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Monday, July 23, 2012

Week Ahead: BOE Meeting Cancelled, Outdoor Evening Events Continue

Here’s a look at just some of what’s going on in Fort Lee this week.

If your plans Monday evening included attending the Fort Lee Board of Education’s regular business meeting, you’ll want to think again. In case you missed it, school officials announced late last week that the meeting originally scheduled for Monday had been pushed back a week to Monday, July 30 at 8 p.m. in the Fort Lee High School library. School officials also announced earlier in the week that the school board meetings for the rest of the summer and continuing through September would take place in the library because air conditioning is being installed at the high school’s auditorium, where the meetings are usually held. Business Administrator Cheryl Balletto provided an update on construction and repair work from the more $30 million …

Monday, July 9, 2012

Week Ahead: School Board, Borough Get Back to Business

Music, Movies “under the stars” are also on tap this week with Wednesday and Saturday evening performances and a screening of the Universal classic "Jaws" at the Fort Lee Community Center.

The Fort Lee Board of Education meets Monday for the first time since it voted to appoint Steven Engravalle superintendent for the next three years after months of concern surrounding his appointment. At the same meeting, the school board failed to pass a resolution that would have provided student accident insurance for the 2012-2013 school year at a cost of $52,207, when two board members abstained and one voted against the measure. Board president Arthur Levine said a special meeting might be needed before the end of June if the school district wanted to have the insurance come July 1, but business administrator Cheryl Balletto said that when the board did not renew the insurance, she called the district’s broker and got it extended …

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