunset review of the NJSBA Positions and Policies On Education Manual, Section 9000 (Organization/Operations of Local Boards). NJSBA Executive Committee to Meet |
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