Tag: School Board

HOLMDEL – Township officials are moving to purchase the board of education-owned Adeline “Addy” Holmes Lubkert property for $1.03 million, while also considering a possible renewal of the $600,000 shared services agreement to preserve courtesy busing, as the district approved a tentative $76.3 million 2026-27 budget March 25.

HOLMDEL – Six candidates have filed to run for three open seats on the Holmdel Board of Education in the Nov. 4 election.

COLTS NECK – While the township is gearing up to meet its state-mandated affordable housing obligations, the school board is expressing “deep disappointment” about how these mandates will impact the district over the next 10 years. But the township mayor assured school board members at their recent meeting that the housing mandates will be manageable, and that the township has been preparing for the changes for the past year.

RED BANK – The existence of the 23-year-old Red Bank Charter School has “recklessly added and condoned a structure” of segregation in Red Bank for decades, argued Jared Rumage, Ed.D, the superintendent of Red Bank Public Schools, at last Wednesday’s borough council meeting.

MIDDLETOWN – College Freshman Thomas Ballard has hopes for an interesting extracurricular activity: He wants to serve on the township Board of Education. Ballard is...