Thursday, March 14, 2013
Pilot program will require students to have ID cards in their possession.
Students attending Verona High School will undergo new security measures under a pilot program slated to begin next week, officials said Wednesday. In response to the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., in which 26 people were killed, district personnel and police officials have been attending twice-monthly meetings and classes to learn measures to improve school safety as well as preparedness, Verona Police Chief Douglas Huber said Wednesday morning. At the last safety class in February, he said, Verona Schools Superintendent Steven Forte and several police officers attended. As part of the pilot program, students are being required to have their school identification cards in their possession, Huber …
40.84256
-74.24792
Verona High School
151 Fairview Ave, Verona, NJ
/articles/verona-boe-member-pans-proposed-school-id-program
744135
/locations/9006253
Friday, November 16, 2012
Board of Education plan to bring advertising revenue - including the Yankees - to the district during its Nov. 13 meeting.
The New York Yankees are coming to Verona — at least virtually. The Verona Board of Education unanimously approved a measure Tuesday night that will allow paid advertising to appear on its website as an alternative form of revenue. The district will hire an advertising company to place ads on the site. If successful, the district may look into getting a sponsor for the Friday Folder email blast or even ads on the Verona High School football field. The Yankees will hopefully be the first advertiser, Forte said Tuesday. Yankee pitcher CC Sabathia held a baseball clinic on Thursday, Aug. 2 at Verona High School that was attended at 300 children as part of The PlayStation CC Sabathia Baseball ProCamp. “It's a different way of looking at things…
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
New district policy to be announced at board of education meeting tonight at high school.
Superintendent Steven Forte is expected to announce a new district-wide school chaperone policy when the Verona Board of Education meets tonight at 8 p.m. In June, H.B. Whitehorne Middle School principal Yvette McNeal emailed fifth-grade parents about a May incident where a group of fathers supposedly held a party in a cabin during a fifth-grade camping trip at Camp Bernie in which alcohol was served, a violation of both school and camp policy. Parents were outrages as more details were revealed alleging the fathers were drinking and lighting fires in other cabins during a five-hour party while the 10 boys they were supposed to be watching slept in another cabin. “These fathers should be banned from future class trips,” Palma Quagliata, a…
40.84256
-74.24792
Verona High School
151 Fairview Ave, Verona, NJ
/articles/verona-school-to-unveil-chaperone-policy
744135
/locations/7771868
40.83186
-74.2459
H.B. Whitehorne Middle School
600 Bloomfield Ave, Verona, NJ
/articles/verona-school-to-unveil-chaperone-policy
744214
/locations/7771869
Monday, August 27, 2012
Board meets for first time since mid-June.
The Verona Board of Education will meet for the first time since mid-June on Tuesday for it’s regularly scheduled public meeting. A meeting agenda is attached as a pdf. The board of education meeting will take place at 8 p.m. at the Verona High School Library, 151 Fairview Ave. in Verona. The Verona Environmental Commission will also be in session this week. Although a meeting agenda was not available, the commission will meet Wednesday night at 7:30 at 33 Kenwood Ave. in Verona. Check out more of the events going on in Verona and Cedar Grove this week. To see all the area events click on Events at the top of this page. Log into Verona.patch.com to add your events. Bridge Club at Cedar Grove Library Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 1 p.m. Cedar Grove …
40.84256
-74.24792
Verona High School
151 Fairview Ave, Verona, NJ
/articles/week-ahead-ff1a9ab7
744135
/locations/7672565
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
F.N. Brown Middle School has been undergoing $35,500 remediation and waterproofing work to clear the school of any potentially harmful mold.
While Verona middle school students have been enjoying a summer of camp, swimming, vacations and sightseeing, district officials have been hard at work. The district has been working all summer at the F.N. Brown Middle School, where the building has been undergoing remediation and waterproofing to clear the school of any potentially harmful mold. “We had an air quality issue in January because of a water seepage problem,” Verona Superintendent Steven Fiore said recently. “We did some air quality testing with an outside consultant and it was recommended that we close a couple of rooms along the front of the building,” Forte said. The next step, he said, was waterproofing to stop any water seepage into the school. After waterproofing they …
40.838969
-74.244479
F.N. Brown School
125 Grove Ave, Verona, NJ
/articles/mold-remediation-project-nearing-completion-at-f-n-brown-middle-school
744354
/locations/7647602
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Group seeks ban against fathers who allegedly drank, lit fires, left children unattended during five-hour party.
