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Teaneck schools renew Pre‑Collegiate STEM partnership with Fairleigh Dickinson University
Summary
The Teaneck Board of Education approved renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding with Fairleigh Dickinson University to participate in the Pre‑Collegiate STEM Discovery Program for 2024–25, continuing local student access to enrichment workshops and dual‑enrollment courses.
The Teaneck Board of Education voted on Sept. 17 to renew a Memorandum of Understanding with Fairleigh Dickinson University that continues the district's participation in the university's Pre‑Collegiate STEM Discovery Program for the 2024–25 school year.
The MOU, appended to the board packet, states the program enrolls up to 225 middle‑ and high‑school students annually for workshops and pre‑collegiate credit courses in engineering, computer science and applied mathematics. The program is administered by FDU's Gildart Haase School of Computer Sciences and Engineering and may include courses such as Python Scholars (CSCI1201) and other dual‑enrollment offerings; the district's continued participation requires student registration assistance and data sharing for grant reporting, the MOU says.
The MOU language explicitly notes that Teaneck Public Schools is not required to provide district transportation for Saturday programming but must, if it provides a bus, supply details about riders and emergency contacts. The board's action renews a prior MOU dated March 10, 2023.
The renewal was listed under School Operations and Curriculum and approved on the superintendent's recommendation; the minutes identify the MOU text in the meeting attachments and provide contact information for FDU's program director, Alfredo Tan, Ph.D.
What happens next: The district will coordinate student registration and consent forms with the university and provide the program with student data needed for grant reporting and program evaluation as described in the MOU.
