Fort Lee Superintendent to Take Leave of Absence Until January
With Steven Engravalle out for the next two months on medical leave, Sharon Amato will run the day-to-day operations of the Fort Lee Public School District, serving as Interim Superintendent after board approval Monday.
The Fort Lee Board of Education Monday approved a nearly two-month leave of absence for Superintendent Steven Engravalle for medical reasons and appointed Sharon Amato Interim Superintendent of Schools during his absence. Engravalle’s leave of absence is effective Nov. 7 and continues until Jan. 2, 2013, according to the walk-in resolution the school board approved 5-0 with one abstention. Amato, whose status as interim superintendent is effective for the same period and was approved unanimously by the board, called the appointment “truly an honor and a privilege.” “I have spent more time in my life working in the Fort Lee schools than I’ve done anything else so you certainly have my commitment to the students and the members of the …
Mike R.
8:44 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
"The School Board had made some poor decisions in selecting Superintendents." --Thomas A Bennett That gets my nomination for understatement of the century! It's obviously the school board that's the underlying problem, by hiring a long parade of losers. They bear full responsibility for the Engravallle debacle, the Bandlow debacle, the Collabro debacle, and for the fact that, given their record … more ›