By JENNIFER H. CUNNINGHAM, STAFF WRITER CLIFTON Schools Superintendent Richard Tardalo pledged to shake up the district's transportation department after a 7-year-old was bused to the wrong school last week and walked three miles to the right one.

By JENNIFER H. CUNNINGHAM, STAFF WRITER CLIFTON Every year around this time, school districts notify families of their children's teachers for the coming school year. And every year, some parents request a different teacher than the one to whom their child was assigned.

By SARAH SCHILLACI, SPECIAL TO THE RECORD CLIFTON Richard Tardalo is the new superintendent of schools, and after two years as the high school's principal, he has an insider's feeling for the system's continuing growing pains.