Board of Education Authorizes Settlement of Tenure Charges

Mr. Larry Markiewicz, shown here following
 a performance of the Rariitan Valley Symphonic
 Band,on April 10, 2011,  at the Bridgewater-
Raritan High School.

During the second open session of a special board meeting on the evening of September 17^th, Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education President Mr. Patrick Breslin was authorized to enter into an agreement with suspended High School music teacher Mr. Larry Markiewicz.

In June of this year, formal tenure charges were brought against Mr. Markiewicz by the now-retired Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Michael Schilder, for “conduct unbecoming of a teaching staff member.”  The Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education ratified those charges.

At the recent September 17^th special meeting, after the closed session was over, members of the BR-BOE reconvened in open session to hear board member Lynne Hurley read the following resolution: