Tag: Board of Education

RED BANK – The borough council has approved a lease extension with the Red Bank Board of Education (BOE) for Count Basie Fields and Park. The agreement, unanimously approved at the March 27 council meeting, extends municipal use of the BOE-owned park through Dec. 31, 2050, a move that secures long-term funding for community recreational improvements.

MIDDLETOWN – Following a series of public engagement sessions, the Middletown Township Board of Education this week approved a motion that could allow up to a 10.1% tax increase in next year’s school budget. The final tax levy for the 2025-2026 school year will be decided April 30, when the school board will adopt next year’s budget.

MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Township School District could generate an additional $8.37 million in revenue for the upcoming school year through local taxes to help shrink an approximately $10 million funding gap for the 2025-2026 school year. But will residents favor a tax hike over school closures and redistricting?

MIDDLETOWN – Facing a $10 million budget gap for the upcoming school year, the Middletown Township Board of Education approved a tentative 2025-2026 school budget that may require the closing of three schools.

LITTLE SILVER – Special elections were held across New Jersey last month; in Little Silver, the board of education and the borough spent weeks adver tising the election through emails, letters and announcements. The result was a turnout of over 1,300 voters, the highest Little Silver has had in a special election in five years, but still only a fraction of the 5,365 registered voters in the borough.

The Middletown Township School District has been accused of censoring important historical events in its school curriculum. Superintendent Jessica Alfone says this is not true.

The Holmdel Board of Education voted during its Sept. 27 meeting to abolish its transgender student policy, state Department of Education guidance Policy 5756. A second confirmation vote, slated for its next regular meeting in October, will officially repeal the policy if it passes. Until then, Policy 5756 remains in effect.

The Middletown Board of Education (BOE) may not enact its amended transgender policy, a judge ruled, until the case pending against it is resolved.

The township board of education went to court Tuesday against state Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Sundeep Iyer over a controversial transgender student policy revision.

The Colts Neck Board of Education is considering revising its transgender student policy. If approved, school staff must inform parents of a child’s wish to be addressed by a different name, pronoun or gender identity.