Friday, May 11, 2012
Courts to be closed from June 1 to Sept. 1.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
The following was submitted by Montville Township Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Paul Fried. The Montville Township Public Schools are proud to announce that the Montville Township High School tennis courts will be renovated this summer. The renovation will consist of resurfacing, new posts and nets and an option for windscreens. The funding for this project is coming from the district's Capital Reserve Account, which is used for facilities improvements. We anticipate that the tennis courts will be closed from June 1 through Sept. 1 for the renovation. We apologize for the inconvenience but look forward to a much improved facility for use by our students and the community.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Prosecutor's spokesman said no new details have emerged in case against former Montville teacher.
A little over two months ago, former Montville teacher Jason Fennes was charged with sexual assault after allegedly abusing two child victims. While a spokesman for the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said last week there are no new details to be released on the cases, Montville Township Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Paul Fried said school district employees have become more in touch with what constitutes inappropriate behavior since the March arrests. "I think that we've all become more sensitive," Fried said. Fennes, who taught first grade at the William Mason School and was an employee of the district from September 1998 until he resigned in June 2010, was charged on March 5 with allegedly abusing a female student in 2005. On …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Site said 1,244 former public employees' pensions top $100,000.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Former Montville Township Public Schools Superintendent Gary Bowen collects more than $100,000 in pension from the state, according to New Jersey Watchdog. In 2011, 1,244 former public employees collected more than $100,000 in pension, up 28 percent from 2010. According to the site, Bowen receives $108,400 per year. According to NorthJersey.com, Bowen served as the Montville school district superintendent for three years, and resigned in mid-2009. NorthJersey.com also reported that his leaving salary was $192,618, which is $18,582 less than current Superintendent of Schools Dr. Paul Fried's starting salary.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Board of Ed approves budget with lowest tax increase in eight years.
The Montville Township Board of Education unanimously voted Monday night to adopt its final $70,550,540 budget for the 2012-13 school year. The total budget amount is increased .81 percent from last year's budget, the lowest budget increase in the past eight years according to the district's Business Administrator James Tevis. The tax rate for the budget is $2.24 per $100 of assessed value and $63,672,519 will need to be levied in local taxes, with the impact on the average assessed home totaling an increase of $83.20. In 2011, taxes increased $176.38 on the average assessed home and in 2010, the increase was $243.94. The school district opted to eliminate its annual budget vote by agreeing to keep the budget within the state-mandated 2 …
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12:40 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Did everyone forget about the high school field....NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO IT.. What I have heard is that we have a spondsor who will fund the turf field 100% and what i believe is the hold up is TWO memebers of the broad have a issue with this. I can't imagine why... COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN. But yet you are repairing the tennis courts more ›