Section: Schools
It’s April Fools–And College Decision Day
It’s an odd combination–a day for jokes and the day when many colleges notify their high school senior applicants if they’ve been granted a spot in the incoming freshman class. This year a record number of applicants makes it probably the toughest ever for college admissions: Due to the peaking of the “Baby Boom-boom” bubble, [...]
Like Seuss? You’ll Love ‘Seussical’
Horton the Elephant is coming to H.B. Whitehorne Middle School next Friday and Saturday. So are The Cat in the Hat and Yertle the Turtle. That’s because more than 50 HBW students have been rehearsing since January to bring the stories of Dr. Seuss alive in the musical Seussical Jr. The kids have learned more [...]
Residents Voice Support For School Budget
At last night’s Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Charles Sampson outlined how $1.4 million will be cut from Verona’s 2010-2011 budget in the wake of severe state cutbacks. The presentation, which is on the Verona schools’ Web site, demonstrates how the money will be saved, without significant changes to student programs. Most of the savings [...]
Obituaries: Russell Nugent, Beloved Verona Teacher
Russell E. Nugent, 66, of Cedar Grove, a Verona teacher for 33 years, died Monday, March 29, 2010. At last night’s Board of Education meeting in Verona, board member Michael Unis cited Nugent, who taught him in the fifth grade, as an inspiration for his own teaching career. Unis recalled Nugent dressing up as Superman [...]
BOE Makes More Cuts But Preserves Programs
At last night’s Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Charles Sampson announced further cuts to the 2010-2011 budget, necessitated by last week’s announcement that Governor Chris Christie is reducing state aid to the Verona district by $1.4 million, or 5% of the budget. In addition to the $800,000 in cuts listed last week, the new items [...]
BOE Will Detail Further Cuts Tonight
At tonight’s Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Charles Sampson and the rest of the Verona school board will outline the deep cuts that need to be made to the 2010-2011 Verona school budget in the wake of state aid cutbacks announced by Governor Chris Christie last Wednesday. As we reported then, Verona must now cut [...]
Students Rally Relief For Haiti
Students from Verona schools recently raised almost $800 for Haitian earthquake relief and hope to reach $1,000 with the Help for Haiti Bookmark Project. The event was organized by Kathleen Wrobel (speech-langauge teacher), Debbie Marsano (Dream Team Club advisor) and Emily Podolak and Eugenie Mordkovich (French Club advisors). Students at the elementary schools colored and decorated bookmarks [...]
Calendar Collision: Baseball And Kindergarten
In a busy town like Verona and with only 52 weeks in a year, there are bound to be some collisions between scheduled events. We want to alert you to a new one that has just popped up, in case you need to be at both. Every year, the Verona Board of Education schedules a [...]
Summer Enrichment Parent Information Meeting
V-SEA, the Verona Summer Enrichment Academy, is holding a meeting for parents about its 2010 summer program on Monday, March 22. The meeting will be held in the H.B. Whitehorne School Media Center, beginning at 7 p.m. Enter through the school’s main door and follow the signs to the Media Center. The V-SEA program is [...]
Unlucky Day For Verona Schools
So much for the luck of the Irish. Governor Chris Christie’s office just released the much-anticipated district-by-district numbers for the 2010-2011 school budgets and it’s bad news. Almost every district must cut 5 percent from its budget; in Verona, that amounts to $1.4 million. “This is pretty drastic,” says Verona Board of Education member Glenn [...]