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Princeton voters could be asked to approve up to $10 million to fund upgrades to public school buildings this November.
Renaming of Princeton Unified Middle School will be discussed May 25 Renaming of Princeton Unified Middle School will be discussed May 25 Should the Princeton Unified Middle School keep its name, or should it be known as the Walnut Lane Middle School, the Princeton Community Middle School, the Princeton Public Middle School or just the plain old Princeton Middle School? Princeton residents will get a chance to weigh in on a new name for the grades 6-8 middle school at the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education’s May 25 meeting. A Zoom link to the meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m., wi...
PHS freshman says district has to do better to address Asian hate PHS freshman says district has to do better to address Asian hate The Princeton Public School District has to do better to address Asian hate in the schools. That’s the message Princeton High School freshman Oliver Huang delivered to the Princeton school board at its March 30 meeting. “What we see in Atlanta is a reflection of the fact that there has been a lot of Asian hate,” Oliver said. He was referring to the six Asian women who were killed in three spas and massage parlors in Atlanta and Acworth, Georgia, on March 1...
Princeton hires new superintendent of schools Princeton hires new superintendent of schools × Dr. Carol Kelley, the new superintendent of the Princeton Public School DistrictPHOTO COURTESY OF PRINCETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS A veteran educator who has ties to the Princeton area has been appointed to become the Princeton Public Schools’ new superintendent of schools, following a special school board meeting Feb. 18. Carol Kelley, who is the superintendent of schools in the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 in Illinois, was chosen from among a field of 13 semifinalists. A nationwide se...
Carol Kelley Princeton school officials announced on Thursday afternoon that Carol Kelley, the superintendent of a PreK-eighth grade district in the Chicago area, has been selected to lead the Princeton Public Schools. She will begin her new post as superintendent on July 1. She will be the second African American named to the top post in Princeton’s public schools. Edith Francis was the first African American superintendent for the Princeton school district. Kelley will be paid $240,000 per year to lead the district that serves about 3,800 students. In an unusual move, an announcement wa...