Verona parents who are angry about a group of fathers who supposedly got drunk at a school camping trip have taken their issue to the Internet. After demanding that the Verona School Board take action, parents have launched an online petition trying to get the fathers banned from future school trips. As of Monday, the petition had 20 signatures. The fathers are accused of leaving their charges while they lit fires and drank alcohol in another cabin during a five-hour party. The camping trip, at the YMCA Camp Bernie in Port Murray, was for Verona’s fifth graders from the H.B. Whitehorne Middle School. At the June 19 school board meeting, parents demanded the board take action against the parents. Schools Superintendent Steven Forte said the…
40.83186
-74.2459
H.B. Whitehorne Middle School
600 Bloomfield Ave, Verona, NJ
/articles/parents-petition-camp-bernie-chaperones-to-verona-board-of-ed
744214
/locations/7400792
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Board promises policy changes for future trips, dismisses punitive actions after fathers allegedly drank, lit fires, left cabins unattended.
[UPDATED: 9:30 p.m. Wednesday] The Verona Board of Education said it will tighten its rules about chaperoning class trips after a group of fathers supposedly held a party in a cabin during a fifth grade camping trip. H.B. Whitehorne Middle School Principal Yvette McNeal emailed details of the incident in a letter to parents of all fifth graders earlier in the week. Additional details were learned at Tuesday night’s meeting, including information the fathers, who were supposed to be chaperoning the 10 boys, left them without a chaperone while they lit fires and drank alcohol at another cabin during a five-hour party. “These fathers should be banned from future class trips,” said Palma Quagliata, a parent of a fifth-grader on the trip. “A …
District, township taking extra precautions for excessive heat including setting up water stations and live-streaming the ceremonies to the air-conditioned high school cafeteria.
[UPDATED: 3:30p.m. Thursday] Seniors at Verona High School will complete their high school careers tomorrow evening with graduation ceremonies at Sellitto Field. As many as 150 seniors will be receiving diplomas, school officials say. This will be the school's 112th graduation ceremony. The commencement will begin at 6:30 p.m. and include parting remarks from students and school district representatives. Verona Police Chief Douglas Huber said because of the excessive heat warning during the next few days, the township will take the following action to keep people hydrated and safe during the ceremonies: • Water stations will be set up throughout the grounds to keep people hydrated and cool for the ceremony. • The high school cafeteria …
40.84256
-74.24792
Verona High School
151 Fairview Ave, Verona, NJ
/articles/commencement-thursday-at-verona-high-school
744135
/locations/7290836
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Students from the district and beyond can jump start their college careers.
Starting this summer, high school students from Verona and surrounding towns can enroll in one of three college-level courses being offered by the district. For the first time this year the district is bringing the Summer Enrichment Academy (V-SEA) program to the high school where students in 10th through 12th grades have the opportunity to not only take challenging courses, but also to earn college credits. Through partnerships with area colleges, the high school will offer a history course, an English course and a culinary course, all of which can be taken for high school credit, college credit or both with the program’s duel enrollment option. And the best part is students can get a college education not to mention credit at a fraction…
40.84256
-74.24792
Verona High School
151 Fairview Ave, Verona, NJ
/articles/verona-high-school-to-offer-college-courses
744135
/locations/6771766
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Residents to cast their vote on the measure in November elections.
Although parents of preschoolers in Verona have been petitioning for full-day kindergarten periodically over the years, next year just might be their breakthrough year. A determined group of parents have recently organized to raise the issue once more, and this time their proposal is quickly gaining traction. “We have taken it the furthest than any other group has in the past,” said Crystal Bichalski who along with Dana Wynne initiated the movement for full-day kindergarten. “We are committed to this." After their children entered kindergarten this year the two started conducting their own informal poll of parents at school pick-up times. They found an interest existed among other parents in town and approached the new Superintendent of…
Michael Petti
9:06 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
What is the revenue needed for? more ›