Cranbury eyes school chief

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Cranbury is looking outside the district for a new chief school administrator.

Professionalism, experience and a strong vision of how the district should be operate — those are the qualities the school board wants in Cranbury's next chief school administrator.

With Chief School Administrator and Principal Carol Malouf planning to retire at the end of June, the board is getting a head start on finding a replacement, and is looking outside of the district for candidates, school board President Joan Rue said.

"There is no one within the district who has the qualifications to be a chief school administrator," Ms. Rue said. "So, at this point, we're having to look outside the district."

Ms. Malouf, who announced her retirement in June, joined the district in 1978 as a teacher and taught English and literature to grades six and eight, becoming Cranbury School vice principal and director of curriculum in 1989. In 2001, she became chief school administrator and principal at a salary of $113,000. This year, Ms. Malouf will earn $148,830.

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