S u m m e r    H a p p e n i n g s - June 2004

•  Fourteen (14) PEA members were feted at the annual Retirement Dinner held at the Almond Tree Manor in Alpha on June 3. The fourteen include Lynn Alleger, Frank Bilotti, Bob Aita, Tom Berry, Felicia Gretta, Cecilia (Polly) Honey, Marcia Kline, John Morrow, Bob Nickel, Sharon Rush, Susan Russo, Vicky Smith, Cathy Tierney and Joyce Rosswag. Click here to view the retirement program and a picture of the retirees who attended the dinner.
•  Andover-Morris elementary school lost its principal in June. Click here to read about the departure of Michael Slattery.
•  The school district settled the second of two court cases involving incidents at the high school.

 The second incident concerned a fight that occurred in the parking lot several years earlier. Click here to read about the settlement. (Earlier in May, the district won a court case involving the throwing of a mouse ball that resulted in the loss of sight in one eye of a student several years earlier. Click here to read about this case.)
•  Ground was broken for the new Early Childhood building. Click here to read about the first new educational building being built in almost 40 years in the district.
•  It pays to be a good student in NJ. The legislature passed, AND FULLY FUNDED, legislation known as NJ STARS which will effect the top 20% of graduating seniors.

 This legislation pays for the seniors' tuition fees at local community colleges through-out NJ for the first year. If the students keep their grade point averages up at the community colleges, it will also pay the tuition fees for the second year. Click here to learn more about this great new program for our academically-successful students.
•  P'burg settled with NJ over the amount of 'supplemental aid' it is entitled to for the fiscal year past as an Abbott district. Click here to read about the settlement.
•  A report citing statistics on violence in schools showed that violence ebbed in the past year in NJ and that schools in Warren County are among the safest in state. Click here to read about these statistics.

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