The state identified $790,000 in transactions that were improperly authorized by Brookdale staff, including pre-approved travel expenses.
The clothing drive is a fundraiser for the 5th grade class at Nut Swamp.
The Middletown school district — usually a victim of yearly state aid reductions from Trenton — actually saw an increase for next year.
The Middletown schools superintendent said a report this week from ShoreNewsNetwork was "politically-motivated and false."
The Middletown school board is still retaining the legal services of Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri & Jacobs law firm, while hiring Bruce Padula.
Middletown resident Jeffrey Johnson is the new headmaster at Middletown's Saint Mary School, the private Catholic grammar school.
CAPS, a controversial charter school that tried to open in the Mater Dei campus in Middletown last year, is now under a state investigation.
4:30 p.m. Friday, February 28 in the Middletown High School North Library, 63 Tindall Road.
Three board members accused BOE president Frank Capone of trying to rush through the re-hiring of Bruce Padula:
Attention, Middletown parents/guardians who have concerns about the educational development of your child in the following areas:
Parents who send their children to The Goddard School of Middletown donated 207 pounds of food, equating to 172 meals for those in need.
The Middletown school board will start their Feb. 25 meeting at 6 p.m. to allow extra time for their executive session.
Middletown schools abolished Policy 5756, guidance from the NJ Department of Education that gives protection to transgender students.
It is now two different courts that ruled Middletown's transgender student policy could harm LGBTQ+ teens, and may be illegal:
The Middletown Democratic Party said they strongly disagree if the BOE removes the state's policy, which they say protects LGBTQ+ students.
The NJ Appellate Court ruled the Middletown BOE cannot enact its transgender student policy. The Board said it is now free to remove it.
6:30 p.m. at the Middletown High School North library. This will be a special voting meeting.
The Middletown school board changed the start time for the public portion of their meetings from 8 p.m. to approximately 7:30 p.m.
The 13.1-mile race begins at 8:30 a.m. March 9 at Brookdale Community College and takes runners through Lincroft, Holmdel and Colts Neck.
The money will go to support U.S. military troops who are currently deployed, and to purchase service dogs for injured American soldiers.
There is a problem with the heaters in some classrooms, confirmed the superintendent. The students have now been relocated to warmer rooms.
The Middletown school board meeting Tuesday night revealed who's allied with who on the Board:
Unless otherwise changed beforehand, all BOE meetings will be held in at Middletown High School North.
The Middletown school board held its final meeting of 2024 on Tuesday night, and here are the four biggest takeaways from the meeting:
Monmouth County is still moving forward with its plans to purchase Port Monmouth Elementary School and turn it into an indoor swim center.
The reason so many movies are currently filming in New Jersey is because Gov. Murphy revived the state's Film and Digital Media Tax Credit.
The meeting will be at 7 p.m. November 26 in the Middletown High School North Library.
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One of the questions at last week's Middletown school board forum was how to reduce bullying. Joan Minnuies had a unique answer:
Deb Wright and Mark Soporowski criticized the current Middletown BOE for its transgender student policy that got district sued last year:
You can watch the forum here. The video will remain up until election day, Nov. 5.
To make it easier for Middletown residents, here are the profiles of all five school board candidates. Voters will be asked to choose three.
Patch asked all five Middletown school board candidates the same set of questions.
Patch asked all five Middletown school board candidates the same set of questions. They are:
Middletown municipal court judge Hon. Susan Clark introduced her new plan that will make truancy hearings more private:
On Sept. 23, Middletown Twp. will unveil a new collaboration with the school district, aimed at helping Middletown kids and teens:
Students in need at Ocean Avenue School in North Middletown will receive the supplies, so they can start the year off right: