Town Hall meeting partnered parents with emergency services, elected officials and members of the Board of Ed to discuss school safety.
Nearly 100 residents and parents filled the second floor meeting room at the Fort Lee Community Center during Wednesday's Town Hall meeting to discuss the safety and security of Fort Lee schools. The meeting, a response to the tragic events that happened in Newtown, Connecticut, was a collaborative effort between the Mayor and Council, emergency services and the Board of Education. The panel included: Mayor Mark Sokolich was the evening's moderator. Bendul opened the evening by assuring the audience that he, and every member of his department, is committed to the safety of Fort Lee's children and is in the process of reviewing security plans within each school with the intent of putting new measures into place. "Some of these operations we…
The fifth and sixth graders presented their proposal for the development of the property to the mayor and public Monday
Fifth and sixth grade students from Fort Lee Schools No. 1 and No. 3 hosted a town hall meeting Monday evening in the school No. 1 gymnasium, presenting their detailed proposal for Redevelopment Area 5 to Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich and other officials, members of the public, parents, teachers and school administrators. Their teacher, Elsa Osso, who runs the gifted and talented programs at both schools, said the project played out over the course of two years. “It worked out along the lines of the town hall meetings the mayor was holding in December 2009,” Osso said. “Some of the kids attended those meetings and asked questions, and it started there. Of course the children said, ‘Why can’t it just be a park? Why can’t we build a school?’ …
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Patrick Won
9:00 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
I still can't believe he didn't show up to this after boasting at the board meeting that he looked forward to meeting with FL officials to discuss school security. This is one of the most important issue in our schools today. Horrible. more ›