BOE Budget Passes. Library Rooms Stay But No Media Specialists
At the May 6th in the Robert Gordon Elementary School library, the Board Of Education (BOE) unanimously voted to approve the 2014-15 school year budget. This vote moves to put into place full-day...
View ArticleBOE Adopts Stricter Visitor Policy
The Roselle Park Board Of Education (BOE), after a second reading and public hearing, approved changes to the school district visitor policy at their May 6th meeting. In the light of incidents within...
View ArticleRPSD 2014-17 Strategic Plan Presented For Review
Roselle Park School Superintendent Pedro Garrido presented the Roselle Park School District (RPSD) Strategic Plan for 2014-2017 at the May 21st Board Of Education (BOE) meeting which was held at the...
View ArticleCommunity PreSchool Waiving Registration Fees
The Community PreSchool will waive registration fees for those families who already registered in other schools for the 2014-15 school year. The incentive is presented to families who registered with...
View ArticleCommunity PreSchool Adds Expanded Full-Day Programs
The Community PreSchool, located at the Grant Avenue entrance at the intersection of Chestnut Street, has announced it will be providing five (5) options to expand their pre-k program from 7:30 a.m. to...
View ArticleBOE Appoints New Aldene Principal
At last night’s Board Of Education (BOE) meeting, the Board – by way of a ‘hand-carried resolution’ – voted to appoint Julianne Bello as the new principal of Ernest J. Finizio/Aldene School. This...
View ArticleSchool District Goes With New Lunch Vendor
The Board Of Education (BOE) voted to approve Pomptonian Food Service from Fairfield, New Jersey as the school district’s Food Service Management Company (FSMC) for the 2014-15 school year. This is a...
View ArticleBOE Provides Information On School Libraries/Media Centers
More information was provided on the combining of libraries and computer rooms into media centers at all elementary schools on Tuesday night’s Board Of Education (BOE) meeting. In addition to...
View ArticleRPSD To Update Social Networks Policy
In line with the signing into law of New Jersey Senate Bill S441 on April 29, 2014, that requires local school boards to have policies governing the use of social media communication between teachers...
View ArticleBody, Mind, And Spirit
The school year in Roselle Park is over. In emphasizing the merits of education, two award presentations given on the same night at a June Board Of Education (BOE) meeting symbolized – either by plan...
View ArticleBarbara Sokol Not Running For BOE Seat. Petition Deadline July 28th.
With two (2) weeks left before the deadline to file Board Of Education (BOE) Candidate Nominating Petitions by 4 p.m. on Monday, July 28th, BOE member Barbara Sokol has officially announced she will...
View ArticleSherman School Boiler Contract To Be Awarded At Next BOE Meeting
The contract to replace the decades old boiler at Sherman School will be approved at the July 29th Board Of Education (BOE) meeting. The opening of the bids was conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday morning,...
View ArticleHerbicides Sprayed On High School Field
A hand-written unsigned notice on the fence for the Roselle Park High School/Herm Shaw Field this past Saturday afternoon read that the fields would be closed for 48 hours. In addition to that,...
View ArticleRPHS Auditorium Restoration Finally Underway
The Roselle Park High School (RPHS) Auditorium is on its way to being renovated and refurbished after years of use had taken its toll on the community theatre. The project, started by a group of...
View ArticleFive Residents File To Run For Three BOE Seats
By 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, five residents had filed their petition to run for the three (3) available seats on the Board Of Education (BOE). The five candidates are: Rodric Bowman Christopher...
View ArticleBOE Ballot Positions Released. One Candidate Withdraws.
The ballot positions for the Board Of Education (BOE) candidates have been released by the County with one of the candidates, Mayda Sanchez, withdrawing her name from consideration. This leaves four...
View ArticleA Conversation With Sundjata Sekou
First things first, some interesting facts about Mr. Sundjata Sekou: Although he shares a similar namesake, he is not related to New York City poet, performer, and teacher Sekou Sundiata. He lives in...
View ArticleBOE Spraying Explained Further By NJDEP
More information was provided by the contractor and state agencies to give further detail on spraying that was conducted on Saturday, August 2nd, on Herm Shaw Field. The following day, Board Of...
View ArticleRPHS Students Take Part In Kean University STEM Summer Program
This month, six (6) Roselle Park High School (RPHS) students – under the tutelage of RPHS science teacher Raymond Bangs – took part in real-life laboratory research at the New Jersey Center for...
View ArticleA Conversation With Rodric Bowman
Although having moved to the borough just a year ago, Rodric Bowman – who is running for a seat on the Roselle Park Board Of Education (BOE) – has always wanted to be involved in the community. Rodric...
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