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HoLa Dual Language School - Ranked 1st in NJ on PARCC English Grades 3, 4, and 5 The following article is entitled "Stifling Success" and centers on how the public education establishment tried to destroy a distinguished charter school in New Jersey . The article is written by Charles Upton Sahm who is the Director of Education Policy at the Manhattan Institute . I include a few sections from the piece here but encourage any interested reader to view the entire article which can be found by clicking HERE .  I will remind regular and new readers that the idea of a dual language program was initially proposed for the public school district while I was the Assistant Superintendent of the Hoboken Public Schools but was rejected by a 1 vote majority of the Hoboken Board of Education Trustees.  The same political majority that rejected a dual langauge program in the Hoboken Public Schools in 2009 later went on to file a lawsuit to reassess the dual language school's charter an...

Tuesday, July 25, 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.    July 2017 HBOE Meeting Full Agenda by Anthony Petrosino on Scribd

HoLa Dual Language School- Hoboken Now file photo Dear HoLa Community, I’m writing to let you know that last week marked a deadline for the Hoboken Board of Education to file a petition to the state Supreme Court in the HoLa case. The deadline came and went and the Hoboken BOE did not make any filings or formal comments. This means that the lawsuit against HoLa’s expansion to 8th grade, which started over three years ago, is finally over. THANK YOU for  all of the advocacy you did in the past several weeks since the favorable Appellate Court ruling. The statements of support that you were able to get for us from elected officials surely contributed to the Hoboken BOE’s decision to finally put this conflict to an end and not proceed to the state’s Supreme Court.  Additionally,  thank you to the many, many families who helped us during this three year journey in various ways.  We did this together! Thank you, Barbara Martinez Board President

Mr. Frank J. Spano Jr. 1939-2017 My condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Mr. Frank Spano. Mr. Spano was a valued colleague and a mentor and set a high standard for professionalism in his interactions with parents, faculty, and staff of the schools in which he administered. I will always remember his kind and generous words he had when John Raslowsky and I were appointed Superintendent and Asst. Superintendent of the Hoboken Public Schools back in 2007 . -Dr. Anthony Petrosino  Frank J. Spano Jr.  loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away from this world on July 20, 2017 after a long illness ( Details for final arrangement ). Born and raised in Hoboken, N.J., Mr. Spano has lived in Manchester Township, N.J. since 2002.  He is survived by his loving wife Gloria (Herbster-Hanson); his three children, Gayle Khoury, Joseph Spano and his wife Kristen, Frank Spano and his wife Christine and their mother Ann, nee Gallo; his 3 step-children, Kristen Spano...

Photo: Avalon Zoppo | For NJ.com Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who assisted our church with the wake and funeral for Fr. Michael Guglielmelli. First and foremost is Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer and her administration. We own them a great debt of gratitude and we truly appreciate all that they did for us, especially, the Department of Environmental Services and the Police Department. Police Chief Ferrante and Lt. Petrosino bent over backwards to accommodate us. All involved were highly professional while being very sympathetic. We all can be proud of these who serve our city. We would also like to thank our Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corp. who stood at the ready for two long days. Carlo’s Bakery, for sending desserts and breakfast. Failla Funeral Home, for sponsoring the catering. Our heartfelt appreciation to the Hoboken Board of Education and Hoboken University Medical Center for their respectful cooperation and the aid and assistance...

I recently presented a paper at the 124th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Engineering Education. This work is related to my recent National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant and was by special invitation to all new awardees of NSF research grants. What follows is an abstract of the paper as well as the full paper that was presented at the conference. Title: Group-Based Cloud Computing for Secondary STEM Education (Petrosino and Stroup, 2017)Presented at NSF Grantees Poster Session This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) by designing, developing, implementing, and studying a socio-technological system for group-centered STEM teaching and learning consistent with a nationally recognized pre-service program.The pro...

Superior Court, Appellate Division- New Jersey The following are excerpts from the Superior Court of New Jersey concerning the case of Board of Education of the City of Hoboken, Hudson County (Petitioner-Appellant) vs. New Jersey State Department of Education and Board of Trustees of the Hoboken Dual Language Charter School (Respondents-Respondents). The appeal by the Hoboken Board of Education was decided on June 29, 2017. The following excerpts are taken from the June 29, 2017 decision without editing. The full text of the decision is available by clicking here . I. HoLa ORIGINALLY WANTED TO BE IN THE HOBOKEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1) the original intent of its founders was to implement a dual-language program (Spanish and English) at Hoboken's Connors school (the district's most segregated and poorest school), but Hoboken rejected the plan.   II. HoLa's ADMISSION PROCESS IS BLIND AND INCLUSIVE  2) Students are admitted to HoLa through a lottery with no interviews. No demograph...