WESTFIELD, NJ – Plans are in the works for a new district-wide website platform to be implemented by September 2018, Superintendent Dr. Margaret Dolan announced at Tuesday's Westfield Board of Education meeting.

“We are first determining the information that is needed. Some of it is required by the state, for example,” Dolan said.

According to the ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — This year, 422 seniors graduated in the class of 2017 along with one student who, upon completing summer school, received a high school diploma, Superintendent of Westfield Schools Dr. Margaret Dolan said at Tuesday night's Westfield Board of Education meeting.

“It’s rather difficult to do and I congratulate that student,” Dolan said, referring ...

WESTFIELD, NJ  — Westfield Public Schools welcomed about 6,300 students Wednesday morning for the first day of the 2017-2018 school year.

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WESTFIELD, NJ — Host Mike Cohen chats with Westfield High School Principal Dr. Derrick Nelson in this back-to-school podcast.

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Chat with Retiring Westfield Recreation Department Director Bruce Kaufmann

Greater Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Gene Jannotti

Fraidy Reiss, Founder of Westfield-Based Unchained at Last, Talks ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Margaret Dolan presented the district-wide results for the school self-assessment requirement for New Jersey’s Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act at Tuesday’s board of education meeting.

State law requires that all schools have a school safety team comprised of an anti-bullying specialist, the school’s ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield Board of Education member Dana Sullivan itemized a long list of school improvements at Tuesday’s board of education meeting. School begins on Sept. 6.

“As usual, our maintenance staff and custodial staff did a wonderful job of getting those buildings ready,” she said.

The list included large-scale initiatives like auditorium ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – Paul Pineiro, Westfield Public Schools Assistant Superintendent, shared a STEM Camp video at Tuesday’s Westfield Board of Education meeting that showcased its summer program offered by the Westfield Public Schools.

To watch the video, click here.

Registration opened this spring and within the first hour of online registration, the camp was full. There was a ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – The Westfield Board of Education formally approved the appointment of Dr. Paul Duncan as assistant principal of Franklin Elementary School during its first meeting of the school year Tuesday night.

“I am confident that Dr. Duncan is an excellent fit for Westfield and the Franklin School Community,” Superintendent Dr. Margaret Dolan said.

Duncan is ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield High School counselors, supported by a representative from Imagine, a Center for Coping with Loss, will be at Westfield High School Tuesday following the death Monday of former student Jake Tooley. Tooley died in an early morning house fire at his family’s home on Prospect Street.

In high school, Tooley had been a member of the WHS golf and cross country ...