MENDHAM TWP. – A 38-year-old school superintendent from Sussex County who has a love of the classroom has been picked to lead the grades K-8 district.
The educator, Salvatore Constantino, will replace Kristopher Harrison who is leaving this week to take the reins of the Irvington school district in Westchester, N.Y.
The Board of Education unanimously appointed Constantino at its June 20 meeting. He will begin his $145,000 a year position on Sept. 1. P.J. Ciccone, the principal at the middle school, will be interim superintendent until September.
Constantino has been superintendent of the grades K-6 Fredon district for six years. Previously he was principal at the district’s one school, the Fredon School, with an enrollment of about 340 students, about a third of Mendham Township’s 900 students.
He previously taught eighth grade in Dover for eight years and has been an adjunct professor at Centenary College.
Constantino has his undergraduate and doctor in education degrees from Seton Hall University in South Orange.
The new school leader said he enjoyed his years as a teacher and that he will use the experience as superintendent.
“You have to love being a classroom instructor and not forget all the tings that are essential to being a good teacher helps to be a good administrator,” he said. “It starts with being a good listener. It means giving principals the support they need and provide resources, structure and systems.”
Lofty Expectations
Costantino said he is used to working under high expectations as the Fredon district was named a Blue Ribbon District by the state in 2001.
“I expect very high standards and expectations in Mendham Township,” Constantino said. “You want to set high standards and challenge yourself as a professional.”
He said that after learning of the opening in Mendham Township, he spoke with other school superintendents and educators and decided to apply.
“I continued to hear really positive things about the district, its achievement and offerings to students,” Constantino said. “As I went through the process I was more and more impressed.”
School Board President Andrew Christmann said the district began the search in February and received numerous applications.
“We looked at many great candidates and he was the best,” Christmann said. “People will find him very engaged. Teachers, staff and parents will have a natural affinity to him.”
Christmann described Constantino as having a “collaborative demeanor.”
Christmann also said he was pleased with the number of qualified candidates in an atmosphere where many superintendents are retiring because of salary caps and district are finding it difficult to attract good prospects.
“It shows that the leaders in education in New Jersey are viewing Mendham Township as a good place to be,” Christmann said.
Costantino lives in Fredon with his wife, Karen, and their children, Sal, 10; twins Samantha and Ashley, 8; and Derek, 3.
Butler
Interim Business Administrator
The board also named Dominic Butler as interim business administrator until a permanent administrator is hired. Administrator Deborah Muscara has taken the post of business administrator in the East Hanover school district.
Butler has previously served as interim administrator in Mendham Township in 2010 after Pamela Renko left the district and was replaced by Muscara.
Source: newjerseyhills.com
Help stop speeding in Sussex with Community Speed Watch - thisissussex.co.uk
COMMUNITY Speed Watch is a scheme designed to involve the local community in casualty reduction with the training and ongoing support of Sussex Police.
Volunteers man the sides of the roads with hand-held speed cameras and record traffic speeds. They do not have the power to fine or prosecute drivers but can pass details on to local police officers who will then write to the registered driver and notify them that they have been seen to be speeding. This should deter them from doing so in future.
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DRIVING DOWN CRIME: A Community Speed Watch team
In this way, the initiative deters people from exceeding local speed limits where there is seen to be a problem. The quality of life of local residents is seen to be enhanced as a result of these community-led activities.
Wealden Community Speed Watch currently consists of 18 individual groups running across the district. Each group has its own coordinator, trained volunteers and specific assessed sites that are regularly used.
Two years ago Speed Watch underwent a review which resulted in the centralisation of the scheme. The day-to-day coordinating of activities became the responsibility of PCSO Iain Tomsett, Wealden community casualty reduction officer.
This drew together four separately coordinated Community Speed Watch areas within the district, resulting in a more dynamically run scheme.
Now that Community Speed Watch Wealden has one single point of contact for communities, neighbourhood policing teams, and partner agencies to contact, the scheme has developed and grown significantly.
Since the creation of one central process, to date 1,410 advisory letters have been sent to registered owners of vehicles identified by community volunteers using a calibrated speed device.
The trained groups are spread across Wealden and include Berwick, Buxted, Cowbeech, Forest Row, Frant, Groombridge, Westham, Hartfield, Heathfield, Isfield, Maresfield, Ridgewood, Rotherfield, Selmeston, Wartling, Withyham and Upper Dicker.
The district's newest group has been set-up in Wadhurst.
Some groups are more active than others.
All groups are regularly supported by their local PCSOs and neighbourhood police officers who carry out enforcement as a result of local intelligence.
This scheme empowers local residents in their concerns about road safety and speeding in particular.
If you are concerned about speeding where you live and want to play a hi-visibility role in casualty reduction please contact PCSO Iain Tomsett – he can be e-mailed via iain.tomsett@sussex.pnn.police.uk
Alternatively, call your local PCSO or contact Sussex Police on the non-emergency number, 101. Areas are highlighted by the community, individually assessed by Sussex Police and run by the trained volunteers.
Source: www.thisissussex.co.uk
Tributes left in Harlow to a 'wonderful' woman - BBC News
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