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RONALD KURLAN DMD Announces his new office Opening October 9th 65 East Northfield Road | Suite C LIVINGSTON Call for appointment: 973-500-4440 www.dentalassociatesoflivingston.com
The office has the latest new equipment. The goal is to provide excellent care in all phases of dentistry in a comfortable environment for Children & Adults. Most insurance is accepted. Dr. Kurlan has worked in South Orange for 35 years. He also supervises Dental Residents at Mountainside Hospital. He has expanded his practice to include David Schwartz DMD. David is a graduate of Rutgers Dental School. “ I choose Dr. Schwartz because after observing him on numerous occasions I knew he had excellent skills and a wonderful work ethic.” Dental patients can get complete dental services at one location including Invisalign, bleaching, implants, crowns, digital X-rays and nitrous oxide. The dentists are On- Call for emergencies 24 hours. This advertisement is to provide information only. It is not intended to be a solicitation either directly or indirectly nor should it be construed as a solicitation.
September 2018
Livingston Interim Superintendent No Stranger To Leading Role
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By Julie Ross here’s a new man in town—or at least, in the superintendent’s office of the Livingston Public Schools (LPS). That man is Jim O’Neill, LPS’ recently named Interim Superintendent of Livingston Public Schools. The Livingston Board of Education approved O’Neill’s appointment at its August 15 meeting. O’Neill replaces Christina Steffner, who tendered her resignation effective July 31 after two years of service to the district. However, he is no stranger to the LPS, having served the district as interim superintendent during the 2014-2015 school year. In addition to his knowledge of the district, its students and its stakeholders, O’Neill has 40 years of experience in education under his belt. He has served as a principal and a teacher in New Jersey schools and was superintendent of Chatham Public Schools for eight years prior to his retirement in 2011. Following his retirement, O’Neill became interim superintendent of Roxbury Public Schools, a position he held for one year. He then accepted the position of interim superintendent of West Orange Public Schools, with two years of service in that capacity. While O’Neill’s has sat in the interim superintendent’s chair of several school dis-
tricts during these past few years, his position and perspective on the job, as well as on wishes for children’s success on the part of teachers, administrators, and board of education members, haven’t changed. And in his eyes, he added, school districts are among the very few places where stakeholders all have the same goal. “Every parent wants their child to succeed,” he said. “Every teacher wants the child to succeed. School administrators want their schools to succeed, and board continued on page 6
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