Education

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - Eight teaching positions were abolished Monday night when the Bernards Township Board of Education finalized its school budget for the 2022-23 school year.

The $111.7 million budget was approved by an 8-1 vote, with Kirsten Light voting no.

Using figures from the township finance department, the school tax bill for the average residential house would increase about $152 ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - Bernards Township Board of Education members will hear about staffing and projected tax effects before they vote on the 2022-23 school budget on Monday night.

Superintendent Nick Markarian said by email that he anticipated Monday’s presentation would be similar to those in the past.

Last year he gave a detailed breakdown on staffing at the hearing. He covered ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - Drop by the Bernards Township Library on Saturday, May 7, and learn about falcons in a free, family friendly program from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. in Program Room A & B. 

Learn about the three types of falcons living in New Jersey. Explore their differences in habitat choice, food selection, size, speed and lifestyles, and be introduced to a live ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - Grandparents expressed their outrage Monday night, April 25, to the Bernards Township Board of Education over pending state health curriculum changes.

It is common for parents to come to meetings and comment, ask questions or criticize board policy and actions, but some in the older generation came to add their voices to a general outcry to explicit changes ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - Retirement notices of seven staffers were accepted at the Bernards Township Board of Education meeting on Monday, April 25.

Six are effective at the end of the school year. They are Ridge High School science teacher John Brum, Cedar Hill School aides Olga Crincoli and Judy Pennino, Mount Prospect School kindergarten teacher Barbara Kwityn, Ridge High social studies ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - Bernards Township Board of Education members criticized one of their own at the April 11 meeting for allegedly going outside of board policies and procedures.

In the open-ended “board forum” part of the meeting, Board President Robin McKeon and particularly member Jennifer White had problems with first-term member Kirsten Light for acting more as an individual ...

BERNARDS TWP., - District schools will test using computer software designed to keep students’ minds on tasks, as well as open the future vista of tech teaching methods. It’s part of a comprehensive three-year technology plan district staff described Monday, April 11, to the Board of Education.

The proposal presented by a tech team of administrators and teachers ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - Surveys that will kick off the Bernards Township schools equity audit will go out before the end of April, leaders of a consulting firm assured Board of Education members Thursday night at a meeting held virtually.

Representatives from US2, an independent consulting firm, explained the process of conducting an equity audit for the district. When asked to define equity, ...

EMPORIA, KANSAS – A career teacher at Hillsborough High School in New Jersey was surprised Wednesday afternoon at what was expected to be a Debate Club meeting after school.

Robert Fenster learned that he has been selected as one of only five career teachers to be inducted into The National Teachers Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2022, the 30th induction class for the ...

ESSEX FELLS, NJ -- A GoFundMe page has been established for the family of John P. Viggiano, a phys ed and health teacher at Essex Fells Elementary School.

Viggiano, 45, was a resident of Basking Ridge. He died suddenly on Friday, April 1. He was married with one son and one daughter.

“John Viggiano, affectionately known to students and parents as ‘Mr. V,’ is a beloved ...