There was yet more drama at a Secaucus Board of Education meeting last week when John Schwartz requested the new board suspend his daughter’s fourth-grade teacher for alleged harassment. Schwartz, who is the Secaucus recreation facility director, claims his daughter and other students were verbally harassed by the unnamed Huber Street School teacher starting last [...]

As noted last week, the proposed school budget that was rejected in the Board of Education election fell by the slim margin of 943-941. Now, the Hudson Reporter reported that Board trustees met with school officials on Tuesday morning to discuss a potential recount. If passed, the budget would generate a $74 increase per household in school taxes. [...]

A source has confirmed that the proposed school budget was rejected in Wednesday’s Board of Education election by the slim margin of 943-941, as eSecaucus reported on Wednesday, This is contrary to erroneous reports published in recent days by well-regarded sources such as the Jersey Journal. As noted, however, the outcome of the vote may change after provisional votes [...]

The highly-anticipated Board of Education election took place on Tuesday, with a pair of newcomers joining the Board while incubent Tom Troyer at the proposed school budget were denied. Former Secaucus Education Association president Robert Anderson, who announced in candidacy at a tension-filled meeting in January, easily garnered a seat on the board along with [...]

To the editor: I am writing this letter today to encourage voters to elect Robert Anderson to the Secaucus Board of Education on April 17. Robert Anderson’s actions during his career as a teacher and president of the Secaucus Educational Association have shown dedication and a strong commitment to doing what is in the best [...]

To the editor: This letter is not the opinion of the Secaucus Board of Education, but the opinion of BOE trustees Gary Riebesell, Jack McStowe, Lisa Snedeker and Joseph Lewis. In light of recent events we – Gary, Jack, Lisa and Joseph – felt the need to address certain behavior that needs to be corrected. It [...]

Secaucus school officials have proposed a $31.6M tax levy for the 2012-13 school year, a $620K increase over this year’s hard-fought budget. A key increase is employee benefits, which is rising from this year’s $6.1M to $6.5M in the proposed 2012-13 budget. As a percentage of salaries, benefits are rising to 31.5%, compared with 30.5% [...]

Four candidates will compete for the three seats opening on the Secaucus Board of Education with voters to decide on April 17. Incumbents Tom Troyer and Gary Riebesell filed to campaign to defend their seats, while teachers union president Robert Anderson and parent Kelli D’Addetta are challengers. Trustee Charlie Krajewski did not file to run [...]

The Secaucus Board of Education in a special session Thursday, Feb. 9, voted to keep school board elections in April, despite a new state law that allows towns to move the contests to election day in November. The vote was in-line with sentiment expressed earlier by both school officials and the town council. Changing the [...]

The Secaucus Board of Education has scheduled a special public and closed meeting for Feb. 9, starting at 4 p.m. to cover three matters, including whether to move school board elections to the fall and ongoing talks with the teachers union. The board’s agenda includes discussion of the school business administrator’s employment, issues concerning negotiations [...]