The Verona Board of Education has narrowed its search for a new superintendent down to one candidate, Steven A. Forte, and you can meet him and ask questions about his plans for Verona this Thursday night, October 13. Forte is currently the well-regarded principal of Hasbrouck Heights High School. He took over that position...
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The Verona Board of Education approved a school budget last night that will have one of the smallest impacts on your household budget in years. The general fund tax levy portion of the budget–$27,158,147–works out to about $104 more per year for the average Verona home. That compares with a $190 per home increase...
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This year’s school budget may not be as bad as feared. Since the Board of Education issued a grim note in February, the state has come through with a bit of aid for Verona. At $345,000, it’s not anywhere near what we used to get–Verona’s aid has been slashed by more than $1 million...
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This statement was just released by the Board of Education: Charles Sampson, Superintendent of the Verona Public Schools, tendered his resignation to the Board of Education on Wednesday, February 16. The resignation will be officially accepted by the Board during the March 1, 2011 public meeting. Mr. Sampson will continue to serve Verona through...
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Charles B. Sampson, Verona’s superintendent of schools, sent out a letter yesterday about the budget, and it is sobering. Because of the state-mandated 2% cap on tax increases, Verona will need to cut $500,000 to $700,000 out of its 2011-2012 budget. Verona had to slash $1.4 million from its 2010-2011 budget because of a...
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Verona’s school curriculum supervisors presented a revised curriculum plan for Verona High School at the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, February 8. The plan maintains an honors English class that had been slated for elimination but presents a strong case for pushing VHS students toward a more rigorous class schedule that includes more...
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Some four dozen parents and several Verona High School students packed last night’s Verona Board of Education meeting to hear about a proposal to make significant changes to the curriculum at VHS. The proposal would eliminate two honors classes in English and one honors class in social studies, end barriers to entry into advanced...
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It’s been more than a month since we learned that Verona School Superintendent Charles Sampson was one of two finalists for a new job at the Freehold Regional High School District. The Monmouth County district said on November 29 that it had made its choice, but would not announce it until contract review had...
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Early this year, we looked at some of the problems caused by the heavy bookloads that Verona students carry home. That might be a thing of the past soon, but not because the books are getting lighter: Online learning components are being rolled out across Verona schools that could eliminate the need to bring...
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Freehold Regional’s Board of Education met last night to pick its new superintendent. It made a decision, which may or may not be to hire Verona Superintendent Charles B. Sampson. Trouble is, according to the Asbury Park Press, Freehold won’t announce its decision until contract negotiations are complete. We’ll have to wait. But if...
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