MAPLEWOOD LIBRARY JOB HELP EVENT TODAY

BIG LIBRARY EVENTS DAY

What a day of great events

Marvelous Monday
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Drop into the Hilton branch reading club, do a craft, win a prize.

Teens Read to Kids

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm ( Repeating Weekly on Mon, until July 29, 2013 )
Join other teen volunteers to read a picture book to kids ages 4 to 9. Teens arrive at 3:30 to prepare for a 4:00 storytime.

Family Lego Night

7 p.m. to 8 p.m.Main Library * All ages * Drop In

Families are welcome to make their own Lego® creation.  A fun way to relax and spend time together.   Lego® creations are displayed in the Library. All children MUST be accompanied by an adult.

Yoga Family Night
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

No matter your fitness level, come for a fun and relaxing yoga session led by a teacher from Shakti Yoga & living arts. Dress comfortably and bring a mat if you have one. No registration needed.

SCHOOLS SUPE "CONSIDERING" MICHIGAN JOB

Superintendent Brian Osborne, who was chosen by the school district in Ann Arbor, Mich., to become its new superintendent, is reportedly "considering" the idea and likely negotiating a good salary deal.

AnnArbor.com reported this weekend:

Osborne had nothing but praise and gratitude for the board in a statement he made to AnnArbor.com late Saturday.

"I think the Board of Education ran a very thorough, complete, rigorous and transparent process," Osborne said. "It's community is lucky to have a board that takes its job so seriously. I’m very honored and humbled by the confidence the board has shown in me by their actions. I look forward to further conversations with them and to carefully considering their offer with my family."

The Board of Education is still waiting for an "I accept" from Osborne, indicating he intends to come to Ann Arbor, if a contract can be agreed upon.

In a phone call following Friday's regular board meeting, Osborne told President Deb Mexicotte he was looking forward to engaging in contract negotiations, but did not say that "yes" he accepts and is looking forward to being the next superintendent of the district.

Mexicotte said Friday that Osborne is the right fit for Ann Arbor and that for him, she personally is willing to wait. "I won't wait forever, but a few days? Of course," she said, adding this is a big move for him, his wife and two children, who are in grades 3 and 6.

Although Osborne has another year on his contract, it includes a 90-day notice provision that allows him to leave if he gives three-months warning. That would mean he would remain in SO-Maplewood until after the new school year begins in September and the district finds a replacement.

The SO-M School District recently voted to raise Osborne's salary from $208,000 to $220,000. But the new superintendent salary cap put in place by Gov. Chris Christie would cut that salary back to $167,000. 

The Ann Arbor job would pay between $180,000 and $220,000.

GREAT FREE BAND CONCERT IN THE PARK TONIGHT

LATEST CAPITAL PLAN TARGETS CHS FUTURE CHANGES

The Board of Education recently released the latest capital improvement master plan, most of which deals with Columbia High School.

See all of the options, and costs, HERE.

Among the information is a plan for eliminating the CHS pool, which is in need of repairs, or renovating it.

The plan states eliminating the poOl would take into account:

• Impact on Physical Education Program
– Increased class size
– Students taking repeat courses/reduced offerings
– Students placed in non-requested programs
– Fitness and other indoor classes held outdoors
– Limited spaces for student transfers
– 30% of freshman class don’t know how to swim

• Impact on Swim Team
– Cost of rental space for swim team ($12-14,000 per year)
– Cost of transportation for swim team $265 per day x 20 days = $5,300 
plus transportation for lack of “home” meets = $2,000
– Reduced practice days and times (up to 10 hours per week less)
– Meets all away – no “home” meets
– Inconvenience of distance to practices and meets

SIX OPEN HOUSES TODAY

Check them out to find your next home or see what the market is doing.

List HERE

'WHERE IN THE 'WOOD?' WINNER

Congrats to our winner, who knew the photo below was De Hart Community Center. The anonymous winner, from South Orange no less, gets a free cupcake at Gigi's Cupcakes on Springfield Ave. in Maplewood.

Try again next Friday.  

FIRED DPW WORKER STORY GOES NATIONAL

This from AOL News:

Maplewood, NJ, frequently referred to as one of America's most liberal and tolerant towns, fired an employee for "profanity-laced" Facebook comments criticizing gay marriage, liberals, and abortion, according to a Maplewood Patch report. The town's mayor called the comments "appalling."

Sam Falcetano Jr., who posted on a publicly-viewable Facebook page called "Memories of living in South Orange, NJ or Maplewood, NJ," allegedly made homophobic slurs and complained about "liberals who have voted for Obama [and] ruined the Maplewood I grew up in." The Patch reports:
Some posts contained allegedly more graphic comments. The posts were reportedly removed late on July 15, after town officials learned of it. In the posts, Falcetano reportedly identified himself as an employee of Maplewood.

In a public photo on his own Facebook page, he and some other posters make fun of his picture, stating that he looks "gay."

When reached by AOL Jobs, Falcetano said: "I can't really say too much. My union is working on it. I feel that I exercised my first amendment rights. My union told me not to speak with anybody."