Schools
O'Neill Up for W. Orange Interim Superintendent
Chatham's former superintendent, who resigned amid a battle with Gov. Chris Christie over salary caps, could leave Roxbury for a position in West Orange.
James O'Neill, the former superintendent for the , could soon become the new interim superintendent in West Orange.
The West Orange Board of Education will vote Tuesday on whether to appoint O'Neill as their interim superintendent with a contract from from Aug. 9 to June 2013. He will be paid $673.07 per day.
O'Neill became Chatham's superintendent in 2003 after serving as the principal of for seven years. He in 2011 over . If O'Neill had remained in Chatham, he would have taken a pay cut of $45,000 to his salary of $210,000.
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O'Neill submitted a petition to run for the state assembly representing Chatham Borough, but when the borough was redistricted into, it .
Most recently, O’Neill of the Roxbury School District for the 2011-12 school year.
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Both O'Neill and West Orange Board of Education President Laura Lab declined to comment until after the board voted on the appointment.
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