August 18, 2025
Dear Franklin Lakes Families,
We’re excited to welcome our children back for the 2025-2026 school year. We hope this summer continues to be filled with excitement, laughter, and time well spent with family and friends. Over the summer, the Board of Education, our Administrative Team, Central Office staff, Maintenance Staff and Administrative Assistants have been working to prepare an exciting learning environment.
Some of the highlights we’d like to share are:
- K-6 ELA Curriculum: Implementing the Science of Reading & Science of Writing
- 4th and 5th Grade World Language Exploration Rotation (Spanish, French, Italian)
- Dedicated Spanish teacher for grade K-3 at all three elementary schools
- Welcome Maura Camasta as an Assistant Principal
- Window Replacement (FAMS, HMR, WAS)
- Parking lots paved (HMR, WAS)
- HVAC upgrades (FAMS, HMR, WAS)
- Awarded contracts to upgrade critical HVAC units (CRS, HMR, WAS)
- Replaced projectors, documents cameras, and added AppleTV in all classrooms
- iPads and keyboards for all students in grades K-4
- Established a common Elementary Back to School Night on September 9th
We are grateful to our many community partners for supporting our Strategic Plan goals and helping create a better learning environment for our children. Our PTAs create incredible Back to School Packets and awesome programs through financial and volunteer support. The Franklin Lakes Education Foundation (FLEF) provides tremendous financial support to our students and staff to help foster unique experiences. Our staff participated in committee work this summer in preparation for the new school year. Our parents and students continue to participate in the summer learning site, helping prepare them for the new school year. The Franklin Lakes Police Department assists with safety and security. The Board of Education volunteers countless hours to ensure that every student and staff member has what they need to produce an opportunity for success. Thank you to our community partners in helping us provide enhanced opportunities for all to have a successful year!
As educators, parents, and members of this community, we are blessed to collectively support children. Our firm goal remains to support an environment for all to thrive. On behalf of the Franklin Lakes Public Schools, I wish you all the best for the remainder of the summer and look forward to seeing you soon.
Sincerely,
Greg Maceri
Superintendent of Schools
2024 -2025 District Goals
- Academic Excellence and Opportunity: The District will engage in professional learning activities to support prioritization of high expectations for learners and provision of rigorous instruction that deeply engages learners with grade-appropriate material and assignments.
- Staff Engagement and Professional Learning: Through embedded professional learning, the District will support educators in: use of valid and reliable assessments for all students, analyzing assessment results, adapting/ modifying instruction to meet student needs, and reassessing to monitor growth to all students.
- Partnering with our Community: Educators will engage in professional learning activities to support collaboration with colleagues, learners, and their families in support of learner development and achievement.
- Referendum Analysis: The District will analyze and prioritize facility needs at each building and appropriately allocate funds to meet those needs.
2023-2024 District Goals
1. In collaboration and partnership with their families, foster safe, supportive, and positive learning conditions and school communities for students in support of academic growth and social and emotional development.
2. In pursuit of academic excellence for students, foster educator leadership within and across the district in support of expertise development, positive working conditions, and collaboration in the schools, district and in the profession.
3. Continue the multi-year implementation of New Jersey Tiered Systems of Support (NJTSS) so as to ensure access to coordinated, responsive and needs-based academic, behavioral, wellness/health, and attendance supports for students.
District Goals: 2022 - 2023
- The District is committed to support improvements to Intervention & Referral Services / Tiered Systems of Support to ensure that data informs and drives the process. Improvements will assure access to coordinated, needs-based, and responsive support from academic, mental health, enrichment, behavioral and health services, while accelerating student learning and meeting needs in other areas. This goal supports initiatives in three major areas of instruction:
- Special Education
- General Education
- Supplemental Services such as
- Academic Intervention
- Gifted & Talented
This goal provides opportunities for certified staff to participate in professional learning activities to support improvements to I&RS and Tiered Systems of Support (Tiers I, II, III) and requires the collaboration of interdepartmental staff across the entire District.
- The District is committed to providing teaching staff with monthly opportunities to work within supportive, high-functioning Professional Learning Communities to build capacity and deepen expertise. The purpose is to engage in collaborative tasks and reflective dialogue that improves their teaching and their students’ learning. Professional Learning Communities can be:
- School-based
- Departmental
- District-based
- Subject Specific
- The District is committed to support each individual community school culture by engaging in school based initiatives and by supporting the continued development of the parent/school relationship, inclusive of:
- Supportive services that promote health/wellness
- Coordinated conditions of learning that will foster social and emotional well-being of students, families and educators.