A round of Applause, to you, for knocking yourself out, as usual! Bravo and smooches! Now get yourself a hot tea and your slippers! You deserve a break, for a thankless job!
S --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycheech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At last night's BOE meeting, the state intervention team gave a 90 > minute update on all aspects of their assistance to the school > district from Early Childhood through High School. Of all 600 school > districts in New Jersey, they are spending the most time and resources > here due to the often dysfunctional, but fixable in their view, nature > of our school system. Early Childhood and Elementary are the > brightest spots here, and there are plans to ameliorate and remediate > the secondary level with initiatives from our own Board of Ed, a > Middle School Initiative and Grant from UMDNJ, the NJEA, and > assistance provided by the State. There will be more transitional > Summer school programs than ever before to keep the progress moving > ahead. The Intervention Team, headed by Assistant State Commissioner > of Ed Dr. Penelope Lattimer, as well as the Board expressed their > admiration for the work being accomplished by the Acting > Superintendent, James Parham. The three students who won the > district-wide spelling bee, the Teachers of the Year, the Students who > have been named to the Governor's School and the Monmouth County > Student of the Month (a phenomenal young lady from our high > school—there's a story about Carlita in today's Press) were all > honored. Also last night the Board passed a corrective action plan to > correct irregular business procedures that have needed correcting for > a very long time. The present law firm was also re-appointed for > another year with one "abstention" and one "no" vote. Due to a very > long agenda and unusually long closed session, the meeting ended well > past 11 PM. As usual, I must state that I do not speak for the Board. > > Frank D'Alessandro, BOE member > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/