Education

GLEN ROCK & FAIR LAWN, NJ - Three Glen Rock students and one Fair Lawn student were among the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program

Claire A. Beezley, Filip Domlija and Isabel A. Siggers, all Glen Rock High School students, made the list along with Jiwon Kang of Fair Lawn High School.

The high school seniors have an opportunity to ...

GLEN ROCK, NJ – Borough taxpayers will decide the fate of a $14 million referendum question on March 12, 2019 which requests funding for air-conditioning units, field improvements, a media center overhaul and auditorium upgrades in the district’s six schools.

On Sept. 17, the nine-member board voted to move forward with submitting school facilities project ...

GLEN ROCK, NJ – The Board of Education has scheduled 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17 as the date for the $14M referendum vote in the high school media center, according to the district superintendent.

The date represents a change from its originally planned vote on Sept. 25.

The architect will submit schematic designs to the New Jersey Department of Education after the board ...

GLEN ROCK, NJ – The Board of Education approved a $14 million referendum question for March 12, 2019, addressing air conditioning, field and media center improvements, and a renovation of the auditorium.

Business Administrator Michael Rinderknecht said he recommends a 20-year bond slated to carry a tax impact of $185.72 annually on the average home with an assessed ...

FAIR LAWN, NJ - For Courtney Toronto, high school was all about science, but she did find time for a little "twirling" around.

"I especially liked biology," she said. "I liked learning about what makes one person have brown hair and another blond."

Toronto, a June Fair Lawn High School Graduate and competitive baton twirler, was awarded the Senior Scholarship ...

GLEN ROCK, NJ - One of the most critical elements in school safety is getting our community’s children to and from school safely. The Glen Rock Police Department assigns School Crossing Guards at twenty key locations to assist children going to and from our schools. While the primary role of a school crossing guard is to guide children safely across the street, each guard plays another key ...

FAIR LAWN, NJ – As the Fair Lawn school district prepares to reopen for the new school year, “significantly” fewer students will be affected by the district’s soft borders policy, Superintendent Nick Norcia said.

At a school board meeting on Aug. 23, Norcia announced that as of Aug. 22, only three students were soft bordered among the 67 eligible students. This number ...

Editor's Note: The Special 3 Officers will be employed part time by the Police Department and work in the schools full time Monday to Friday, according to the school administration.

FAIR LAWN, NJ – On the heels of the board's $320,400 district-wide school security initiative, the Fair Lawn Board of Education voted to move forward with the hiring of Special Law ...

FAIR LAWN, NJ - The Board of Education released a revised Back-To-School Night 2018-2019 list as noted below:

Edison Tuesday, September 25 6:30 PM

Forrest Wednesday, September 26 6:30 PM

Lyncrest Thursday, September 27 6:30 PM

Milnes Thursday, September 27 6:30 PM

Radburn Thursday, September 27 6:30 PM

Warren Point Wednesday, September 26 6:30 PM

Westmoreland Thursday, ...

FAIR LAWN, NJ - The borough hired four Special Class 3 officers who will be working in Fair Lawn Schools beginning in September.

Mike Figueroa, Tom Smith, Rafael Marcano and Bryan DiPasquale will be joining four other officers who started last school year as Special Class 3 officers, all of which are retired from various police departments in the area and will be assigned to Fair Lawn ...