Tag: Education

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.

LINCROFT – “No, no, I am as ugly as a bear,” cried Red Bank Catholic senior Sarah Moser last Saturday, spotlighted against a red curtain on the stage of Brookdale Community College’s Performing Arts Center. Moser, from Matawan, was one of five students taking her turn reciting passages from Shakespeare’s works for the Monmouth County English-Speaking Union’s (ESU) annual Shakespeare Competition for High School Students.

LINCROFT – Over the past decade, mental health has become an increasingly hot-topic issue in colleges, schools and anywhere else young people can be found.

SEA BRIGHT – A significant court decision recently affirmed Sea Bright’s right to seek withdrawal from the Oceanport and Shore Regional school districts and pursue regionalization with the newly formed Henry Hudson Regional School District.

Lawrence Sykoff, Ed.D., Head of School Emeritus of Ranney School and president of LSS Consulting Group, was inducted into Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity as a distinguished honorary member at its recent biennial international conference in Jacksonville, Florida.

Some students at Red Bank Catholic do their best learning not in the classroom sitting at desks but in emergency rooms, courtrooms and engineering labs.

Superintendents from across the state testified at a state Senate Education Committee hearing March 14, responding to a controversial announcement about public school funding for 2025.

Red Bank Catholic High School recently announced the establishment of the Red Bank Catholic Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization designed to fortify the institution’s financial future through the growth of a monetary endowment.