Middletown just cleared the Catholic prep school to build a new track & field complex, a new soccer and lacrosse complex and new Round Barn.
These thirteen young men from the area's private Catholic boys' school will attend Brown, Bucknell, Penn, Georgetown and Cornell next year.
Call it a bloodbath. Or a mandate. What caused such a big loss for Pam Rogers, Nick DiFranco and Robin Stella in the Middletown BOE race?
The CBA students do the food drive every November, but this year saw a huge turnout. The varsity crew team alone donated over 13,000 items.
Megan Haddad, who is studying international business, made her presentation at the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society conference.
Also, Friday night's game against Toms River was just canceled and the Middletown South football season is 'shut down until further notice.'
It will be held via Zoom Wednesday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m. (approximately 8:00 p.m. to the public). This is a voting meeting.
Thompson Middle School has pivoted to all-virtual instruction due to high numbers of COVID positives there.
In 2017, 34,500 votes were cast in the BOE race. So far this year, it's 73,900 and all the votes haven't even been counted yet.
This comes the same week as a positive case at Thorne Middle School, and another at Middletown High School North.
However, neither school will pivot to all-virtual. Middletown schools are still on track to return to full in-person learning Dec. 14.
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Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m. (approximately 8:00 p.m. to the public). This is a voting meeting. Formal action will be taken.
Thorne will stay open; the person sick with COVID has not been in school since exposure occurred. Middletown's school case count is now:
The count is now New Monmouth Elementary (2), HS North (1), River Plaza (1), several at Nut Swamp and one on the South football team.
Harmony Heffernan, running for a Middletown BOE seat, publicly addressed an insurance fraud lawsuit filed against him by the state.
Navesink Elementary and Thorne Middle School are both expected to see significant enrollment drops in the next five years.
Someone associated with the Middletown High School South football program has been diagnosed with COVID, the school said.
As a result, the boys' prep school in Lincroft has moved entirely to online classes for the next two weeks.
Both a Black Lives Matter and a Trump MAGA sign have now been taken down from Middletown high school classrooms.
This sign was hanging from a science teacher's desk at Middletown High School North this week.
As Patch reported, someone at Nut Swamp tested positive for COVID last week, and that has now expanded to a second person.
After someone at Nut Swamp tested positive, the school closed to all Friday but plans to reopen Monday after being thoroughly cleaned.
This is the BOE's usual monthly meeting. The agenda should be up on the Middletown BOE website for the public by Monday, Sept. 21.
That's the million-dollar question in Middletown right now. Three people with good knowledge of Middletown schools weigh in:
Middletown is currently trying to fill more than 100 teaching and staff positions, and seeking any and all substitute teachers to apply.
For 20-21, Middletown public schools will receive $15.7 million from the state, down five percent from the $16.6 million it got last year.
This is likely for the hiring of the new Middletown superintendent of schools, Mary Ellen Walker.
The district had about 20 resumes submitted for the job and six candidates were interviewed, said Board president Pam Rogers.
Due to last week's storm, Middletown parents now have 'til midnight Tuesday to let the district know if their kid will be virtual only.
This will be a special voting meeting, and a formal vote will be taken.
Middletown public school parents who choose to keep their child entirely at home this fall have until this Tuesday, Aug. 4 to enroll.
The past several years for the Middletown school district have been somewhat ... tumultuous. Here's why:
Here is how students will return for in-person instruction this fall at Middletown public schools:
Get ready: This Friday, July 24 the Middletown school district will release a finalized plan on how it will allow for school re-entry.
Should Middletown schools resume for in-person classes this fall, here's likely what you should expect:
The Middletown Board of Education spent Tuesday and Wednesday of this week conducting interviews for a new superintendent.
The BOE will be interviewing superintendent candidates July 7 and 8. These meetings are closed to the public.
Middletown schools need to teach more African-American history, history of indigenous peoples and a history of U.S. racism, nearly 700 say.