Schools
Teachers, Staffers Appointed for Upcoming School Year
Board of Education makes note of new staffers in Monday's agenda.
Every summer, the Board of Education works to garner a full contingent of teachers and other staffers for the upcoming school year. Here is a list of the new hires approved at Monday's meeting:
▪ Thomas Petronzio, science teacher at Orange Avenue School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30. He earned a BA from Elon University.
▪ Mellisa Toddings, part-time basic skills teacher at Bloomingdale Avenue School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30. She earned a BS from Saint Joseph's University.
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▪ Melissa Patetta, kindergarten teacher at Bloomingdale Avenue School, effective Sept.1 through June 30. She earned a BS from Kean University.
▪ Kathleen Spinelli, lunchroom assistant at Livingston Avenue School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30.
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▪ Jaqueline Winnicki, part-time guidance counselor at Cranford High School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30. She earned a MA from William Paterson University and a BS from Syracuse University.
▪ Karra Cancilleri, mathematics teacher at Cranford High School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30. She earned a BS from Mommouth University.
▪ Karen Cox, part-time music teacher at Cranford High School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30. She earned a BA from Rutgers University.
▪ Lynn Curtiss, second-grade teacher at Hillside Avenue School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30. She earned a BA from Caldwell College.
▪ Mark P. Faber, M.D., board-certified psychiatrist, effective Sept. 1 through June 30 as psychiatric consultant to the Lincoln School Achievement Program.
▪ Kayrn Burak, fourth-grade teacher at Orange Avenue School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30. Burak earned a bA from William Paterson University.
▪ Maribeth Hall, lunchroom assistant at Livingston Avenue School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30.
▪ Maryann Odermatt, lunchroom assistant at Livingston Avenue School.
▪ Clarence Stone, applied technology leave replacement at Hillside Avenue School, effective Sept. 1 throuhg June 30. He earned a MS from Purdue University and a BS from West Virginia University.
▪ Leigh Ann Penska, part time art teacher at Hillside Avenue School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30. She earned a MS from Kutztown University.
▪ John Jacquin, lunchroom assistant at Brookside Public School, effective Sept. 1 through June 30.
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