Agenda: School Board Meeting 7:30 Tonight at High School North

The proposed agenda for tonight's meeting

School Budget and Election

Toms River Schools Set to Make Appointments, Approve Contracts

Nearly all the annual contracts will expire this month as Toms River Regional moves to November election schedule and January reorganization meeting

This time last year, the Toms River Regional School Board was holding its annual reorganization meeting, appointing professional contracts that expire each June and swearing in a board president after an April election day. This month's school board meeting will have some of those annual chores, while other votes on contracts and appointments will come in January, now that school board elections were moved to November. Professional appointments operate on an annual contract and will come to an end this month unless the school board votes to extend the contract or decide who will fill it until January's reorganization. Still other contracts will not be shifted to the January reorganization and will instead still operate under a school year …

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Ritacco Fiasco Creating Added Expense to District

Residents says school board could have acted differently

Letter to the Editor: When former Superintendent of Schools Michael Ritacco was arrested by the federal government in a 27 count indictment for tax evasion and bribery in 2010, the school board wrongly granted him his retirement, which allowed him to received his pension and benefits immediately. Under the law, the board could and should have suspended him indefinitely without pay pending the outcome of his trial. This would certainly have limited the many delays Mr. Ritacco was granted for his upcoming trial.  It also would have saved the district the embarrassment and expense the school district is now facing since being sued by Mr. Ritacco for $63,000 in additional benefits that he says that he is owed. Each current member of the Toms …

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Ritacco Watch

NJ School Boards Association Advises Toms River As Ritacco Trial Approaches

NJSBA rep. says to limit statements to media, use spokesperson, not rush to televise meetings

A representative from the New Jersey School Boards Association led discussion at the Toms River Regional School's policy committee tonight, advising the school board on how to proceed amid the complexities of the coming criminal trial of the district's former superintendent. The discussion: don't individually address the media, use a spokesperson, weigh the option of televising meetings. Kathy Winecoff, a Field Representative for Monmouth County and some Ocean County schools representing the New Jersey School Boards Association, was in attendance to make recommendations to the Toms River board. Winecoff said that as the trial of former Superintendent Michael Ritacco begins in less than a month, the board may find itself in unprecedented …

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Overseer1

9:40 pm on Monday, March 19, 2012

Amazing, "Public Meeting" What a joke. If you don't want to show your face in Public stay the heck home. Plain and Simple! If you want a private meeting I am sure the GODs will grant you one when they aren't have a homes built for themselves on taxpayers time and resources. Televise it so all can view the big circus that is sucking this town dry.   more ›

School Budget and Election

Toms River School Board to Hold Special Meetings in March for Budget, State Board

Budget hearing is March 28

The Toms River Regional School Board is readying its 2012-13 budget and has scheduled special meetings and hearings in March as the process unfolds. The board also is holding a subcommittee meeting Wednesday, March 7, which will feature a presentation and discussion by the New Jersey School Boards Association. The policy subcommittee will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 7 at the Toms River Regional Administrative Offices, 1144 Hooper Avenue. The NJ School Boards Association was invited by the district to make a presentation and lead discussion on school board governance. The school district recently began exploring its policies on how to run meetings and how to govern itself with greater transparency, Superintendent Frank Roselli said. For example…

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School Budget and Election

School Board Candidates Now Have Until June 5 to File

Deadline would have been today for an April election, but board moved election to November

The move from an April school board election to a November one means new deadlines to run as a candidate. Now, candidates have until June 5 to file a petition to run in November, said the county clerk's office. Today was the deadline under the April system. Lakewood will still have an April school board election and budget vote, but nearly every other school district in Ocean County decided to move its school board election to November. That also means the Toms River Regional school budget will no longer be before voters and will instead be decided by the school board this spring, unless the school budget grows more than 2 percent. Only if the school district presents a budget more than the 2 percent cap will it be required to put the …

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Ritacco Watch

School District Files 'Dishonesty Policy' Insurance Claim Regarding Ritacco

Toms River Regional trying to recoup alleged funds lost to bribery, fraud under former Superintendent Ritacco, who is awaiting trial

Toms River Regional Schools has filed an insurance claim, in an attempt to recoup funds that former superintendent Michael J. Ritacco is accused of taking in a alleged bribery kickback scheme. The claim is on the "dishonesty policy" of the school district's insurance package, which was taken out to specifically protect the district in the event of theft, illegal wrongdoing or ethical violations, said school board attorney Thomas Monahan. The claim was filed Feb. 15, said Business Administrator William Doering, and it is through the district's insurance provider, Traveler's Insurance, through broker Connors Strong. The parameters of the dishonesty policy claim — such as total amount claimed, potential payment or other policy terms — was not…

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1stcav

10:45 am on Friday, February 24, 2012

And they want us to "Trust Them "..like the fox watching the hen house , but this time were on the hill watching both !!!   more ›

Toms River School Board To Meet at High School North

Regular meeting is Tuesday Feb. 21 at HSN, public session at 7:30 p.m.

The regular February meeting of the Toms River Regional School Board is Tuesday, Feb. 21 at High School North. The public session begins at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the high school, Old Freehold Road and Bey Lea Road. The agenda so far includes discussion of the 2012-2013 school year calendar, the annual bullying and intimidation report, and policy. The regular meeting also includes student awards and reports from the three high school student representatives, as well as Superintendent Frank Roselli's report and the possibility of refinancing a bond ordinance from 2003. The complete agenda as of this afternoon is attached to this article as a pdf and is also available online here.

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School Budget and Election

NJDOE Clarifies Issues Surrounding New School Elections Legislation

Toms River Regional has yet to decide whether it will switch to November

A separate section of November’s ballot will be set aside for school board candidates, and the county clerk will now be in control of the school board elections, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) said on Thursday, Jan. 26. The school district will also save a significant amount of money by moving the elections. The NJDOE released answers to the frequently asked questions concerning its new policy this week. School board elections will remain non-partisan and the county clerk will design the ballot, the state said. Toms River Regional has not yet voted on whether to keep April elections or move school board elections to November. Under the new law, the clerk has the “authority to determine the specifications for, and the final …

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School Board Meets Tonight at High School South

Toms River Regional School Board will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight

The Toms River Regional School Board will meet tonight for its regular monthly meeting, but this time the board will meet at Toms River High School South. The meeting begins with an executive session at 6:15 p.m. and will open to public session at 7:30 p.m. The agenda will be posted beforehand on the school district website, here, but matters of school policy, personnel and Superintendent Frank Roselli's agenda should be part of the evening's business. Toms River High School South is located at 55 Hyers Street. Since last summer the school board has met at High School North but will often rotate its meetings to different areas of the school district, which spans all of Toms River as well as South Toms River, Pine Beach and Beachwood.

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