Monday, March 4, 2013
Special guests visit School 2 to read stories to the students.
On Friday, March 1st, Fort Lee School 2 celebrated Read Across America Day. This is an exciting day at many schools across the country, but it was an especially exciting day for School 2 students because they had some surprises. Special guest readers from the community were invited into the classrooms to read to the students. During their visits, these guest readers had an opportunity to discuss their role in the community with the students and then read a story to the kids. The children asked alot of interesting questions that all the visitors took the time to answer. Guests included Mayor Mark Sokolich, David Daniel--a School 2 dad and author of Gone Ice Cream Fishing, Detective Vincent Buda--School 2 DARE Educator, Sarah Pardin--a …
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Fort Lee School No. 2
2047 Jones Rd, Fort Lee, NJ
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
In the wake of the Newtown massacre, schools coping with upgrading security without going over the 2 percent cap may get relief from pending legislation.
In the wake of Newtown, schools everywhere are performing security audits and collaborating with local law enforcement to implement new security intitiatives. At last week's Town Hall meeting, Fort Lee Police Chief Keith Bendul and the Board of Education talked about amped up security within the Fort Lee Schools and confirmed that they are in the process of reviewing security plans within each school with the intent of putting new measures into place. In addressing the concerns of parents who want a more visible police presence at the schools, Bendul said, "We are increasing our footprint within the district" by having a more visible police presence in and around the schools. However, the question being asked by many Superintendents is how…
Thursday, December 20, 2012
With Fort Lee Police Chief Thomas Ripoli set to retire Dec. 31, Capt. Keith Bendul and Capt. Timothy Ford will assume their duties as Chief and Deputy Chief, respectively, of the Fort Lee Police Department on Jan. 1.
Dozens of police officers and chiefs from Fort Lee and other towns, along with family and friends, packed Fort Lee's Borough Hall Thursday, as the Mayor and Council swore in a new police chief and deputy police chief. As expected, Capt. Keith Bendul was appointed Chief of the Fort Lee Police Department, and Capt. Timothy Ford was appointed Deputy Police Chief. Their appointments are effective Jan. 1, 2013, with current Fort Lee Police Chief Thomas Ripoli having reached the mandatory retirement age and therefore leaving the post he has served in since 2004 at the end of the year. The entire Mayor and Council presented Ripoli with a plaque “in recognition of his 41 years of service to people of Fort Lee,” words which Sokolich called “so …
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Fort Lee Borough Administrative Offices-Borough Hall
309 Main St, Fort Lee, NJ
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Cindy
11:16 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
The kids had an amazing day!! What better way to enjoy a good book than to have it read by someone who works in your community! more ›