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The school board moved its annual elections to the November general election date, saving money and guaranteeing a larger vote turnout. |
As rumored, the Plainfield Board of Education did take up a resolution to move the annual school election from April to the November general election date.
The work/study session convened Tuesday in the PHS Conference Room a few minutes after the announced start time, with all members present except Richard Wyatt.
I noticed at once that Superintendent Anna Belin-Pyles was not present. Board President Emily Morgan announced that assistant superintendent Dr. Debra Sheard would take her place for the meeting.
The Work/Study sessions are the equivalent of City Council's agenda-setting meetings and serve the same purpose: allowing the board members to deliberate on items of business to be dealt with at the business meeting and to introduce other items for discussion and possible inclusion.
Formal action may be taken -- though not often -- at these meetings. The public is forewarned of this in the regular notices for these meetings. Action was taken on this measure Tuesday evening because of a looming deadline to file for the election date change.
After the Board President's remarks and the Assistant Superintendent's remarks, a surprise item came up: A resolution granting a leave of absence to Superintendent Anna Belin Pyles from the 6th of February to the 17th of February, for "personal" reasons. There was no discussion (there never is in personnel matters). A roll call vote was taken with 8 members in the affirmative and member David Rutherford abstaining.
Reports from Committee chairs followed, after which Morgan asked for the Board's pleasure on whether to take up the election date change before the public comment or after.
The consensus of the Board was that the public should get a chance to weigh in before a vote was taken.
Of the dozen or so members of the public present, several spoke in favor of the change (former BOE members David Graves, Terri Cabbell, and Dr. Inez Durham; current PEA president Eric Jones, and retired teacher's aide Ethel Coleman). There were no speakers against the resolution.
When the vote was taken, it was 7-1, with members Lynn Anderson, Terrence Bellamy, John Campbell, Carletta Jeffers, Carmencita Pile, Dorien Hurtt and Emily Morgan in the affirmative. The only "no" vote was cast by David Rutherford.
The BOE business meeting will take place in the BOAACD Cafetorium (the former Jefferson School), Tuesday, February 21, at 8:00 PM.
Theresa Ann Moroney Teacher and Plainfield bookstore
owner was an avid reader and adventurous cook Theresa Ann Moroney
of Plainfield, N.J., died on Jan. 19, 2017, from complications of
breast cancer. Family and friends are invited to join together to
honor Terry's life at The Landing, 311 Amwell Rd., Hillsborough,
N.J., on Sunday, Jan. 22, for brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Terry
was born on March 24, 1944, in Summit, N.J., to Mary Gallagher and
David Moroney, the seventh of nine children. She graduated from
St. Teresa's Grammar School, Summit, in 1958, and attended three
high schools: Summit High for two years, followed by a year at
Madison High, before graduating from South Plainfield High in
1962. Terry attended Fairleigh Dickinson University while working
night shifts at her sister Catherine's diner, becoming the first
member of her family to graduate from college with a B.A. in
English in 1967. While at FDU she served as editor for the school
newspaper. After graduation, Terry and her sister Grace travelled
across the country. Terry began her teaching career at Westfield
High in 1967 and continued at Plainfield High. In 1972 the call of
the highway beckoned once more, and she and Grace continued their
cross-country exploration. Upon returning to New Jersey, Terry met
and married the love of her life, David Beck, and soon welcomed
two sons into her world. In 1980 she reentered the work force,
teaching adult education in Plainfield and New Brunswick, N.J., a
vocation in which she took tremendous pride. In 1992 Terry
returned to high school, teaching at North Plainfield until her
retirement in 2009. In 1997 Terry opened "Another Look Books" in
Plainfield. A labor of love, the used book store served the
downtown community until closing its doors in the early 2000's.
Terry was active in the Cook School PTA, and while at North
Plainfield she served as advisor for the school newspaper and lent
her aid to countless students; she took particular joy in helping
her ESL students apply to college. She was an active member of the
Plainfield Historical Society and the Democratic Committee in
Plainfield. Terry was an avid reader and adventurous cook; the two
pursuits birthed an extensive and lovingly used library of
cookbooks and personal recipes. Terry was predeceased by her
husband, David Michael Beck, in 2014. She is survived by her sons,
Andrew David and Richard Evelyn; her daughter-in-law, Christine
Beck, and grandsons, Damien Carter and Alexander David. The
seventh of nine children, Terry is survived by her sister,
Constance Costello Rooney. She was predeceased by her brothers,
David, Richard, and James, and her sisters, Margaret, Catherine,
Rosemary, and Grace. In New Jersey, Terry will be missed by her
sister-in-law, Kathleen Moroney; nephews, Charles Femminella and
his wife, Charlotte Ryden, Christopher (Gretchen), Sean (Karen),
and Mark Moroney (Kelly); nieces, Regina and Renee Femminella,
Maureen Pena (Joseph), Sandra Roberts (Steve Kosciolek), and
Jennifer McBride (Sean); in Virginia, by Moyra Moroney; in
Arizona, by her brother-in-law, Paul Beck and, in Hawaii, by John
Beck; and many grand-nephews and grand-nieces. - See more at: http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?n=theresa-moroney&pid=183660148#sthash.mSuRxaeS.dpuf
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