Sunday, April 21, 2013
Dr. LeRoy Seitz leaves the school district after serving area students for the past seven years.
The official retirement date for Parsippany Superintendent of Schools LeRoy Seitz is May 15. But his final day is April 23; earned but unused vacation time will cover the remaining time. An official farewell took place at the April 9 Board of Education meeting. Cake was served and residents, the head of the local teachers' union and Board President Susy Golderer were among those who wished Seitz well in moving into a new chapter of his life. Naturally, the retiring superintendent has taken stock of his more than 25 years in New Jersey schools, his seven years in Parsippany and the highs and lows he's experienced along the way. When our talk begins, Seitz spoke of the challenges he faced as superintendent of the public school system for the…
Monday, April 15, 2013
Rockaway Meadow School's Angelina Martino-Finnegan was honored by the NJ Principals and Supervisors Association.
Thursday's Parsippany Board of Education meeting got off to a rousing start with the presentation of honors to one of the school district's own. Angelina Martino-Finnegan, principal of Rockaway Meadow Elementary School in Lake Hiawatha, is receiving high honors from the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association: the Visionary Principal of the Year - Elementary and the National Association of Elementary School Principals National Distinguished Principal of the Year awards. "She is a leading advocate for our public school system," said Superintendent of Schools LeRoy Seitz as he gave Martino-Finnegan a congratulatory plaque from the district. "We should be proud to be a colleague of Angelina's." The 15-year principal offered thanks …
Friday, April 12, 2013
After Lee Seitz retires, John Fitzsimons becomes the number one interim among a team of interim administrators.
The Parsippany-Troy Hills school district has a new leader. At Thursday's Board of Education meeting at the Parsippany Road administration building, the body approved the hiring of Dr. John T. Fitzsimons to become interim chief superintendent of schools. The vote was not unanimous: Of the eight members present, President Susy Golderer, Gary Martin, Michael Strumolo, James Carifi and Anthony DeIntinis voted yes; Anthony Mancuso and Fran Orthwein voted no and Dr. Frank Calabria abstained. According to the contract between the district and Fitzsimons, he will be paid $682 per day, or an annual base salary of $177,320, which complies with Gov. Christie's superintendent salary cap. However, should he leave his sick, personal and vacation …
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Tie vote kills measure some members said would have helped BOE deal with upcoming vacancies.
The retirement date for departing Superintendent of Schools LeRoy Seitz will remain May 15. At the end of its five-hour meeting last week, the Parsippany Board of Education took up the issue of Seitz's request to move his resignation date from May 15 to June 1, a matter that had been tabled at its Feb. 26 meeting. A tie vote killed the measure. On Feb. 26, the superintendent said the reason for his request was that he realized after submitting his resignation letter that according to state regulations, employees must exit on the first day of a month and that he must use, rather than be paid in cash for, unused vacation time. Board member Michael Strumolo moved that the item be tabled. President Susy Golderer agreed, saying members needed …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
New business administrator also resigns, and BOE hires new football coach.
Dr. LeRoy Seitz will leave his position as superintendent of schools for the Parsippany-Troy Hills school district as of May 15. The announcement came after most attendees of Tuesday night's BOE meeting at Parsippany High School had already departed, as the board had moved into closed session to discuss personnel matters. Upon the members' return to public session, it was announced that Business Administrator Robin Tedesco and Seitz had both tendered their resignations and that the board would have to vote upon them. Tedesco, who started in her post just last month, will leave the job in April. She did not state a reason for her departure. The board voted to accept both resignations and to approve the hire of Philip McGuane to lead the PHS…
Monday, December 17, 2012
Schools chief says educators are ready to help grieving students.
Friday's tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., naturally lead citizens to think about local schools and the safety of students within them. The mass shooting, which left 20 youngsters and seven adults, including suspected shooter Adam Lanza, dead, certainly is on the minds of those working in the Parsippany-Troy Hills school district. "Each school held an moment of silence this morning," Superintendent of Schools LeRoy Seitz told Patch early Monday. The loss will be commemorated again Tuesday at 7 p.m. when the Par-Troy Council of PTAs holds a candlelight vigil at Veterans Park to offer respects to the fallen of Newtown. Seitz said district professionals want to be of help to students having difficulty coping …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Federal government dumps parts of nutrition policy imposed in September and boosts portion sizes for protein and grains.
Under the weight of complaints from students, parents and educators—and even a lunch strike by students at Parsippany Hills High School—the old school lunches are back. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday it will eliminate smaller portion requirements for grains and proteins in school lunches for the remainder of the 2012-13 school year. Those former requirements, which turned out to be unpopular in the township and throughout the nation, were mandated by the federal 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act. Under the law, which took effect at the start of this school year, portion sizes for protein and grains were cut in favor of larger fruit and vegetable servings. The change did not go over well with students. Parsippany Hills …
Friday, November 16, 2012
MLK, Presidents Day and a half-day on a Saturday in April among Parsippany make-up days.
Parsippany public school students will have to spend two holidays and a Saturday in the classroom, thanks to a decision made by the township Board of Education at its Thursday night meeting. The board voted to approve the school district calendar committee's recommendations for making up instructional days lost because of Superstorm Sandy and its aftermath. Three of the eight days were allotted as "snow days" in the original 2012-13 district calendar. Two more days were made up last Thursday and Friday—those days had been scheduled as off days due to the New Jersey Education Association teachers' convention, however that Atlantic City gathering was cancelled due to Sandy's battering of the resort town. That left three days to make up, …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The events were in jeopardy due to a lack of volunteer chaperones.
Good news for area parents and children: The annual Halloween celebrations at the township's two high schools will take place after all. Superintendent of Schools LeRoy Seitz said Wednesday afternoon that despite concerns over enlisting chaperones, Halloween at the Hills and Halloween at the High will go forward as originally planned. The events at the high schools allow township children of all ages to show off their costumes, play games, spend time with their families and interact with area teens in a safe, supervised environment. And high schoolers get the opportunity to show off their creativity and leadership skills while having fun with younger children. As of last week, it was uncertain whether the events would go forward. Students …
Friday, October 19, 2012
Board of Ed members testify Thursday as Dr. LeRoy Seitz's breach of contract suit against the BOE and Department of Education quietly began last month.
The long-promised legal face-off between Parsippany Superintendent of Schools LeRoy Seitz, the school board and the state Department of Education over the schools chief's disputed contract is underway. Testimony in the case being heard at the Office of Administrative Law in Newark began quietly in September, with no announcement by the school district. Seitz, who gave his testimony last month, is alleging breach of contract against the school board and the state. In December 2010, Parsippany's board signed a contract with the superintendent—a year before the old pact's expiration date. The state then demanded that the pact be rescinded because it did not comply with a salary cap announced in summer 2010 and enacted in February 2011 by Gov…
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