ORANGE Parents and teachers are urging town and school officials to consider factoring at least one additional teacher and paraprofessional, but ideally several, into the proposed elementary school budget to help accommodate growing class sizes. “We.
ORANGE Parents and teachers are urging town and school officials to consider factoring at least one additional teacher and paraprofessional, but ideally several, into the proposed elementary school budget to help accommodate growing class sizes. “We.
Picketers protest Mahar, Orange elementary music program cuts >Longtime Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District School Committee member Thomas Bates was honored Wednesday for his 31 years of service as he is retiring. STAFF PHOTO/CHRIS LARABEE >Picketers attended the Ralph C. Mahar and Orange Elementary school committee meetings on Wednesday to protest recent music cuts. STAFF PHOTO/CHRIS LARABEE >Mandy Blackbird and Andy Bates hold signs Wednesday protesting recent cuts to music programs in the Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District. STAFF PHOTO/CHRIS LARABEE >Parent Stephanie Parker speaks to the Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District School Committee during Wednesday’s meeting. Parker is an organizer of the protest group, as well as the conductor of the Orange Community Band. STAFF PHOTO/CHRIS LARABEE
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Six seats remain unfilled following Orange election
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ORANGE There were no contested races in the annual town election on Monday, and although everyone running for a seat was victorious, six positions remain unfilled.
There were no successful candidates for the one-year seat or the two-year seat on the Elementary School Committee; the two-year position on the Mahar School Committee; the five-year and two-year seats with the housing authority; and a three-year non-veteran position as a trustee of the soldiers’ memorials. Town Clerk Nancy Blackmer said all boards and committees will have to fill empty seats by coming to a consensus about who should be selected.