NJSBA Establishes Committees to Study School Finance and Standardized Tests
New Jersey School Boards Association President Glenn B. Ewan has named eleven local school board members to the Association’s School Finance Committee for 2002-03.
    The panel monitors the school funding law in New Jersey and its impact on school districts. It also studies issues related to school finance and, as necessary, makes recommendations to NJSBA’s Delegate Assembly meetings concerning Association policy. Get the full story.
Performing Arts is an Approved
Vo-Tech Course of Study
On July 18, Commissioner William L. Librera issued a decision in which he determined that a county vocational-technical performing arts program was an approved county vocational program within the meaning of the law. Therefore, the local board that had three students attending the program was liable for the costs of transportation and tuition. Get the full story.
Home Alone: You’re in Charge
The Center for Kids and Family at the Community Medical Center in Toms River is offering a program on August 16 on personal safety and household tips for young people when they are home alone. Get the full story.
NJSBA Honors Local Board Members
The New Jersey School Boards Association wishes to congratulate several local school board members who have received NJSBA’s 2002 Milestone Award for 20 and 30 years of service to public education in New Jersey. Get the full story.
Ewing Township Receives School Leader Award
Representatives from the Ewing Township School District received their School Leader Award at the Mercer County School Boards Association spring dinner in June. Get the full story and view the picture.
Please Release Me...Let Me Go
If your board is among those fortunate enough to have their rooms reserved for the NJSBA/NJASA/NJASBO Annual Workshop this year, we need your help. Sometimes boards often book more rooms than they actually use. If this is the case for your board, please help your fellow boards by re-evaluating your room needs to determine if you are able to release any of your rooms back into inventory. Please be assured that while every effort is being made to secure additional rooms, your support is needed.
    Click here to release rooms.

Board members, educators, administrators, parents and community leaders are invited to attend the Summer Institute on Parent Involvement, sponsored by the Statewide Parent Advocacy Network. The conference will be held at Kean University on August 5, 8 and 13, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Topics will include:

August 5
•Creating Family-Friendly Schools: Setting the Stage, Part I
•No Child Left Behind: Parent Involvement and Parent Choice
•Examining Communications Skills for Developing a Family-Friendly Culture in Schools
•Using Computers to Support Family Involvement in Children’s Learning
•Family-School Collaboration: A Cultural Perspective
•Reaching All Families
•Developing a Comprehensive Program of School-Family-Community Partnerships

August 8
•Investigating Models of Effective Family Involvement
•Parent Involvement in Special Education, Part I
•Family-School Collaboration: A Cultural Perspective
•Involving Families in the Decision-Making Process
•Parent Involvement in Special Education, Part II
•Strengthening Family Support for Literacy
•Family Involvement in Secondary Schools
•Parental Involvement: The Latest Research

August 13
•Creating Family-Friendly Schools: Setting the Stage, Part II
•Bilingual Education
•Engaging Parents on School Management Teams
•Establishing Community Partnerships
•Using Family Resource Centers to Increase Family Involvement
•Planning and Reflection

To register, visit www.spannj.org or contact Tonya Hall from SPAN at 800-654-7726, extension 114.

SPAN is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower families and inform and involve individuals interested in the healthy development and educational rights of children. SPAN’s foremost commitment is to children with the greatest need due to a disability.