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Superintendent to resign

Photo: Matt Skoufalos, NJPen.com

OFFICIAL from the Board of Education, March 12, 2020

At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Education, Thursday, March 12, 2020, Dr. Lawrence Mussoline formally announced that he will resign from his position as Superintendent of Schools effective June 30, 2020.

In June of 2018, Dr. Mussoline accepted the job as Superintendent in Haddonfield after retiring from the Downingtown School District “Dr. Mussoline grabbed the reins of a district in need of major rebuilding and clear leadership,” said Board President Adam Sangillo “I am happy to report that he has righted the ship, built an exceptionally committed administrative team, and put us back on track to move forward effectively, making the progress necessary for continued excellence in education. We knew from the beginning that his broad experience and expertise would identify the remedies for gaps that had to be addressed immediately and would start us down the best path to our strong future.”

At the beginning of his tenure in Haddonfield, Mussoline led a Long-Range Strategic Planning process that identified district goals and that eventually led to significant changes in the areas of social-emotional learning, cultural competency and diversity, and contemporary teaching and learning. “Under Dr. Mussoline’s leadership, the Board, administration, faculty, staff, and community members have worked together to address needs in the areas of school safety, compliance with state regulations and policies, updating curriculum, redesigning academic schedules, improving and increasing technology, completing facilities improvements, and personnel, to name a few,” said Sangillo. “He has accomplished a great deal in a very short time.”

According to Sangillo, the Board of Education has begun working on a plan to replace Mussoline and will update the community in the near future.

Public schools close

OFFICIAL from Haddonfield School District — Starting Tuesday, March 17 up to and including Friday, March 27 all Haddonfield schools will be closed to protect our school community and to do our part to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. All extracurricular and athletic activities are also canceled during this time period. 

There is a possibility that this closure could extend beyond Friday, March 27. Education will continue during this closure period uninterrupted. Your child’s teachers and principal will be communicating with you about your child’s online learning plans on Monday as we meet with staff to plan for our adventure in cyber learning. We know that you have a lot of questions, we will be doing our best to answer those questions in the upcoming week. This is all very new to us also. Best wishes, be safe and we will hopefully see everyone back at school on Monday, March 30.