Friday, February 10, 2012
The regional school board approved the move from April to November by a 6-2 vote.
In what was little more than a formality, the Black Horse Pike Regional School District board voted Thursday night to move the annual school election from April to November. The board approved the move by a vote of 6-2 during its meeting at Highland Regional High School Thursday night. Board members Ben Zanghi and Louis Johnston offered the two "no" votes. Gov. Chris Christie in mid-January signed into law a bill that allowed either school boards, municipal governing bodies or an affirmative referendum vote to move school elections from April to the general election in November. With the boards for the regional district's three K-8 sending districts—Bellmawr, Gloucester Township and Runnemede—all having already voted to move their …
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Friday, August 19, 2011
A policy repealing the ban on flip flops in the high-school district was the board's only split decision Thursday.
An infrequently enforced policy banning flip-flops in its three high schools became a main point of contention at the Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) Board of Education meeting at Highland Regional Thursday night. While this favorite of the footloose and fancy-free rose to prominence nearly a century ago, BHPRSD administrators technically could have checked them at the schoolhouse steps due to safety concerns of the district’s policymaking brain trust. Now, a revision has nearly been pushed through that strips the teeth out of the policy language that specifically targeted flips-flops. And victory can almost be claimed by the students who worked closely with administrators and staff over a year-long period to repeal this…
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Friday, June 24, 2011
The BHPRSD board vowed to do what it can to work with the marching bands amid budget cuts.
RUNNEMEDE—The pop culture idiom “and the band played on” has become something of a local anthem for Triton Regional High School students and parents, who over these past few weeks have loudly shown they refuse to see their music program silenced. For a second time this month, they filled the high school library here at Triton Thursday night for a Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) board meeting, though managing some time in between to earn a first-place finish at the NJ State American Legion Parade in Wildwood. They received remarks from elected officials that came as close to closure as they may see, that despite a 25 percent cut in funding which was part of across-the-board line item decreases, the board was prepared to …
Friday, June 10, 2011
A large group of students attended Thursday's Black Horse Pike Regional School District Board of Education meeting to decry proposed cuts.
RUNNEMEDE – With their backs against the wall and significant funding in jeopardy, marching band members and parents gathered en masse at the Black Horse Pike Regional School District board meeting on Thursday at Triton Regional High School to give an emotional plea to keep their program intact. After rumors surfaced that all three district high school programs were being cut—at Triton, Highland and Timber Creek—the Triton Band Association responded by assembling about 100 of their faithful to demonstrate against the move. They also offered the board any assistance they could provide to keep the music alive here in Gloucester Township. "The music programs are an important part of our curriculum … of our society," said Triton Band …
Friday, May 6, 2011
The high-school district is considering not replacing some retiring teachers in wake of budget rejection.
In its first meeting since voters narrowly defeated the Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) budget, the board of education reorganized Thursday night at Timber Creek Regional High School under the leadership of its first-ever African-American board president. The nomination of Joyce Ellis was unanimously accepted by fellow BHPRSD board members, marking an occasion of historic significance in a district that continues to grow and diversify. “It honors me to serve as board president,” Ellis said in her first address with the gavel. “And I’ll try to make my family proud so next time they won’t sit in the back.” Ellis, of Sicklerville, was reelected last month along with Kevin Bucceroni and Benjamin Zanghi in an uncontested …
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The board vice president, a retired educator, is seeking her second term.
Editor's Note: Gloucester Township Patch will share profiles of each candidate in the Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) and Gloucester Township Public Schools board elections who responded to our request for answers to a handful of queries. The candidates' responses will be published in their original, unedited form, as they were submitted by the candidates. A new profile will be published each day this week, through Saturday, beginning at noon. Today, we feature BHPRSD Vice President Joyce Ellis. Board President Kevin Bucceroni's profile appeared on Monday. School board elections will be held next Wednesday. Name: Joyce Ellis Residence: Sicklerville's Ashford Glen development, where she has lived since 1999 Relevant …
Michelle Wolfson
8:15 pm on Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Believe me, the thought has crossed my mind more than once. As homeschooling has made something of a comeback in the last decade, I have met several homeschooling families who have had enormous success with it. I however, know myself well enough to know that I am NOT cut out for it. I'd have to hire somebody to come in to my home and do it. And if I could do that, well, then I could just afford … more ›