The Woodbridge school board election will be the same day as the midterms, Nov. 8. Four Woodbridge residents are running for 3 seats:
This comes during a teacher shortage in NJ, due to higher-than-usual retirements and fewer young people studying to become a teacher:
"The Township and the Board now consider this case to be closed," Mayor McCormac said. He also chastised those who set up brain scan sites.
The scholarship was started in memory of Michael and Olympia DeNittis, a Woodbridge couple who lived in Port Reading their entire lives:
The Woodbridge school district announced there are "no radiological hazards" connected to a possible brain cancer link at Colonia High.
This is expected to be a major announcement at 4 p.m. about the findings of a possible brain cancer cluster at Colonia High School:
JFK will use the grant to install a water bottle refilling station, to end students' and teachers' use of disposable plastic bottles.
Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac gave this update May 2 on the latest with the possible brain cancer cluster at Colonia High School:
The Woodbridge school superintendent said he asked the DOE several times if Colonia High School can offer remote learning, and was told no.
Woodbridge expects to get results back by the middle of May and will share the results publicly, said Mayor McCormac.
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School was ranked best in the Woodbridge school district, and 116th best in the state.
They are now doing radon air testing after a 1989 Colonia grad said he found a high number of brain cancers linked to the high school.
A scientist's theory that a contaminant at the Woodbridge school is linked to 65 rare brain tumors is being taken "incredibly seriously."
Last Thursday, March 17 Woodbridge Police Detective Mark Zeno gave a talk to Woodbridge teens about Black History Month.
The Woodbridge school district announced that masks will be optional in all schools starting March 7.
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Starting Wednesday, Middlesex County Community Health Teams will begin door knocking, letting people know about vaccines, test sites & more:
Issues about the Proud Boys in Woodbridge and Indigenous People's Day were again raised at Thursday night's meeting.
Patch rounded up all the schools in the state that are now virtual. A few school districts closed for several days entirely:
Woodbridge parents reported waiting hours Monday for the school bus, and one mom said the bus did not come until almost 11 a.m.
All three Woodbridge high schools are virtual due to a teacher shortage. The Linden Walmart had to close last week due to staff shortages.
New Brunswick, South Brunswick, Newark and Paterson have all decided to go virtual for the first week, or in some cases two, back.
In January, the Woodbridge school district will receive $3.1 million in ARP money to ensure all children have access to high-speed Internet.
A bill is making its way through Trenton that would remove a 10-year-old restriction that says New Jersey teachers must live in state.
Across the state, many parents have decided to keep their children home from school on Friday in response to an alarming new online trend.
Woodbridge Police will be on site at all schools throughout the day Friday. No specific threat has been made to any Woodbridge school.
Popular business education teacher Jeffrey Grimm died at the high school, where he was found by school staff, said Woodbridge Police.
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All three Woodbridge high school cafeterias will feature a local pizzeria daily; Pomptonian is trying to extend that to the middle schools.
Pomptonian will take over now that Woodbridge fired Chartwells Oct. 1, after schoolkids said their lunches were moldy, mushy or brown.
The BOE will hold a special meeting at 1 p.m. this Friday where the Board will announce the new school lunch vendor for Woodbridge schools.
However, almost 400 NJ school districts are currently experiencing delays in getting the twice-weekly, in-school testing rolled out.
But none of Woodbridge's three high schools or elementary schools made a new list released this week by U.S. News & World Report.
The surprise news was announced late Friday afternoon by Woodbridge superintendent Joe Massimino in a letter to parents.
Since the school year began Sept. 7, there have been 121 reported coronavirus cases so far in the Woodbridge district.
A Woodbridge teacher was criminally charged after police say she gave a fake doctor's note exempting her from wearing a mask.
The school board called Chartwells to the floor Thursday night, to explain why the grab 'n go food they served has been frozen and rotten.
Since Sept. 7, there have been 97 reported COVID cases so far in Woodbridge public schools. Here's the school-by-school breakdown:
On Friday, the superintendent said he too was "greatly disappointed" in the school lunches and is investigating with Chartwells:
Because of the driver shortage, Woodbridge public schools had to merge about a dozen bus routes.