Longtime Central Regional Board Member Supports Shared Super With Berkeley

He's got her vote.

Central Regional Board of Education Vice-President Denise Pavone-Wilson said it makes educational and financial sense for Superintendent Triantafillos "Tom" Parlapanides to take over superintendent duties in the Berkeley Township school district.

Pavone-Wilson - who has served on the Central Regional board for 18 years - made the remarks at a recent Central school board meeting.

She said her personal feelings are "positive for sharing our superintendent."

Pavone-Wilson added if were to serve as superintendent for both districts, there would be better “continuity in the curriculum.”

Pavone-Wilson said she was dismayed when the Berkeley school board made cuts last year in the elementary school band and replaced a Spanish teacher with the Rosetta Stone.

“There should be a teacher teaching Spanish,” she said.

And she was in the audience at the Berkeley Township school district's forum on the superintendent search last week. The majority of those who spoke at the forum - which was led by - said they favored a superintendent who had ties to the community, familiarity with both districts and business acumen.

"All in all, Central looked great there," she said.

has offered to serve as superintendent for the Berkeley school district as well as Central Regional, without a pay raise.

Current Berkeley Superintendent Joseph H. Vicari is leaving the district shortly. For a chronology of the lengthy and complicated

The recently voted to bring on Parlapanides as the one-school district's superintendent, after years of operating with the Toms River Regional School's. superintendent.

Parlapanides recently met with Seaside Heights Elementary school teachers to go over curriculum for a smooth transition. He called the meeting an "outstanding day."

In other news at the May 17 board meeting, district energy consultant Curtis Klyer said the district had saved over half a millions dollars in energy costs, thanks to the use of HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) management, motion sensor lighting, and the main power source of a 1.5 megawatt system of 2,041 solar panels.

Board members also announced the installation of an ADA compliant fitness trail through Central Regional high school’s campus. Parlapanides said building of the trail begins June 11 and is expected be finished by August 24.

Parlapanides said they will also be planting “additional trees to beautify the campus.”

“The place is gonna look great,” said board member Robert J. Everett Jr.