Atlantic City Superintendent of Schools La'Quetta Small's new five-year contract will be discussed by the Board of Education on Tuesday night. Five months have passed since she and her husband, Mayor Marty Small Sr., were found not guilty in a well reported instance of child abuse involving their teenage daughter. At the public meeting of the board at 6 p.m., the terms of the contract will be read. Small started her teaching career in the Newark public school system and is currently in her 25th year of teaching.
Galloway Township Man Accused Of Threatening To Kill Two People
A Galloway Township man, the husband of the Pinelands Regional School District superintendent currently on administrative leave, is being held in jail after authorities allege he made explicit, targeted threats to kill two individuals connected to the school community, including a school principal and a board of education member. Jersey Shore Online reports Lucas P. McCooley remains incarcerated following a detention hearing in Atlantic County, where prosecutors outlined allegations that he threatened to carry out shootings and steps that investigators say demonstrate premeditation.
Water Grant
As part of a total of over $180,000 in grants recently given out by New Jersey American Water and its parent company's philanthropy arm, Egg Harbor Township High School got $10,000 to support a student-led coastal resiliency project, the utility said on Monday. In order to strengthen dune systems, enhance stormwater management, and prevent saltwater intrusion into freshwater watersheds, the high school's oceanography and environmental science students will pre-condition dune grass in the school's greenhouse before planting it along the Ocean City coastline, according to a news release from New Jersey American Water.
Training Exercise
This week, you may hear gunfire, but authorities claim it's a drill. On Thursday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office will hold a comprehensive training exercise in the county courthouse on West Broad Street. The county has stated that the courthouse and its environs will be off-limits to the public during the exercise. All court proceedings will take place virtually, and only emergency cars will be permitted to park in the front lot.
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