Cherry Hill East's new principal, Daniel Finkle, addresses the school board, which hired him on Tuesday.
The Cherry Hill school board on Tuesday approved hiring Daniel Finkle as principal of Cherry Hill High School East and Christina Collazo-Franco as principal of Carusi Middle School.
Finkle is principal of Delran High School in Burlington County and Collazo-Franco is principal of Buena Regional High School in Atlantic County.
The board also voted to name Alison McCartney as principal of Woodcrest Elementary School. She is assistant principal at Rosa International Middle School in Cherry Hill.
"I am very excited about this next step," McCartney said. "It is a little bittersweet, as I am always looking for a new challenge, but I am sad to leave my current home."
New East principal Finkle told the board he will "continue to embrace the traditions at East and make it the best possible experience for our kids."
Collazo-Franco said: "I am super excited to join the internal team and, specifically, to join my (school) family at Carusi."
Each begins the new job in July and their salaries are: Finkle, $181,765; Collazo-Franco, $152,737 and McCartney, $135,221.
Christina Collazo-Franco is the new principal at Carusi Middle School.
Alison McCartney is the new principal at Woodcrest elementary.
How to spend restored state aid?
Following Gov. Phil Murphy signing legislation that will restore 45 percent, or $3.1 million, of Cherry Hill's state aid, board member Adam Greenbaum said the board's business and facilities committee will recommend how it should be spent.
Suggestions to the team during the meeting included hiring more support staff, purchasing English and language arts curriculum materials and reinstating some Alternative High School positions and improving the school's new facilities in Cherry Hill High School East. Â Â
Board member Gina Winters supported adding four elementary school sections, saying that doing so is critical "to keep our class sizes where they are right now (and) as the district grows and the population grows."
Greenbaum supported another recommendation to enhance some teaching staff salaries.
"If we do not do anything about it in the next year, we are potentially looking to be the lowest-paying school district (for certain positions). That is not a good place to be for recruiting or retention. We are certainly not looking to necessarily be the highest (paying district), but we want to be competitive," he said.
The committee will make its final recommendations during its June 11 meeting. The board then will need to vote on them.
Employee recognitionÂ
The school board recognized the following employees for their 20 years of service to the district:Â
- Nina Anastasia
- Waleska Batista-Arias
- Ralph Beri
- Anthony Brocco
- Davi Browne
- Nicholas Caputi
- Christina Curlett
- Anna Demarco
- Timothy Dempster
- Thomas Dipatri
- Veronica Donaghy
- Courtney Donahue
- Julie Dugan
- Stacie Dykes
- Helene Eksterowicz
- Michael Eng
- Cathleen Fargo
- Sharon Ferguson
- Rachel Fiore
- Carol Freilick
- Donna Friedman
- Caroline Fritz
- Karen Fulcher
- Kelly Grille
- Laurie Grossman
- Aimee Hird
- N Da'Vet Hornsby-Ferguson
- Hui Hsieh
- Lucia Ibanez Torres
- Michelle Jimenez
- Susan Joslin
- Marilyn Keeling
- Leeanne Keesal
- Melissa Lampman
- Angela Lancos
- Diane Leber
- Claudia Long
- Farrah Mahan
- Michele Martino
- Christine Mays
- Kimberly McAllister
- Viney McClain
- Maria McVeigh
- Joseph Meola
- Christine Miller
- Lauren Miscioscia
- Emily Murray
- Tanya Myers
- Susanne Pitzorella
- Megan Rios
- Brett Rosen
- Lisa Sagan
- Melissa Santiago
- Rae Savett
- Lisa Schoen
- Frances Stow
- Roxana Stuart
- Eunice Eunmo Sung
- Michael Surrency
- Andrea Tierney
- Jasmine Vale
- Sara Weber
- James Wence
- Jacqueline Woods
- Zena Yukna
- George Zografos
