Dan Cirucci: Christie Opens New Elementary School

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Christie Opens New Elementary School

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today joined New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA) CEO Charles McKenna, Long Branch School District leaders and students to mark the opening of the George L. Catrambone Elementary School. The project is the first of the 2011 Capital Portfolio to be fully completed and opened under the Christie Administration, representing a new era of responsible, cost-effective and accountable school construction in New Jersey.

“When I took office and saw the past practices of the school construction program, it was imperative for us to take action with sweeping reforms at the SDA to ensure that the wasteful spending habits of previous administrations not be repeated,” said Governor Christie. “This is the first school to both start construction and open to students during my Administration and I am proud to say that we delivered it on time, on budget and with a certificate of occupancy in hand.”

The new George L. Catrambone Elementary School is designed to educate approximately 790 students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grades. The facility includes 41 general classrooms, four self-contained special education classrooms, eight small group instruction rooms, a cafetorium with stage, computer room, gymnasium, media center/library, art room and music room.

“The completion of this school represents all the best of what SDA does for communities. From the groundbreaking to the ribbon cutting, this project is representative of the complete reformation of the Schools Development Authority,” said SDA CEO Charles B. McKenna.

The SDA has invested more than $267 million toward completed projects in Long Branch, including $40 million for the George L. Catrambone Elementary School. Terminal Construction Corp. of Wood Ridge, New Jersey was the general contractor, Becica Associates, LLC of Cherry Hill was the architect and GREYHAWK North America LLC of Moorestown was the construction manager.

The SDA’s current portfolio of active projects is valued at more than $2 billion – including the Capital Project Portfolio (more than $1.5 billion), emergent projects ($100 million) and Regular Operating District grants ($450 million state share). SDA currently has twelve school facilities projects in active construction throughout the state.

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About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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