Monday, December 10, 2012
Milky Way applying to Planning Board for exceptions to parking and lighting rules. Non-profit wants to relocate science academy to Totowa Road and build dormitories for 300 students.
The Milky Way Education Center has brought another application before the Planning Board. The school brought a controversial application to construct a new education campus on the BAE Systems property on Totowa Road earlier this year. This newest application involves exceptions for parking and lighting. The application is on the agenda for the board’s meeting on Monday. The Board unanimously approved the Pioneer Academy of Science’s application to relocate to 165,000-square-foot building at 164 Totowa Road and construct dormitories on the second floor. The Milky Way Education Center, a non-profit, runs the academy. The school is currently located in a 19,000-square-foot building in Clifton. The school wants to more than triple its …
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Here is a recap of some of the most popular articles on Wayne Patch this week.
Here are some of the top stories that were on Wayne Patch this week. Maureen Weir, Jack Leonard, Susan Wardell, and Toni Schito all spoke about what their plans are now they are leading four of the district’s schools. Andrew Monaghan waived his first court appearance on another arrest that could jeopardize his participating in a special probation program. Authorities investigated a possible lightning strike that occurred at a Mrytle Avenue property Monday night. The Planning Board approved the Milky Way Education’s Center application to create a new education campus on the former BAE System Property on Totowa Road. Locals described the setting of an alleged North Jersey gambling den as being ‘sketchy.’ Two Wayne men were charged in …
Monday, July 23, 2012
The Pioneer Academy of Science will construct nearly 100 dorms and classrooms as well as a gymnasium.
The Planning Board approved the Milky Way Education’s Center application to create a new education campus on the former BAE System Property on Totowa Road. The Pioneer Academy of Science bills itself as a co-educational “independent, private institution.” Students mostly hail from wealthy families both in the United States and from eastern European countries. The school is based in Clifton. The board unanimously approved the application. “Our focus is to try and educate children and not just the ones who already go to [Pioneer], but everyone in the neighborhood,” said Yucel Ari, a project manager with Lilium Inc. who spoke on behalf of Milky Way at the meeting. According to its website, the school is also preparing to move to Denville. It…
Milky Way Education Center applying to move private school from Clifton to Wayne. School sued the township for the right to apply to move the school.
Testimony is scheduled to be heard on a controversial application to move a private school to Wayne at the Planning Board’s next meeting on Monday. The Milky Way Education Center is applying to the township to move The Pioneer Academy of Science from Clifton to the BAE Systems property on Totowa Road. School officials want to move the institution out of if 18,000 square-foot facility and into a new 160,000-square foot facility and triple its enrollment from 200 to 600 students. The town council approved legislation in February prohibiting dormitories being built in town expect in specifically zoned areas. The legislation would have prohibited the school from making the move. The township argued that Milky Way did not have the proper …
Scondo
5:17 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
It is a private, non religiously affiliated school. Is it really tax exempt ? It sounds like it is a business . more ›