Monday, December 17, 2012
The Week Ahead: a look at some of what’s going on in Fort Lee this week.
The Fort Lee Board of Education late last week cancelled its regular business meeting originally scheduled for Monday evening, but those who were planning to attend may want to consider heading over to Monument Park instead. There, organizers say, a candlelight vigil is planned for the victims, families and community members of Newtown, Conn., where the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history occurred Friday, resulting in the deaths of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The Fort Lee vigil is planned as a “gathering to give and receive comfort in light of the Newtown shooting,” providing residents of all faiths—or none, organizers emphasize—an opportunity to “share with neighbors,” pray or simply be silent…
Monday, December 3, 2012
The Week Ahead: a look at just some of what’s going on in Fort Lee this week.
By the end of the week, there will be no doubt, as you travel around Fort Lee that the holiday season is here. Fort Lee’s annual holiday tree lighting event at the Fort Lee Community Center will take place on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich has promised that this year’s festivities kicking off the holiday season locally will be “extra-special” for children in the borough who have had their last two Halloweens disrupted—or as was the case in 2012, outright cancelled—because of unexpectedly severe weather events like Sandy and a very early snowstorm. Then on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. the first night of Hanukkah, Congregation Gesher Shalom will host Fort Lee’s annual community Menorah lighting at the “triangle”—…
Monday, November 12, 2012
The Week Ahead: a look at just some of what’s going on in Fort Lee this week.
After two cancelled meetings in the aftermath of Sandy, the Fort Lee Board of Education gets back to business Monday with a meeting at Fort Lee High School. The posted agenda for the meeting, which can be downloaded here or from the Fort Lee Public School District’s website, includes an annual test score presentation and public hearings on “Observance Week of Respect and School Violence Awareness” and “Violence and Vandalism/HIB Report” for 2011-2012, along with the usual list of resolutions the school board is expected to vote on and barring any walk-ins. The Fort Lee BOE’s regular business meeting takes place Monday at 8 p.m. in the Fort Lee High School library/media center. On Thursday, the Fort Lee Mayor and Council will hold its …
Monday, October 15, 2012
The Fort Lee Board of Education’s regular business meeting is Monday at 8 p.m. at the high school, and a BOE candidates’ debate is slated for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the middle school.
The Fort Lee Board of Education meets Monday at 8 p.m. in the Fort Lee High School library for a regular business meeting. The agenda for the meeting, which can be downloaded here or by visiting the school district’s website, is highlighted by, among other items, a resolution approving professional asbestos services at Fort Lee School No. 1, School No. 3, School No. 4, Lewis F. Cole Middle School and the high school for the remaining “referendum projects” approved by Fort Lee voters in January. If approved, Karl & Associates, Inc. will perform “asbestos evaluation” at School No. 4 at an estimated cost of $9,620 and “investigation and sampling” for high school and middle school lab renovations at an estimated cost of $4,975; for window …
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Monday, September 3, 2012
The Week Ahead: a look at just some of what’s going on in Fort Lee this week.
The Fort Lee Public School District gets back to business this week, with convocation scheduled for Thursday and Friday. An agenda for the two-day opening is posted on the district’s website. Also on the website, school community members can find a letter released Friday further breaking down the reasons behind Fort Lee High School’s drop in NJ Monthly’s recent school rankings report. The district released the detailed letter several days after Assistant Superintendent Sharon Amato detailed some of those reasons at the Fort Lee Board of Education’s meeting last Monday. “NJ Monthly Magazine has made significant changes in the analysis, weighting and calibration of data from previous years,” according to the letter. “After careful analysis …
Monday, August 27, 2012
The Week Ahead: a look at just some of what’s going on in Fort Lee this week.
A public hearing on Fort Lee Public School District Business Administrator and Board Secretary Cheryl Balletto’s employment contract will lead the Fort Lee Board of Education’s regular business meeting Monday. If the school board approves the contract, which has already been reviewed and approved by the Executive County Superintendent of Schools, Balletto will remain in the position through June 2013 and earn an annual base salary of $145,706. The BOE will also vote on whether to put a question on the November ballot regarding the “purchase or lease-purchase” for no more than $2 million of property “for school use” using capital reserves. If the school board approves the resolution, the ballot question on Nov. 6 would read as follows: …
Monday, August 20, 2012
The Week Ahead: a look at just some of what’s going on in Fort Lee this week.
The United Republican Club of Fort Lee (URCFL) is hosting New Jersey State Sen. Michael Doherty (R-23) Tuesday for an event the local GOP group is calling, “Red Light Cameras—The Real Story.” The group touts Doherty as “the leading opponent of this form of ticketing.” “Senator Doherty is leading the charge against red light cameras in New Jersey,” said URCFL president David Cohen. “He's going to speak and do some Q&A with us.” Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich recently said that although it might prove to be an unpopular move with many Fort Lee residents, the idea of a red light came enforcement program for the borough is something he plans to “revisit,” and that the governing body is likely to move forward on it. “I’m not going to deviate from…
Monday, August 13, 2012
The Fort Lee BOE will vote Monday on whether to accept Lewis F. Cole Middle School principal Robert Kravitz’s resignation after he was appointed Superintendent for the Englewood Cliffs School District last week, highlighting the week ahead.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
The Fort Lee Board of Education meets Monday evening for the first time since president Arthur Levine announced his resignation from the board last week. Levine, who served on the school board since 2007 and as president since 2011, said has said he is stepping down because of time constraints. “Serving on the board requires a large commitment of time,” Levine said in making the announcement last week. “Being very committed to my work on the board, knowing I can no longer give that time completely, I have chosen to step down.” Among the items on the school board’s agenda for Monday's meeting, which starts at 8 p.m. and takes place in the Fort Lee High School library, is one accepting the resignation of Robert Kravitz of Lewis F. Cole …
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Monday, July 30, 2012
The Week Ahead: a look at just some of what’s going on in Fort Lee this week.
The Fort Lee Board of Education will vote on whether to approve Steven Engravalle’s contract as Superintendent of Schools at its regular business meeting Monday evening at Fort Lee High School. The meeting had originally been scheduled for July 23 but was pushed back a week. According to the agenda for the BOE meeting, the Executive County Superintendent “has reviewed and approved” Engravalle’s contract, which runs through June 2015 and is retroactive to July 1. The school board voted 5 to 2 in late June to appoint Engravalle to the post for the next three years, pending county approval of the contract. At the same June meeting, the board also appointed Dr. Sharon Amato Assistant Superintendent of Schools through the end of the 2012-2013 …
Monday, July 23, 2012
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 …
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