Board of Ed Receives Positive Audit, Make Up School Days Discussed
At the Nov. 13 Board of Education meeting, the annual audit report was explained and ideas to make up the lost school days from Hurricane Sandy were discussed.
On Nov. 13 the Board of Education(BOE) held an open agenda meeting, the first since Sandy struck the township. The board discussed how Sandy impacted the school district, as well as the annual audit that was conducted for the BOE. Superintendent Dr. Margaret Hayes, informed the board of some her ideas on how to make up the lost school days from Hurricane Sandy. She noted that none of the ideas were concrete but would like to put them out there for the public to voice their opinions. Hayes said usually when the district goes over the three emergency days issued, they dip into spring break to make up those missed dates. However, she said she would rather look into alternate days. For example, she mentioned using both President's Day and …
Enough Already
5:57 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
Unless a majority of students would be there, it wouldn't make sense to have school on Saturdays. Also, sports schedules would complicate the scheduling. This is not just a matter of making the teachers work 180 days, it is to ensure that the students will actually be there to receive instruction. more ›