Principal Says There's 'No Cheating' at Woodbridge High School
The NJ Department of Education is investigating WHS for cheating allegations on standardized tests. Principal Lee Warren says it never happened.
The NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) may be investigating Woodbridge High School based on allegations of cheating, but the school's principal said it's completely unfounded.
"There's no cheating here. There's never been cheating here. We don't have that problem," said Woodbridge High School principal Lee Warren in an interview.
Warren swore that there is no basis for any accusations of cheating. "I don't know anything about cheating. There isn't any cheating in Woodbridge High School," Warren reiterated. "We haven't done anything."
Early in August, Superintendent John Crowe admitted that Woodbridge High School was being investigated for cheating allegations on standardized tests by the NJDOE. That was right after Lois Rotella, the district's assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, abruptly resigned.
Cheating accusations have rocked the school district in the past year, culminating in late August in the suspension of three teachers and two principals after the Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance’s (OFAC) initial report on cheating at Avenel Street School #4/5 and Ross Street School #11.
No report has yet been released on Ford Avenue School, the third of the lower schools to be investigated for a high number of 'wrong to right' erasures. Woodbridge High School's issues with standardized tests made it the fourth school in the district to fall under state Department of Education scrutiny.
Warren, who has served as principal of Woodbridge High School for 15 years, said he stood behind the school.
"There isn't any cheating," he said for a third time.
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Jojo
8:16 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Read through the lines (lies) and this is what you get: WHS is cheating.
olga bocchiaro
5:13 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
This is where our tax dollars go.It is the usual business in Woodbridge. The people have to pay for all the salaries of principals and assistants and retirement bennies that we all would love to have. The real losers are the students.Will things ever change.
marym
8:12 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
My son didn't attend WHS, but another TWP HS, and he said there was cheating going on there too. He graduated over 4 years ago. It is just too familial in Woodbridge, everyone is related to someone else in this district. While I agree Crowe needs to step down, he was working with some very pushy take no prisoners females. Obviously he could not control them and relinquished his better judgement.
NotInKansasAnymore
2:10 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Maybe if he says "no cheating" enough it makes it come true????
So Much to Say
10:59 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Principal Lee Warren are you worried about your job? You should be.
Really?
7:14 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
When is the public, this state realize there is cheating in all the school districts and higher education. The educational system has become a scam. Everyone seems to know about it and nothing is done. There is a lot of relation and friends in all the school districts. Business as usual, political nonsense they pretty much everyone allows, yet it continues. When are we going to have real leaders that actually do something about it. Students are getting rob, not all students are getting the same fair chances. It is not just the abbott districts, its all the districts that politics is being allowed to played because everyone wants that scholarship and they will lie to make sure their own is taking care of. Everyone knows it. They should change the public school over to private schools. Give each parent a certain amount of money to educate their kid of their choice of school. If they are not happy, they can take their money and move to another school. The state, towns would save money and more accountability will come with it. The schools who are not doing what they should would go out of business eventually.
Really?
7:15 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
No one believes the school officials any longer. Look at their track records...People are more educated than they once was.