Search for New Superintendent Starts Monday

Hoping to hire the new superintendent shortly after the schools open in September, the Lacey Board of Education will officially kick of its search at the next meeting on Monday June 27, BOE President Jack Martenak said.

“We’ll be meeting with the New Jersey School Board Association search consultant Monday night,” Martenak said. “That’s when we’ll lay out the schedule along with dissecting our goals for a new superintendent.”

The BOE hired the NJSBA to help fill the position of the

"The association will help us craft the ad, send the ad, and evaluate the applicants,” Martenak said.

As soon as the board posts its position, it can count on at least one applicant immediately, according to Assistant Superintendent Vanessa Clark, who has expressed an interest in applying.

“I am a resident of this community,” Clark said. “And I’ve been with the district since January of 2005.”

Both Martenak and Clark said the district has been implementing many changes, including a new K-12 reading skills testing program for special education students that is being planned for the next school year, and transitioning the middle school to Apple computers. Clark says she wants to stay on the forefront of these and other developments.

“I have already invested a lot into the district and I certainly would like to continue doing so,” she said. “I think that the Lacey Township has an excellent school district, in terms of wanting the very best for our students. Mr. Starodub has done a tremendous job, and I’d like to see the district move forward in the same direction.”

When speaking to the Patch last month,