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Roseland Board of Education Update
Highlights of Monday, June 1st meeting
Below please find a summary of the key highlights from our June 1 Board of Education meeting ( short agenda , Donaldson agenda ):
- The Student Council did a great job presenting all their accomplishments over the past year ( presentation )
- Teachers representing the Enrichment Committee (includes Gifted & Talented program) presented proposed changes for next year ( presentation )
- The board recognized staff for their milestone years of service and presented awards
10 Years
Marianne Chicola
Gina Hayek
Anne-Marie Petrarca
Deborah Sessa
15 Years
Amy Dahn
Christine Garlewicz
Sheryl Ljubicich
Lauren Miller
Catherine Overbeck
20 Years
JoAnn Brady
Lee DeVita
Laurie Martell
25 Years
David Siclari
- The board recognized the retirement of Marianne Hans-McNeilly after 17 years
- Ms. Marianne Hans-McNeilly presented a recommendation to move to Chrome books from iPads in grades 5-6 ( presentation )
- Mrs. Dacosta provided an update about Red Nose day, Field trip to King and I, Jeff Lakes trip, consortium kickball tournament, officially done with PAARC for this year, grades 3&4 spelling bee, and the upcoming Dare graduation and move up days
- Mr. Mastrangelo proposed the date of July 23 for the board’s annual goal planning session
- Mr. Goldstein informed the board that the negotiations committee reached a memo of understanding with the Roseland Education Association (REA), to be presented for ratification by the full REA
- The Board approved:
- Family care leave for Shannon Kiernan-Goffan from 9/2/15 through 1/4/16
- Classroom aides for 2015-2016 school year
- Adoption of Words Their Way – Word Study in Action developmental model
- West Essex High School senior service
- Field trips to Farmstead Estates, Build-a-bear, and Crane’s Mill Retirement Community
- Donation from Amerigroup Corporation “Watch Us Grow” program
- During Public comment, about thirteen parents spoke up to indicate support for Principal Laura Dacosta
Donaldson Hearing
Principal Laura Dacosta requested a “Donaldson hearing” to challenge Superintendent Gross’s recommendation to non-renew her employment contract. Ms. Dacosta requested that the Donaldson hearing occur in open public session. The Superintendent’s Statement of Reasons included her reasons for the recommendation for non-renewal.
- Ms. Dacosta and Ms. Gross were both provided the opportunity to present and provide the Board with backup materials.
- After hearing all of the evidence presented by both Ms. Dacosta and District Administration, the Board unanimously decided to take no further action regarding the Superintendent’s recommendation of the non-renewal of Ms. Dacosta’s employment contract.
The next regular Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 15 at 7:30pm in the Noecker Media Center.
Roseland Board of Education, Communications Committee
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