May 22, 2008 RSS feed / Schools

Town's school tab cut angers board members

BY ELANAARON Correspondent

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP- Emotions ran high as Freehold Township Board of Education members voted 7-2 on May 13 to accept the Township Committee's decision to cut the 2008-09 tax levy by $923,369. More...

Board must determine how to trim school tab

Jackson council certifies tax levy with $1.3 million cut
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON - This week, the Jackson Board of Education will determine how to make cuts in the 2008-09 school budget that the Township Council has directed be made. More...

Plumsted students honored

PLUMSTED - A New Egypt High School senior has become the first Plumsted resident to win the 14th annual statewide municipal leaders scholarship competition for 2008, sponsored by the New Jersey State League of Municipalities that represents all 56 More...

Special education pupils shine at Howell Mania

BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer

Under a clear blue sky on the open fields of Shark River Park in Wall Township, a group of about 225 pupils from the Howell K-8 School District displayed their athleticism in the 22nd year of Howell Mania, the district's version of the Special Oly More...

Bill would move school election, end budget vote

BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer

New Jersey Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts (D-Camden) has introduced legislation that would eliminate the state's April school election and move the election for school board members to the date of the November general election. More...

New Egypt High School expands to outdoor class

BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent

PLUMSTED- New EgyptHigh School has expanded by adding a new outdoor classroom and solving a flooding problem in the process. More...