{"id":15011,"date":"2019-07-31T02:36:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T06:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=15011"},"modified":"2019-07-31T02:40:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T06:40:04","slug":"brick-boe-appoints-acting-superintendent-despite-concerns-over-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2019\/07\/brick-boe-appoints-acting-superintendent-despite-concerns-over-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick BOE Appoints Acting Superintendent Despite Concerns Over Credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sean Cranston (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Brick Township school board on Tuesday night appointed the district\u2019s human resources director, who possesses only a provisional chief school administrator certificate and has not completed a state-mandated mentoring program, to the position of acting superintendent as of Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

Sean Cranston, the son of former Toms River Regional Assistant Superintendent Gary Cranston, was unanimously chosen by the seven-member board as the district\u2019s new schools chief. Cranston was a classroom math teacher for nine years before being hired in Brick in 2015 as a math supervisor. In 2017, he was appointed as the district\u2019s human resources director. He has never served as principal, assistant principal, or any central administrative positions besides the human resources post, leading some to question his qualifications to lead one of New Jersey\u2019s largest school districts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs he going to be the acting superintendent until you find a permanent superintendent or is he going to be the acting superintendent until you get another acting superintendent?\u201d asked resident Vic Fanelli.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan is, he is going to be the acting superintendent until we find a permanent superintendent,\u201d Board President Stephanie Wohlrab replied.<\/p>\n

Cranston holds a \u201cprovisional\u201d Chief School Administrator certificate. According to the New Jersey Department of Education, a provisional certificate is issued to \u201ccandidates who have met the requirements for initial employment (holder of a CE) and are employed and part of a state-approved residency\/mentoring program leading to standard certification.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cranston will be able to undertake the mentoring program over the course of the 2019-20 school year, officials said.<\/p>\n

The appointment led Robert Canfield, a township resident and candidate for a seat on the BOE in November, to question the hiring process.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many candidates were in the pool for it?\u201d he asked of the position.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what the board wanted to do was to pull from the resources we had, in district, so we weren\u2019t going out again,\u201d replied Wohlrab. \u201cSo we looked at everybody in the district who held the paperwork and the certification to work as an acting superintendent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overall, the district has 11 employees with chief school administrator certifications, including Business Administrator James Edwards, central administrator Susan McNamara and former Superintendent Walter Hrycenko \u2013 all of whom were in the audience at Tuesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

Wohlrab defended Cranston\u2019s appointment, saying it allows the district to hire an acting superintendent without \u201cpulling a principal\u201d from his or her school. Cranston, she said, was also involved in planning aspects of the 2019-20 school year.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a very strong and good candidate for this position,\u201d Wohlrab said.<\/p>\n

Cranston will earn an additional $184.23 per day beyond his $123,936 salary, according to a hiring resolution passed by the board Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Wohlrab said the district is looking to hire a part-time employee to take on some of Cranston\u2019s human resources responsibilities.<\/p>\n

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