Friday, January 11, 2013
Conversation swayed to the possibility of regionalizing in the future
"You don't have to live in Fair Haven, but you do have to act like you live in Fair Haven." That's a salient qualifying factor for the school district's next superintendent, search consultant Rich Morasco, of Leadership Advantage, told a group of about 15 people Thursday night who attended a forum to field ideas and concerns about who should replace the district's superintendent, Kathleen Cronin, when she retires effective June 30. "We should have someone in place by July 1," longtime Board of Education member Claudia Brasch said. Whoever that person is, Morasco added, he or she will be someone who "you will see at the Fair Haven Firemen's Fair, the Harvest Fest," the Acme (now and then), other community gatherings, "and other things that …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Superintendent Kathleen Cronin will retire at the end of the school year. Do you think combining three districts' administrators into one district is a good idea for the future or not? Tell us.
When Fair Haven Schools Superintendent Kathleen Cronin's letter of retirement was accepted by the Board of Education not long ago, there was reluctance and regret that came with the approval vote, but also heartfelt good wishes. The board didn't want to let her go. They didn't want to be faced with replacing the district's top administrator, who had grown quite popular in her tenure in the district since December 2007. With her retirement becoming effective at the end of the school year, on June 30, the hunt is on for a suitable replacement. As is status quo with the Fair Haven schools, when such a major change is in the works, such as an administrator leaving, district officials usually reach out to the community for input. As with the …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Kathleen Cronin has been in the district since 2007
Save for a string of reluctant approvals, not much was said about Fair Haven Schools Superintendent Kathleen Cronin’s pending retirement at last night’s Board of Education meeting. Smiling, grumbling and saying they hated to accept it, each in his or her own way, eight board members (with Katy Badt Frissora absent) approved of Cronin retiring effective June 30, 2013. Cronin, a Middletown resident who was hired as the Fair Haven schools’ top administrator in December of 2007, has nearly 25 years of experience and earned a salary of roughly $150,100, according to state records. When first hired, her salary was $145,000 through the 2009 school year, according to her contract. The salary increased to $150,075 for the 2009-10 school year and …
J. Gleason
5:37 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The process was not that complicated for Highlands and Atlantic Highlands. Bill George (the current superintendent of Middletown) was an interim superintendent at Highlands before the superintendent for Atlantic Highlands was chosen to be shared by the 3 districts, as well as the curriculum coordinator, child study team, drug and alcohol counselor, Spanish teacher, etc. The Tri-district is … more ›