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At yesterday’s GSCS 23rd Annual Meeting, more than 130 GSCS members and friends - including school board members, parents, school administrators, and colleagues - hailing from a spread of Bergen to Camden, Union to Middlesex, Essex to Burlington,and Monmouth to Mercer Counties and more, appreciated the breadth of the GSCS program, including the presentation and interaction with NJ Department of Education presenter Bari Erlichson, Chief Performance Officer/Assistant Commissioner; legislator panelists Assembly Budget Chair Gary Schaer (D-Passaic), Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-Monmouth, and Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Burlington), as they addressed education issues in the context of State Budget FY'15; and the open,thoughtful and insightful media 'take' conversation between Michael Aron, Chief Political Correspondent NJTV, and John Mooney, Education Writer and Founder of NJ Spotlight.
GSCS greatly appreciates the dynamic leadership of its out-going president, Jim Crisfield/Millburn and welcomes its incoming president, Chuck Sampson/Freehold Regional High School; congratulations to the West Windsor-Plainsboro schools on being seated on the GSCS Board of Trustees. Of note: GSCS was pleased to be joined by two of its past presidents, Larry Feinsod, currently Executive Director of the NJ School Boards Association and David Abbott,Superintendent of Monmouth-Ocean Education Services Commission.
Garden State Coalition of Schools/GSCS
23rd GSCS Annual Meeting 2014
The Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township, Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Welcome Remarks & Call Meeting to Order GSCS President, Jim Crisfield
GSCS Business
Recognition; Treasurer's Report GSCS Treasurer & President—Elect, Chuck Sampson
Nominating Committee Report GSCS Vice President, Kathy Judge
Program Remarks GSCS Executive Director, Lynne Strickland
Bari Erlichson, Chief Performance Officer/Asst. Commissioner DOE
Legislative Panel: Education and Budget Issues Fiscal Year 2014
Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande, R – District 11
Assistant Republican Leader, Assembly Appropriations Committee
Assemblyman Gary Schaer, D - District 36
Deputy Speaker, Budget Chair, Assembly Budget Committee
Assemblyman Troy Singleton, D – District 7
Assembly Budget and Education Committees
Correspondents’ Conversation….Trenton Perspectives
Michael Aron, NJTV Chief Political Correspondent
John Mooney, NJ Spotlight Education Writer and Founder
- GSCS appreciates the support of all its volunteer members— parents, board of education members & school administrators—who through their membership and informed actions, do make a difference.
- Special thanks to the GSCS Board of Trustees, Officers, and President Jim Crisfield who volunteer their time and leadership to GSCS. Thanks to Linda Nelson, GSCS steadfast Special Friend; also, many thanks to Freehold Regional High School District’s Chuck Sampson and Sean Boyce for their additional work and commitment to the of role of GSCS Treasurer. Thank you to New Jersey’s education associations for their support of GSCS as well as appreciation to Dale Florio, Princeton Public Affairs Group, for his on-going assistance to GSCS over the years.
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Garden State Coalition of Schools/GSCS
Nominating Committee Recommendation
for the
Annual Meeting
May 28, 2014
The Nominating Committee of the Garden State Coalition of Schools hereby recommends approval of the following slate of officers for the 2014-15 school year and the roster of Trustee Districts arranged in order of the expiration of their three-year terms:
President Charles Sampson
Superintendent, Freehold Regional
Vice President Kathy Judge
Board Representative, Cherry Hill
Vice President Michele Lenhard
Board Representative, Ridgewood
Treasurer Jorden Schiff
Superintendent, Hillsborough
Officer at Large Maryrose Caulfield-Sloan
Superintendent, Rumson
Past President James Crisfield
Superintendent, Millburn
*Ex Officio Daniel Fishbein
* Requires By-Law Change Superintendent, Ridgewood
TRUSTEE NOMINATIONS—3 YEAR TERM
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2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
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Freehold Regional |
The Chathams |
Brick Township |
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Livingston |
Cranford |
Cherry Hill |
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Madison |
East Brunswick |
Glen Ridge |
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Paramus |
Metuchen |
Hillsborough |
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Ridgewood |
Northern Valley/Demarest |
Marlboro |
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Rumson/RFH |
Readington |
Millburn |
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Scotch Plains/Fanwood |
South Orange-Maplewood |
Moorestown |
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Summit |
Verona |
West Windsor-Plainsboro |
