Category: Atlanticville Opinion

Ferraro first Central Jersey AD chosen for new merit award BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Charles "Chuck" B. Ferrara Jr. is the first recipient of the Central Jersey Award of Merit given by the Directors of Athletics Association of New Jersey Inc. Ferrara, 48, the athletic director at Long Branch…

Property owners will be making first payment on bonds for additions BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The tax rate for the borough schools would go up 8.45 cents per $100 assessed valuation under the $9,397,835 budget for next year introduced by the Board of Education. The budget…

BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Test change cited as cause of decline in math scores BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The scores of students at Shore Regional High School took a dive in the mathematics portion of the state High School Proficiency Assessment test (HSPA) last spring and Superintendent/Principal Leonard G. Schnappauf…

School administrators unavailable forcomment on report card BY ELAINE VANDEVELDEStaff Writer Monmouth Regional students make the grade School administrators unavailable for comment on report card BY ELAINE VANDEVELDE Staff Writer In comparison to other area high schools, Monmouth Regional High School’s state report card made an average grade in the 2002-03 school year, with some overall improvements…

Dropout, suspension rates have declined significantly compared to last year BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer For Schools Superintendent Joseph M. Ferraina, the performance of students on the Long Branch High School Proficiency Assessment test is not his first concern. The test results, part of the recently released school district report cards, show the…

OTHS students continue to score above state averages By just about any measure, Ocean Township’s school system is performing well and doing so cost effectively, according to the school report cards recently released by the state. Superintendent of Schools Thomas M. Pagano said that he is happy with his district’s above average scores on state…

District Factor Group What is a DFG? What is a DFG? District Factor Group Index of socioeconomic status using the following: 1- Percentage of population with no high school diploma 2- Percentage with some college 3- Occupation 4- Population density 5- Income 6- Unemployment 7- Poverty Districts are ranked according to their scores and divided…

Jeanne Cuda Zambrano Obituaries Jeanne Cuda Zambrano Mrs. Zambrano, 91, of Long Branch died March 1 at home. Born in Chicago Heights, Ill., she moved to Long Branch in 1946. She was a secretary for 18 years at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Long Branch, where she was also a communicant. A 1930 graduate of…

Evan ZimmermanGuest ColumnNew municipal building makes sense Your Turn Evan Zimmerman Guest Column New municipal building makes sense Evan Zimmerman Guest Column New municipal building makes sense I am writing to you in support of the newly proposed West Long Branch borough building on Broadway. The current building, on Poplar Avenue, has recently been infected…