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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Lazar Time Change Proposed Under 2013 School Budget

Midterm and final exam elimination also included in proposal.

The Montville Township Public Schools administration is proposing to move the time of the school day at the Robert R. Lazar Middle School up and eliminate midterm and final exams, with the exception of two subjects in the eighth grade level, as part of the district's 2013-14 budget initiatives. A presentation of the budget proposals, which Superintendent Dr. Paul Fried noted are not necessarily recommendations by the administration but more so items for discussion, was delivered before the Montville Township Board of Education and members of the public on Tuesday night. Fried did not include cost figures in Tuesday's presentation, the first of many on the budget, but prefaced his comments with an explanation that the budget is a "monetary …

George Drexl

12:49 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013

Shame on you Ariana and the Patch for allowing such an offensive and inappropriate comment from that moron Maxim to be posted   more ›

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Former Montville BOE Member Receives Service Award

Paul Przetak commended board members for putting in hours of work between meetings.

Paul Przetak was honored with the Montville Township Board of Education Service Award by the board Tuesday for his work as a member from 2008 through 2011. Board President Dr. Karen Cortellino praised Przetak for committing himself to the position during the time that he served and said he did so with no reasons other than wanting to make the school district a better place. "It's a very gratifying job to be a member of the board of education," she said. "You come to the job, to the position, hopefully with no personal agenda. Hopefully the only agenda you have is to ensure the highest quality education that a school district can deliver in a fiscally responsible manner." Cortellino said the first question a board member needs to ask when …

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