Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The school board approved a preliminary budget with two additional questions.
The Board of Education of the School District of the Chathams approved a preliminary budget for the 2013-14 school year which includes a 2.6 percent increase on the local tax levy and a second and third question for the voters in April. The estimated expenditures for the school district in the 2013-14 school year total $65,131,110. With a tax increase of 2.6 percent, the total amount to be collected through local taxes will be $55,409,233. At this rate the average borough household would pay an additional $209.90 throughout the year, or $17.49 per month. The average township household would pay an additional $17.06 per month or $204.75 over the year. This proposed budget pays for additional staffing and extracurricular activities in the …
Sunday, March 10, 2013
The board will vote on whether to approve a 2013-14 budget with a second and third question for the voters.
An Open Finance Meeting for the Board of Education will take place Monday at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will cover the proposed 2013-14 budget, which will likely include a second question for security improvements. Superintendent Michael LaSusa proposed several options to the Board of Education for the new year's school budget. When the board meets Monday they will vote on whether to approve a budget with a second and third question attached. The table below shows the total allowable tax increase for the upcoming school year The budget as drafted calls a total of $55,409,234 to be raised in local taxes apart from the two separate proposals. The first proposal separate from the budget will enhance the counseling staff throughout the district. …
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Personnel items and donations are also up for approval Monday night.
School security is front and center in the first Board of Education meeting since the shooting at Newtown, Conn. Superintendent Michael LaSusa will address school security in his report to the Board of Education after he increased police presence at Chatham schools following the Dec. 14 school shooting. "Our school district has taken steps to better secure its facilities in recent years, but clearly an event like this alters the prism through which we view the safety of children and staff members," LaSusa said after the shooting. There are also several donations to the district up for approval Monday, including: The board will also vote on an action item approving the retirement of Bruce Humphreys from Chatham Middle School, and the …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
MLS players will travel to town affected by mass shooting to show support for devastated community.
Members of the New York Red Bulls and Major League Soccer will travel to Newtown, CT on Monday to raise funds for the families affected by the tragic Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, league officials announced. Soccer players will use the event to help raise attention, support and funding for these families with “Soccer Night in Newtown.” The shooting, which killed 27 people, including 20 children, had an especially strong impact on San Jose Earthquakes’ player Marcus Tracy, who grew up in Newtown and whose mother once taught at the school. Residents and members of the Newtown Youth Soccer Club have been invited to attend and meet professional soccer players including Red Bulls players Kenny Cooper, Ryan Meara and Heath …
Friday, December 21, 2012
School districts in the region respond to Connecticut massacre by reviewing safety procedures.
At 9:30 a.m. Friday, 26 bells were rung, one each for the lives taken in the hallways and classrooms of Sandy Hook Elementary School during the Dec. 14 shooting in Newtown, Conn. The Friday before Christmas, typically a day reserved for holiday parties and cheer, marked a week since what has been labeled the second deadliest school shooting in America. Just days and even hours after the shooting, school districts in Morris and Somerset counties sprung into action, developing plans to communicate with parents and reaching out to police officers about how to make schools more safe. "Right now, the crucial thing for school boards to do is to look at the security procedures in place," said Frank Belluscio, communications director for the New …
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6:55 pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
R. Swanson and L22 - yes, right on. With two children in the Chatham school district myself, I can vouch for the fact that although our schools are of good quality, they are not the be-all end-all in education, and as R. Swanson points out, essentially everyone I know with kids in this school district also pays (and pays well, I might add) for outside tutoring. I can't say our experience in the … more ›