February 2017: Full Detailed Agenda Hoboken Board of Education

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
AGENDA
 HOBOKEN BOARD OF EDUCATION
158 FOURTH STREET, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030
(MEETING HELD IN DEMAREST AUDITORIUM, 158 FOURTH STREET, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030)

7:00 P.M.

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