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Week in Review: A Big Week for School News
District at odds with support staff; school announces no staff cuts.
Another busy week comes to a close in Hopatcong.
It was filled with school news—from contract talks spilling out into public to the district trying to save staff jobs despite a steep drop in state aid. And a borough man charged with the murder of a Hopatcong woman questioned evidence against him.
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No staff positions would be cut under a new version of the Hopatcong School District 2012-13 budget that would slash $500,000 in spending, board of education members said as they OK'd the spending plan at an emergency session Thursday morning.
Patch readers weighed in on what they believed should fill the Tidal Wave's building, which hasn't been used since 2009.
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The defense for Guiseppe Tedesco, a Hopatcong man set to stand trial in June in the alleged murder of Alyssa Ruggieri nearly two years ago, says a jailhouse informant in the case might not be trustworthy due to mental disorders.
Clad in black with "rESPect" across their chests, they filled almost every seat in the stuffed room. Phil Descarfino was one of them. The 26-year Hopatcong schools custodian led an often-heated argument between the district's support personnel and Board of Education during its meeting Monday night at the administration building.
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