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[email protected] SIXTY CENTS UCESC Files Petition With State To Extend Hillcrest Lease for Year By MEGHAN GILL Westfield Board of Education (BOE) The petition requests a 12-month Specially Written for The Westfield Leader lease termination of Hillcrest Acad- extension to the lease, which com- WESTFIELD – The board of the emy South at 728 Westfield Avenue. menced July 1, until June 30, 2007. Union County Educational Services “As I am coming in, clearly the UCESC General Counsel Linda Ott Commission (UCESC) last Thursday Hillcrest situation has become an emo- told The Westfield Leader that UCESC unanimously approved the filing of a tionally charged issue. (We should) pro- has a “90-day quit notice” on its lease petition with State Department of Edu- mote it in a fair and objective way. The and thus will not have to vacate the cation Commissioner Lucille Davy for petition should reflect this,” UCESC premises until October 1. emergency relief regarding the Superintendent Bill Petrino said. The timeline for this process is “hard to predict. (The commissioner) tries to process petitions quickly,” she said. Det. Allen Retires After 21 She said once the petition is filed, the process could take two or three weeks. She said the UCESC has requested Years in Juvenile Bureau that the one-year lease end July 1, 2007, By CASSIE LO the Police Athletic League (PAL) pro- not October 1, 2006, when the 90-day Specially Written for The Westfield Leader gram for over 20 years.