2017-2018 Media and Press Coverage
Long Branch schools superintendent named top in NJ by his peers
Asbury Park Press
November 12, 2018
Michael Salvatore, superintendent of Long Branch Public Schools, was selected as New Jersey's 2019 Superintendent of the Year by the New Jersey Association of School Administrators.
Lenape’s Carol Birnbohm named Regional Superintendent of the Year
Burlington County Times
Nov. 9, 2018
Lenape Regional High School District Superintendent Carol Birnbohm said the students and staff at the district’s four high schools inspire her work, for which she was honored last month.
Lenape district’s Carol Birnbohm is Superintendent of the Year
Burlington County Times
May 15, 2018
Carol Birnbohm’s ties to the district go back more than two decades, and her plans for the district are still unfolding.
Phil Murphy's billion-dollar challenge: N.J. school funding
The Inquirer
January 15, 2018
Richard Bozza, executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators, said he expects that redistribution will continue “given the tightness of this budget.” Besides funding schools, Murphy has also pledged to put more money into reducing the state’s looming pension liability and has called for making community college free, among other proposals.
Balancing those priorities “is going to be a very difficult task for him,” Bozza said.
These 10 N.J. districts will battle the state on school funding
NJ.com
January 12, 2018
"We have been waiting a long time for answers," said G. Kennedy Greene, superintendent of Newton Public Schools in Sussex County. "There are lots of things that have been promised. We want to make sure that school aid stays at the top of that list."
PARCC data helps school districts evaluate teaching methods, curriculum
Press of Atlantic City
October 25, 2017
Bozza said the PARCC scores are just part of the whole picture of student achievement, which also includes everyday classroom instruction, preparing them to college and careers, and teaching them to be good citizens.
“A student isn’t just a test score,” he said.