Here's What Tuesday Night's Middletown School Board Meeting Is About

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — There will be a meeting of the Middletown school board Tuesday night, May 12.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and it will be held in the library of High School North. This is the re-hiring meeting, where the school board will be asked to approve the hiring of all teachers and staff for next school year.

Here is a list of all the re-hirings that will be done for next year, plus teachers/staff who have resigned:

go.boarddocs.com/nj/middletownk12/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=DTMMKP5B948C

As Patch previously reported, Middletown superintendent Jessica Alfone and BOE president Chris Aveta withdrew a proposal to close two elementary schools (Leonardo and Navesink) and Bayshore Middle School for next year.

That is now off the table and not happening. Aveta and the superintendent said the district no longer has enough time this spring and summer to carry out the school closings, and move staff around.

In this article (April 30), Alfone said it was school board president Aveta and board vice president Frank Capone who pushed to close the three schools this year — not her. Aveta and Capone dispute that.

Superintendent Alfone will quit the Middletown school district at the end of this school year in June, even though she still has two years left in her contract. The school board now has to search for a new superintendent, or could name an acting superintendent.

The new superintendent, whoever that may be, could bring up the idea again to close schools. The Middletown school district has said many times it will have future budget deficits if it keeps all 16 schools in the district open.

Middletown Abruptly Cancels Its Plan To Close Schools Next Year (April 29)

Middletown BOE President, Superintendent Spar Over Who First Introduced Idea To Close Schools This Year (April 30)

Middletown School Superintendent Will Retire In June, As District Prepares To Close 3 Schools (March 3)