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• The Board of Education met in special session on
Thursday, August 4, to inform the community what its
approach would be to the news that the SCC would not fund
the construction of a new high school and renovations to
Andover-Morris. Click here
to read more about this meeting.
• August 6 through 12 found PEA leaders in New
Brunswick attending the annual NJEA
Summer Leadership Conference workshops. President
Barbara Alderfer and ten other people attended a total of
sixteen workshops over the week-long conference. Click
here for more details about
what our leaders were up to.
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• A court ruling in early August gave the NJ DoE 45
days to put into print its educational plan for the Abbott
districts. Click here
for more details.
• The 2004-05 NCLB AYP
results for NJ schools came out in early August. Click
here
for more details.
• For the first time in six (6) years, local
municipalities will have to contribute to their employees'
pension fund plans. Potential funding problems are on the
horizon as cash-strapped municipalities attempt to find
these extra funds required by law. Click here
for more details.
• A new three-year custodial/maintenance contract was
approved at the August 22 board meeting. Click here
for details.
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• Association dues have increased this year for the
national, state & county branches. Local dues remain
the same. Full-time teachers will pay $44 more while all
other full-time personnel will pay an additional $23. Click
here
to see your dues' rates.
• See you for the start of the
2005-06 school year on Monday, August 29, at 8:30 in
the high school auditorium.
• PEA Social at Flynn's on Tues., Aug. 30, starting at
3:30. Click here
for details.
• Sep. 1 marks the end of the
first 5 year PD cycle. You have
till the end of Sep. to get all your paperwork in order.
• Tues., Sep. 6, marks the first
day of school for students for the 2005-06 school
year.
• Click here
to peruse the educational news items from Aug.
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