The Cherry Hill board of education adopted a new cell phone policy at its Aug. 13 meeting that will ban the use of phone and other wireless devices during class time.
“I know it is a big change, especially for some of our high-school students who have gotten used to having their phones all day long,” observed board member Gina Winters, who sits on the policy and legislation committee. “It’s going to be different, and different is always hard and challenging.”
The board also approved a newly revised calendar for the 2024-’25 school year that changes the date of 2025’s graduation from Thursday, June 19, to the following day. The change avoids the holiday pay rate of time and a half for staff at Liacouras Center, which will host the Pennsylvania celebration of Juneteenth on Thursday.
In other news:
- The board received updates on the preschool expansion program as well as a data presentation from the recent New Jersey standardized testing results. Both full presentations are on the Cherry Hill schools’ YouTube page.
- The district approved the deferred retirement of Barbara Wilson, the district’s longtime public information officer, who manages the district’s communications and social media. Wilson’s role will end on Oct. 1.
- The district welcomed four new staff members: Zenetta Bronson, a preschool instructional coach; Amanda Gerald, a community and parent involvement specialist; Diana Polito, a preschool intervention and referral specialist; and Catherine Briggs, a preschool social worker.
The township school district has four new staffers: Zenetta Bronson (left to right), Amanda Gerald, Diana Polito and Catherine Briggs.Their positions were announced at the board of education’s Aug. 27 meeting.
The next board of education meeting will be on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 6:30 p.m.
