Michael Unis, a member of the Verona Board of Education, will meet with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and other senior policy advisors at a policy briefing in Washington, D.C., today. . Unis is attending the meeting as a member of Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE), a nonprofit organization that inspires, trains and...
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Michael Unis, a member of the Verona Board of Education, will travel to Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 17, to meet with members of the Obama administration and attend a reception with the president. Unis is a member of the Young Elected Officials Network, a group of young progressives in elected office that has...
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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...
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Glenn Elliott, a six-year veteran of the Board of Education, and Michael Unis, who won last year’s election for a one-year spot to fill an unexpired term, have announced that they are seeking re-election to the Board. Two of the board’s five seats are up for grabs in this year’s election, which is set...
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