Last month, Elizabeth was hiding in a bomb shelter in Ukraine with her grandmother. This week, she started sixth grade in Monmouth Beach.
7 p.m. at High School North Library. Formal action will be taken.
This budget comes with a 2 percent property tax hike for Middletown homeowners, bringing in an additional $2.9 million for the district.
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The state continues to curtail its funding for suburban school districts like Middletown. A property tax hike looks increasingly likely:
In case you missed it, the Middletown High School South marching band performed in the New York City St. Patrick's Day parade Thursday.
This High School North 10th grader specifically credited social studies teacher Jonathan Scala with pushing his interest in media:
This will be a special meeting to give approval of the 2022-23 tentative budget, which may come with a 2 percent property tax increase.
There may be a two percent property tax levy increase for Middletown homeowners for the 2022-23 school year budget.
It is getting more expensive to run the buses and some of the bus routes do not have enough students on them to justify the cost.
The L.E.A.D police officers, who talk to Middletown fifth graders, say the main issue kids bring up is how to deal with social media.
Attention, Middletown Township parents/guardians who have concerns about the educational development of your child in the following areas:
A lot of ground will be covered at the Feb. 23 Middletown school board meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the library:
This is a regular voting meeting. Formal action will be taken.
The Middletown school district has scheduled its middle and high school graduations for 2022:
Middletown intends to launch a free tutoring service, aiming to start in March, to provide tutors for kids who had pandemic learning loss.
Unless the Department of Transportation changes its rules, NJ schoolkids still have to mask up on school buses, said a Murphy spokeswoman.
The Middletown school district made quarantine optional starting Dec. 14. In the month of January, cases actually dropped in the district.
On March 7, masks will immediately become optional in Middletown schools. This is how Middletown wrote its 'Safe Return' plan.
Frank Capone has long said masks should be optional, effective immediately, in schools and that Gov. Murphy has too much executive power.
Also, here is the schedule for the rest of the 2022 Middletown Board of Education meeting dates:
Middletown is pushing ahead on its plan to widen the sidewalks that lead to River Plaza Elementary School.
A teacher at Thorne Middle School said she, plus several students, slipped on ice and fell as they were walking into school Monday.
The nearly foot of snow Middletown received in Saturday's nor'easter blizzard delayed the start of school Monday morning.
The Middletown school board will hold its public budget meeting this Thursday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m.
Public portion of the meeting begins at 8 p.m. in the Middletown library community room.
The state will now provide financial incentives if New Jersey school districts choose to regionalize.
The Board of Education is still determining its 2022 meeting schedule, but here are the confirmed upcoming meetings so far:
Lakewood schools started 'test to stay' Jan. 7. Rumson-Fair Haven will start Feb. 1. But a big problem is the lack of rapid antigen tests.
Brookdale said it was able to forgive the debt thanks to the American Rescue Plan. Each student owed about $1,300.
Middletown may turn the currently vacant Port Monmouth building into a youth sports rec center.
Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday morning that he believes there is "a real shot" he will drop the mask mandate in schools before June.
The New Monmouth nurse volunteers with Middletown Backpack Crew. If she wins, she could receive $10,000 to be shared with her school.
The meeting will be at the Middletown Public Library Community Room, where the following matters of business will be conducted:
The alarm funding is named for Alyssa Alhadeff, who lived in New Jersey before she was killed at age 14 in the Parkland school shooting.
The Middletown school district said it is already struggling with teacher and school bus driver staffing shortages.
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The BOE will hold its annual reorganization meeting. A new school board president and vice president will be chosen.
Superintendent Mary Ellen Walker and BOE member Frank Capone, who usually don't agree, find themselves aligned on this issue.
Middletown Police will be on site at all schools throughout the day Friday. Please report anything unusual, said the superintendent.