Friday, February 1, 2013
Those planning the annual event to help students celebrate in a drug- and alcohol-free setting told school board that this year's donations are down.
Plans for the township's drug- and alcohol-free commencement parties for Parsippany's graduating seniors are underway, and were buttressed by the school board's Thursday night decision to allocate $5,000 toward the effort. Organizers from Project Graduation presented reports at last week's Board of Education meeting, where they offered good and bad news. "2012 was another successful year for both sides of town," said Sandy Nussbaum Giercyk, president of the Parsippany Hills High School Parent - Teacher - Student Association. Parsippany High School was represented by its Project Graduation coordinator, Ellen Jones. Organizers at the Hills and the High plan Project Graduation events together, but hold separate, but similar, all-night …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Anthony DeIntinis earns one-year term by a 5-3 vote.
Parsippany's Board of Education is again a board of nine. At a special meeting Thursday night to choose a candidate to fill its vacant seat, the board selected former police officer Anthony DeIntinis. The board seat was supposed to go to Joanne Mancuso, who came in third behind James Carifi and Frank Calabria in the Nov. 6 election to win a spot on the panel. In late December, she said personal issues forced her to opt out of being sworn in and taking the position. Though Mancuso was not a sworn member, new President Susy Golderer announced Jan. 3 that the board would follow the same procedures used to replace a sitting member who steps down mid-term. The board heard from three applicants: Calabria's running mate Alison C. Cogan (who came…
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Reorganization meeting sparks arguments over several issues.
Susy Golderer took the reins as president of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Board of Education Thursday night at the annual school board reorganization meeting. Her election, and that of Sharif Shamsudin as vice president, was the easiest part of a meeting that lasted more than four hours. The night started with the swearings-in of newly elected board members Frank Calabria, who was last year's president, and newcomer James Carifi, a Parsippany Police captain. As was announced at the Dec. 23 school board meeting, Joanne Mancuso, the third candidate elected Nov. 6, did not attend and will not take the seat. New Business Administrator Robin Tedesco administered the oath of office to Calabria and Carifi and had them sign documents certifying them …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Citizen-activist said he 'absolutely' will appeal the decision.
After a months-long wait to get a ruling on whether he can have access to reportedly secret emails distributed by a Board of Education member, citizen-activist Robert Crawford finally got his answer: No. In a letter from Interim Schools Business Administrator Mark Resnick denying Crawford's Open Public Records Act request, he said that the office reviewed emails sent from the private address of BOE member Anthony Mancuso to other school board members and Superintendent LeRoy Seitz on Feb. 5, 2011, March 11, 2011, and Nov. 9, 2011, and determined that they are "not government records pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1." Crawford also requested emails from Jan 14, March 8, May 24, June 4 and June 26 of this year that contained subject lines …
Monday, October 15, 2012
Alleged correspondences between some board members raise red flags for a resident and a BOE member.
At its Thursday meeting, the Parsippany Board of Education once again revealed a simmering band of anger and a serious divide among its members. The subject of the conflict is an Open Public Records Act request seeking a series of emails rumored to exist that some fear may show board members conducting business improperly. Resident Robert Crawford told Patch that he is requesting the documents and received a reply from Interim Business Administrator Mark Resnick, the district's records custodian asking for 21 days to gather and examine the requested information, and then a second reply asking for another month. He said the followup added that his request still could be denied. Asked what he thought were in the emails or if he ever saw them…
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Concerns raised for large amounts of students in lower grades at Lake Parsippany, Mt. Tabor.
The Parsippany Board of Education held its first meeting of the new school year Thursday night at the Parsippany Road administration buiding. Superintendent of Schools LeRoy Seitz described the first day of school as "uneventful... smooth and effective." "Buses ran on time and for the most part on the correct routes," he said. "There were only minor glitches and minimal conflicts." A group of third-grade parents from Lake Parsippany Elementary School were on hand to address a situation that they didn't consider minor. A few of them arose to tell the board the school has two third-grade classes with 28 students each. They stated a concern that because of the policy on class sizes approved during the 2011-12 school year, changes might not be…
steve revette
6:37 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
What about a poker tournament. 50 percent of the funds go to the trip. I'd know many people would probly participate in that. more ›