Friday, March 12, 2010
The repertory theatre's spring performance debuts March 12.
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High Repertory Theatre debuts its spring production of "Curtains" (The Musical Comedy Whodunit) tonight. Set in 1959 Boston, "Curtains" follows what happens when the untalented star of the show within the show, Robbin' Hood of the Old West, is murdered during her opening night curtain call. The production follows a police detective who moonlights as a musical theater fan to see if he can save the show, solve the case and find love before the show reopens, without getting himself killed. Students and directors put endless hours of hard work into the show, practicing four times a week for the past 11 weeks, said the high school's repertory theatre director John Brzozowski. "It's been the most challenging play in the…
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
The order of the ballot was selected during a drawing at the district's headquarters on Wednesday.
Current Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education member Amy Winkler will see her name at the top of the Fanwood section of the ballot come election day. At the district headquarters on Wednesday afternoon, Board Secretary Anthony Del Sordi shuffled all of the Board of Education candidates' names in a wooden box and then pulled them one by one to determine the order in which candidates will appear on the April 20 ballot. Each name was printed on a separate strip of paper and folded into a plastic toy capsule, then tossed into the box. Del Sordi started the drawing with the two open Scotch Plains positions, which are being run for by incumbents Nancy Bauer and David Gorbunoff. Their names will appear on the ballot in that order. Next was the…
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The meetings will be held across the two towns.
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education has scheduled a series of budget presentations over the next two months leading up to the April 20 school board elections. Thursday, March 18: 8 p.m., Open Agenda Meeting, Board headquarters Wednesday, March 31: 8 p.m., Regular Public Meeting, Public Hearing on Budget, Board headquarters Monday, April 5: 7:30 p.m., Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Monday, April 6: 7:30 p.m., Candidates Night Wednesday, April 7: 7 p.m., Evergreen Elementary Thursday, April 8: 6:30 p.m., Coles Elementary, 7 p.m., McGinn Elementary Tuesday, April 13: 7:30 p.m., Park Middle, 7:30 p.m., Terrill Middle Wednesday, April 14: 7 p.m., Brunner Elementary, 7:30 p.m., School One Thursday, April 15: 8 p.m., Board of …
Sarah Blessing was indicted in Middlesex County last week.
Superintendent Margaret Hayes said on Wednesday that she can't yet say what the fate of Park Middle School teacher Sarah Blessing will be within the Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District. Blessing, 27, was indicted last week and charged with sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, endangering the welfare of a child, and witness tampering. Middlesex County Prosecutor Public Information Officer Jim O'Neill confirmed the charges to Patch on Tuesday. The charges come after Blessing was arrested in December for an alleged sexual relationship with a female student at Bishop George Ahr High School in Edison, where she had been the girls swim coach since 2005. Blessing had also served as a fifth grade teacher at Park Middle since 2005, but was …
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sarah Blessing is alleged to have had sexual relations with a student at Bishop George Ahr High School, where she served as swim coach.
A Park Middle School teacher has been formally indicted on charges that she had sexual relations with a high school student in Edison. Sarah Blessing, 27, of South Plainfield, was handed the indictment last week, charging her with sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, endangering the welfare of a child, and witness tampering. Middlesex County Prosecutor Public Information Officer Jim O'Neill confirmed the charges to Patch on Tuesday. O'Neill said the sexual assault is alleged to have occurred in South Plainfield, North Brunswick and New Brunswick. The witness tampering allegedly occurred in New Brunswick. Blessing, who was arrested at her home in South Plainfield on December 1, had served as girls swim coach at Bishop George Ahr High …
Monday, March 8, 2010
The project will cost an estimated $727,272.
Construction on the Terrill Middle School solar panel project could start as soon as next spring, if voters OK bonding for the plan this September. The Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District has been working on the project for over a year now, and last November gave Trenton-based architects Faridy Veisz Fraytak, P.C. permission to begin developing the plans. At last week's Board of Education meeting, the firm presented the specifics of what the project will entail, and what it will cost. Right now, the ultimate cost of the nearly 16,000 square foot panel system is estimated to be $727,272. About 40 percent of that money could come back by way of the state's debt service aid, and another $312,842 will be covered through the Customer On-site …
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Friday, March 5, 2010
The hearing will be part of a regular public meeting on March 31.
After going back and forth between several dates, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education determined Thursday that its public hearing on the 2010-2011 budget shall be held on Wednesday, March 31. Yes, that's right in the middle of the district's spring break, but Business Administrator Anthony Del Sordi said the district is required to hold the hearing the week of the 29th. That inconvenience is partly what caused the board to have a difficult time deciding on the best date. Board member Donald Parisi noted that he would be out of town half of the week and Board member Karen Kulikowski said she was also unavailable on the 31st. The board had originally explored holding the hearing on March 30, but decided against it since it's the …
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The possible increase is based on projected enrollment increases.
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District may be getting an additional five teachers next year. During his second budget presentation to the Board of Education on Thursday night, Business Administrator Anthony Del Sordi reported that based on projected enrollment increases the district is looking to add one extra 2nd grade class and one extra 4th grade class at Evergreen Elementary; two additional 5th grade classes, one at each middle school; and one additional 6th grade teacher, who could essentially be redeployed throughout the day to staff basic skills and other courses. In addition, because of a projected slight decrease in enrollment in the 1st grade, the district could see the reduction of one 1st grade class at Evergreen and one at …
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
The following information was submitted by the high school's repertory theatre program.
SCHOOLS|Thursday, March 4
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School's Repertory Theatre will get a special visit during one of its spring performances. Rupert Holmes, Broadway playwright and 70's/80's pop star, will attend the group's Sunday, March 14, performance of Curtains (The Musical Comedy Whodunit). Writer of the musical's book as well as additional lyrics to the Kander and Ebb score, Holmes will conduct a question and answer session with the audience and cast immediately following the show. Rupert Holmes was the first person in Broadway history to singly win Tony awards for both Best Book and Best Score of a Musical for his creation The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which also won the Tony award for Best Musical. Prior to his career in theatre, Rupert Holmes was a pop …
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Bret Schundler discusses surplus freezes, possible reductions in state aid allocations.
Bret Schundler, newly sworn in as New Jersey's Commissioner of Education, defended the cuts in school aid already enacted by the Christie administration and warned educators Monday that more are on the way. Schundler, who spoke at the Garden State Coalition of Schools meeting at Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School Monday night, centered the topic of conversation on the current financial state of education in New Jersey. Many districts represented received notice recently they would not be getting the remainder of the state aid they were expecting. For the Scotch Plains-Fanwood school district, $167,667 was cut for the remainder of this school year, with another 10 to 15 percent in state aid likely to be withheld from the 2010-2011 …
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Good to know, thanks! Someone submitted a few photos from the show to me, and from what I can tell, it looks like the teens were real pros last night. more ›