Jeof Vita Wins Write-In Election For Vacant BOE Seat
With election results certified by the Union County Board Of Elections on November 26, 2012, it has been confirmed that Jeof Vita has obtained the most number of votes for the unexpired term of Jason...
View Article2013-14 BOE Calendar Draws Criticism
“I’m holding in my hands a Humanitarian Award from the American Conference on Diversity,” Tiffany Bain, Roselle Park High School (RPHS) teacher began, raising the plaque with her left hand as she...
View ArticleRPEA Contract At An ‘Impasse’
80 minutes into the January 22nd Roselle Park Board Of Education (BOE) meeting, Roselle Park Education Association (RPEA) President Kathleen MacDonald approached the microphone and introduced herself...
View ArticleBOE Approves 2013-14 School Calendar
Announcing the changes before a noticeably smaller audience than during the January 22nd Board Of Education (BOE) meeting, the BOE unanimously voted to a revised 2013-14 school district calendar. Most...
View ArticleParent Asks About Contract Negotiations
During tonight’s Board Of Education (BOE) meeting, a mother of a school district student stepped up to the microphone during the second public portion to ask if there was a meeting scheduled for the...
View ArticleGrease Is The Word!
The rock and roll spirit is alive in Roselle Park High School’s spring production of “Grease.” It’s 1959, and Rydell High School is full of rebellious teens. The new girl in town, prim and proper Sandy...
View ArticleRPSD Launches Official Facebook Page
Continuing with their objective to use technology as a means to enhance communications with the community, the Roselle Park Board Of Education (BOE) has launched the official Roselle Park School...
View ArticleRPEA President Claims Memorandum Of Agreement A ‘Waste of Paper’
The March 5th BOE meeting ended with RPEA President Kathleen MacDonald and BOE attorney Sciarrilo talking across the Sherman School gymnasium amid a crowd of teachers. It started out a bit differently....
View ArticleBOE & RPEA Reach Tentative Agreement
School board member Loren Harms, before reading a prepared statement at the March 21st BOE (Board Of Education) meeting, asked anyone in the audience who is a member of the Roselle Park Education...
View ArticleBOE Using Technology To Improve Communication
Board Of Education (BOE) member Jeof Vita announced at the March 21st BOE meeting that the school board was continuing its improvements to communicate with the community by updating the school...
View ArticleTwo RPHS Videos Finalists In PSA Contest
On July 18, 2005, Amber Pizzo was walking home after watching a fireworks display from a friend’s house when she was struck and fatally injured by a car driven by a drunk driver. She was a week shy of...
View ArticleBOE Passes Budget
At the March 21st BOE (Board Of Education) meeting, the school board unanimously approved the 2013-14 school year budget. After two years of a zero tax increase, the Board raised the amount to be...
View ArticleBOE To Start Live Streaming Meetings
After months of preparation and testing, the Roselle Park Board Of Education (BOE) will begin live streaming their meetings starting tonight, May 21. The meeting will be broadcast on USTREAM at the...
View ArticleSecurity Increased At Schools During Primary Election
The School Superintendent, Patrick Spagnoletti, announced at the May 21st BOE meeting that there are currently two (2) school buildings which are used for voting purposes during the primary and general...
View ArticleJune 4th Deadline For BOE Candidates To File Petitions
In addition to holding the annual primary election, June 4th will be the deadline for any eligible resident wishing to run for a seat on the Board Of Education (BOE). As of this date, the only...
View ArticleFour Candidates File To Run For The BOE
All three current Board Of Education (BOE) members whose terms will expire at the end of the year have decided to run to stay on the Board. In addition, a former BOE member also filed a petition to run...
View ArticleBOE To Vote On New Superintendent
The Roselle Park Board Of Education (BOE) will hold a special meeting at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the Roselle Park High School (RPHS) Auditorium. The single-agenda-item meeting’s purpose...
View ArticleBOE Hires Pedro Garrido As New School Superintendent
A nine month search by the Roselle Park Board Of Education (BOE) ended a little after 7 a.m. this morning when the eight Board members present unanimously voted to approve Pedro Garrido as the...
View ArticleBOE & Teachers’ Union Reach Agreement On RPEA Contract
On June 25, 2013, after months of both private negotiations and public comments, the Roselle Park Board Of Education (BOE) ratified the contract between the BOE and the Roselle Park Education...
View ArticleSchool Superintendent To Develop Strategic Plan
The newly appointed Roselle Park School District Superintendent, Pedro Garrido, with his first week behind him, opened his first Superintendent’s Report by jokingly saying, “I’ve had a week under my...
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