Our SRTS team stretches across years and schools.

SRTS Team receiving 4 Gold Awards in 2019: Allen W. Roberts, Salt Brook, New Providence Middle School, Borough of New Providence

SRTS Team receiving 4 Gold Awards for 2019-2021 : Allen W. Roberts, Salt Brook, New Providence Middle School, Borough of New Providence

A big thanks to all the families that walk and roll to school!  SRTS Team is all our volunteers over the years.

Borough-wide SRTS Team / Working Group

SRTS Gold

NJ Safe Route to School Gold Boot. NP Borough earned 2016 – 2024

Municipal Safe Routes to School Co-Chairs:

  • Donna Zane, Co-Chair, NPMS & Salt Brook (2006 – present)
  • Cecile Seth, Co-Chair, NPMS & Allen W. Roberts, (2013 – present). Website. Write Travel Plans.
  • Public Safety Officers – Andrew Diamond (2020 – present). Sean Bubb (2019 – 2022). Mark Pawelek (2019 – 2020). T.J. Hopper and Steve Drown (2017 – 2018), Joe DiParisi  (2013 – 2017)
  • New Providence Borough Administrator – Bernadette Cuccaro (2020 – present). Doug Marvin (2015 – 2020)
  • New Providence Police – Theresa Gazaway, Daniel Henn, Michael Hand Justine Kennedy. provide additional assistance.

The Public Safety Officer is the liaison between each working group and the Borough Administrator.

Allen W Roberts School

SRTS Gold

NJ Safe Route to School Gold Boot. AWR earned 2016 – 2024

  • Safe Routes to School PTA Co-Chairs – Betty Eng & Teneca Peterfreund
  • AWR Safety Committee Co-Chair
    • Amy LePre (2014 – 2020)
    • Ilyse Rogozenski (2014 – 2020)
  • Principal – Jay Richter (2022 – present). Robyn Greenwald (2020 – 2022). Gina Hansen, (2013 – 2020).
  • Jessica Malangone, AWR Vice Principal (2013-2015)
  • Kelley Fahey, Computer Specialist and Webmaster
  • Vinnie & Boz, the Custodians (2013 – present)
  • PTA Presidents, Carolyn Glatz, Wendy Sieman, Katie Mangel, Amy LePre
  • Parent volunteers –
    • Front Circle – David Alfonso, Rebecca Coniglio, Heather Huber, Amy Lepre, Katie Mangel, Anna Rita Falco
    • Debbie Bresalier, AWR SRTS & Sustainability Committee, Volunteers Liason

The working group consisted of  Principal Hansen, Safety Officer Joe DiParisi, and Theresa Gazaway, Donna Zane, Cecile Seth, and AWR PTA Safety Committee Members

Salt Brook School

SRTS Gold

NJ Safe Route to School Boots. Gold 2019 – 2024. Silver 2015 – 2019.

  • Safe Routes to School PTA Chair – Nicole Mortola (2020 – 2022). Kelli Sannicandro (2017 – 2020)
  • Jeannie Drexinger, Principal (2006-present)
  • PTA Presidents – All for the last decade!  Including Korin Markel, Jeanne Cook,  Kerry Fitzgerald, Officer Dan Henn,  Bernadette Cuccaro, and Mary Misiukiewicz.
  • Front Circle Volunteers – Kathy Gelormini, Sue Palatini
  • Walking School Bus Coordinators – Mindy Posner, Ginger Greene, Donna Zane

The working group consisted of  Principal Drexinger, Safety Officer DiParisi, Donna Zane.

New Providence Middle and High Schools

SRTS Gold

NJ Safe Route to School Boot. NPMS earned Gold 2019-2024, Silver 2016 – 2018.

  • Safe Routes to School PTA Chair – Emily Mellow (2020-present) Joanie Agresto (2016 – 2020) for both schools.
  • Principals
    • NPMS – Karin Kidd, Jay Richter, Scott Hough
  • Middle PTA Presidents –
    • Rose Wippich (2016 – 2018),
    • Sherry Flaherty (2014 – 2016),
    • Diane Rispoli (2013-2014)

2015 SRTS Awards.

2016 SRTS Awards

The working group consisted of  Principal Richter, Safety Officer DiParisi, and Donna Zane & Cecile Seth

SRTS Team receiving 2015 Awards: AWR Silver, SB Silver, NPMS Bronze.

SRTS Team

Additional thanks to our Partners

  • New Providence Police for sponsoring the Bike Rodeos for as long as any of us can remember!
  • Borough Council –
    • Help with travel plan goals.
      • Pete DeSarno, Sustainability (2018 – present)
      • Nadine Geoffrey, Public Safety (2018 – present)
      • Al Morgan, Mayor (2015 – present)
    • Dr. Rob Robinson, Chair – Community Activities (2015 – 2018)
    • Jim Madden, Chair – Engineering & Construction (2015 – 2018)
  • – Teacher Tallies and letters of support
  • Scott Hough, NPMS School Principal, Assistant Superintendent
  • David Miceli, Superintendent
  • New Providence School District Board of Education,
    • Adam Smith, Chair Facilities & Safety Committees
    • James Testa, Board Administration & Superintendent’s Office Teacher Tallies and letters of support
  • Andrew R. Hipolit, Borough Engineer
  • AWR Front Circle Volunteers (2015 – present)
  • TransOptions – for patiently walking us through the Safe Routes to School Program and enthusiastically supporting our programs since 2014.
  • Girl Scout Service Unit 50 – For giving patches to every scout that walks the week of a district walk to school day!  Their consistent enthusiastic  support has been tremendous
  • Sports Clubs and Teams – Encourage all players to walk or roll to school at least weekly
  • Russ Davidson of Redwood Tree Service for donating $3,500 of security perimeter work around the newly widened AWR Back Path
  • Borough’s Senior Intern, Jimmy Evangelos, who made over 350 edits to Google Maps, created our Borough Landmarks map, and painstakingly added all our sidewalks as of the Spring 2016.

    Gold awards 2016

    SRTS 2016 Gold awards for Borough of New Providence and Allen W. Roberts. Silver award for New Providence Middle School.

Families that walk or roll to or from school are our most important SRTS

Team members and an integral part of our Safe Routes to School Working Group.

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Cecile Seth

Trying to make our world better. Mom to 3. Recovering Management Consultant. MBA. STEMshoots.com Founder.

9 Responses

  1. Cecile says:

    Thank you. We’ll let him know his hard work was appreciated!

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