District gets its third superintendent arrangement in a year

What happened

Erskine R. Glover started as Superintendent of Schools on November 17, 2025. The day before, Interim Superintendent Dr. Johanna S. Ruberto left the post, listed in the board's personnel action as effective November 16, 2025 for personal reasons. Dr. Ruberto had been running the district as interim; Mr. Glover's first day included a previously scheduled public panel on student substance use, and by January he was leading a group of about 20 administrators, principals and supervisors on a visit to a Piscataway technology company to look at how artificial intelligence could be used in teaching and district operations.

Why it matters to families

The superintendent sets the direction for every school, and a district that has moved from a permanent superintendent to an interim and then to a new appointment inside a year has had three arrangements at the top in quick succession. The new superintendent inherited the 2026-2027 budget with its 7.7 percent levy rise and staff reductions, and the job of writing Piscataway's response to the state's new phone law.

The evidence

The November 13, 2025 minutes record Johanna Ruberto's departure as Interim Superintendent effective 11/16/25 for personal reasons in the resignations and retirements list, and record under old business that Mr. Glover's start date is November 17, 2025. The December 11, 2025 minutes describe his first day on November 17 and name him as the district's new superintendent.

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