Tag: Board of Education

MIDDLETOWN – After a turbulent few months, school closures are officially on pause for the 2026-27 school year.

MIDDLETOWN – In a 5-4 vote at its April 28 meeting, the Middletown Board of Education (BOE) approved a $201 million final budget for the 2026-27 school year, but failed to pass a long-range facilities plan.

MIDDLETOWN – Middletown parents took their school-closure objections from the meeting room to the streets of Leonardo March 15.

MIDDLETOWN – A group of seven parents is asking the New Jersey Commissioner of Education to stop the district’s school closure plan, challenging the board of education’s (BOE) Feb. 26 decision to shutter three schools.

MIDDLETOWN – The district’s board of education voted 5-4 last week to close three schools under mounting financial pressures.

MIDDLETOWN – A district-commissioned review conducted by Ross Haber & Associates was recently delivered to the district’s Board of Education (BOE).

SHREWSBURY – The century-old Shrewsbury Borough School (SBS) is entering a new chapter. The Shrewsbury Board of Education (BOE) has launched a search for a new superintendent following the retirement announcement of Superintendent Brent MacConnell.

COLTS NECK – With new members sworn in and a favorable audit report, the Colts Neck Board of Education (BOE) resumed business at its annual reorganization meeting last month, largely devoted to opposing a statewide school consolidation proposal introduced by state Sen. Vin Gopal (D-11).

COLTS NECK – U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s recent visit to Cedar Drive Middle School has sparked a protest that won’t go away.

COLTS NECK – The township’s board of education passed a contentious Parental Bill of Rights at a recent school board meeting after a tense – and at times emotional – back-and-forth between advocates and critics of the policy.