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Friday, February 22, 2013

Jersey Jazzman: Long Live The Queen of Tenure!

Jersey Jazzman: Long Live The Queen of Tenure!:


Long Live The Queen of Tenure!

The Queen of Tenure has survived her attempted usurpation
The Perth Amboy Board of Education has voted to end its lengthy fight with Superintendent Janine Caffrey by rescinding her suspension.
On Thursday, the nine-member board — with three new members elected in November and two re-elected — rescinded a resolution it adopted Sept. 23 that placed Caffrey on administrative leave with pay, and notified her she would not be reappointed at the end of her term in June 2014.
Caffrey remained on the job, however, because several weeks after the vote, Assistant Education Commissioner Barrier Erlichson ordered her back to work,