Schools
Hopatcong High Principal's Dismissal Sparks Protest
Noreen Lazariuk, a non-tenured employee, will not have her contract renewed after this year.
A large crowd of students, parents and teachers protested Monday night the Board of Education's decision to not bring back Hopatcong High School's principal, a middle school teacher and others in the district.
Noreen Lazariuk, who took over as Hopatcong High's principal at the start of the 2012-13 school year, is a non-tenured employee whose contract will not be renewed for next year, according to the New Jersey Herald.
The crowd also urged the Board of Education to not let go middle school art teacher Jacob Kulik, three tenured social workers and nine paraprofessionals.
While the board approved the dismissal of the paraprofessionals by an 8-1 vote, the decision to eliminate the three social workers was tabled, NJ Herald reported.
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