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Parsippany Troy Hills Board Of Education

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Fields Plan Info Offered, Referendum Set for Jan. 22

BOE communications committee says district website and community groups will spread word of fields election.

With less than a month before residents vote Jan. 22 on a bond referendum question to approve plans for $7.7 million in improvements to athletic facilities at Parsippany and Parsippany Hills high schools, the Parsippany-Troy Hills Board of Education has laid out its communication plan for disseminating information to voters. Board member Susy Golderer, who heads the communications committee, recommended during the board’s Dec. 20 meeting that all official information about the referendum should come intially from the board. One of the chief tools the board will use, she said, is the district’s website, which was uploaded with referendum information following the meeting. The website now has links to the PHS and PHHS project scopes and …

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11:05 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Why do we put so much attention on athletic fields and so little attention to the education of the students: From the list of the 2012 Top High Schools Parsippany Hills from 50 in 2010 to 23 in 2012. Although Parsippany seems to have shown great improved, how did this happen when Parsippany High School and 10 other schools—the district would not reveal which—failed to meet Adequate Yearly …   more ›

Friday, June 15, 2012

After Lengthy Discussion, New BOE Auditor Approved

Board approves Wiss & Co. for one-year term, starting July 1.

The Parsippany-Troy Hills Board of Education voted Thursday to approve its new auditor for the 2012-13 school year. However, the move did not come without a lengthy discussion, both before and after the board’s meeting on Thursday night. Wiss & Co. LLP was appointed the board’s new auditor for a one-year term that will cost the district $78,500. The firm will begin auditing the district’s expenditures for the 2011-12 school year on July 1. “They’re ensuring that your processes are in place and that they are appropriately undertaken,” Board Attorney Kathleen Gilfillan said. “They’re not there to oversee each and every expenditure. It’s not as if they’re taking a look at your checkbook to see what you’re spending on.” Confusion arose, …

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