Schools
Board of Ed to Recognize CHS Girl Scout
Scout convinced Dyson to donate hand dryers to Chatham High.
will recognize the efforts of Sophie Kapica, a junior who brought hand dryers to .
Kapica did her Girl Scout Gold Project on "paper-saving," according to her troop leader Dian Lamb. As part of her project, she convinced Dyson, Ltd. to donate six hand dryers for bathrooms in Chatham High.
"If used, the hand dryer will have a 70 percent smaller carbon footprint than the paper towels [formerly] in the bathrooms," Lamb said.
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Interim Superintendent Dennis Fyffe will recognize Kapica during his report to the board Monday.
Boiler Replacement
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Seven companies placed bids on the boiler replacement project:
Company Location Price CJ Vanderbeck Paterson, NJ $244,100 Silva's Mechanical Services Kearny, NJ $281,000 Combustion Service Corp. Boonton, NJ $295,000 Performance Mechanical Wall, NJ $297,000 Burlew Mechanical South Amboy, NJ $320,000 DeSesa Engineering Livingston, NJ $334,900 K & D Contractors Kennilworth, NJ $385,000The board will vote Monday on whether to award the project to CJ Vanderbeck, on the recommendation of the district's architect.
Staff Changes
The board will vote on several resignations Monday, including:
- Vicky Chu, Chinese teacher, resignation effective June 30
- Oliver Villamarin, district floater custodian, effective May 3
- Linda Barnett, paraprofessional, effective June 30
- Filomena Cullen, paraprofessional, effective June 30
- Betsy Mirabelli, paraprofessional, effective June 30
- Margaret Moir, paraprofessional, effective June 30
- Pauline Bliss, nursing assistant, effective May 25
Two contracts for Jeffrey Meano, a custodian, will also be voted on. One, Jeffrey Meano, would serve as a floating custodian during the month of June, and the second hires him from July 1 through June 30, 2012.
The board will also vote on a contract to make Quinten Burgunder a summer custodian earning $9 per hour. As his father, Board Member Al Burgunder said he will abstain from voting on this item.
The following fall sports coaches are also up for approval. New head coaches are italicized:
Name Sports, Head (H) or Assistant (A) Salary Kristiann Puorro Cheerleading $5,855 Jeremy Heinze* Field Hockey-H $7,319 Randy Raffo* Field Hockey-A $5,855 Meghan Smith* Field Hockey-A $5,855 Douglas Chambers* Field Hockey-Volunteer N/A Donald Morgenroth Football-H $9,758 Jarrod Pence Football-A $5,855 James Curley Football-A $5,855 Daniel Brown Football-A $5,855 Joe Sullivan Football-A $5,855 Jason Izsa Football-A $5,855 Jason Hurta Football-Volunteer N/A John Trevisan Football-Volunteer N/A Jed Warsager Football-Volunteer N/A Mark Maca Boys soccer-H $7,319 Chris Calveley* Girls soccer-H $7,319 Christine Cavallo* Girls soccer-A $5,855 Chris Mazurkiewicz* Girls soccer-A $5,855 Kelly Bray* Girls soccer-Volunteer N/A Bruce Humphreys* Tennis-H $6,343 James Urbelis Tennis-A $3.903 Anna Chesnakova* Volleyball-H $7,319 Patrick Barry Boys cross country-H $6,343 Julue Ullmeyer* Girls cross country-H $6,343 David Gerridge Cross country-Volunteer N/A Thomas Grimes Cross country-Volunteer N/A*district staff member
Maca replaces Gene Foca as head coach of the boys soccer team.
The Board of Education meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. at . A full copy of the agenda may be found in the Photos section of this article.
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