Category: News Transcript Opinion
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School statistics do not come as a surprise
I just read the article “Superintendent Draws Attention to Overcrowding Issue” in the June 18 News Transcript. The statistics cited (about the Freehold Borough K-8 School District) are revealing; none of this is a surprise to anyone who has lived here for a while. There certainly has been white flight and black flight among families…
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Common Core tramples on the Constitution
The oath of office for an elected board of education member in New Jersey reads like this: “I (name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same…
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ARE WE THERE YET
Being the youngest one is no picnic Lori Clinch When the boys were toddlers, they were always with me. I packed them on trips to the grocery store, took them erranding and brought them on lunch dates with friends. Yet the second — and I do mean the very second — my children were able…
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Eugene E. Weeden
Mr. Weeden, 88, of Middleboro, Mass., died June 13, 2014, at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Plymouth, Mass. He was born on May 21, 1926, in Trenton, son of the late Frank E. and Helen (Probasco) Weeden, attending schools in Freehold. Mr. Weeden was a graduate of the Philadelphia Textile Institute. He served in the U.S.…
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ARE WE THERE YET
Knowing is not the same as remembering Lori Clinch I had a stark realization the other day. I was scooting around the house with frenzy, doing this and cleaning that. I took towels to the laundry, brought socks back to the bedroom, then arrived in the kitchen on a dead run and had no idea…
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Freehold Regional board will buy six school buses
The Freehold Regional High School District should roll out several new school buses in the 2014-15 school year. At its June 9 meeting, the Board of Education approved the purchase of six 29- passenger buses from Wolfington Body Co., Mount Holly. Each bus will cost just under $55,183, for a total price of $331,100, according…
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Marlboro board adopts budget
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a budget for the 2014-15 school year that will increase property taxes. The board unanimously voted to adopt the $84.67 million spending plan, which includes a $67.59 million tax levy, at a recent meeting. “The proposed 2014-15 budget…
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Superintendent draws attention to overcrowding issue
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Superintendent of Schools Rocco G. Tomazic told members of the Borough Council on June 2 that construction of new facilities is needed to alleviate overcrowding in the Freehold Borough K-8 School District. The district is composed of the Freehold Learning Center, Dutch Lane Road, which educates pupils…
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Howell may permit Farmingdale students to join school clubs
HOWELL — The Howell K-8 School District is working with Farmingdale school administrators on an initiative that may give Farmingdale pupils in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades additional after-school and extracurricular opportunities. The Board of Education’s facilities committee recently approved a motion that will be forwarded to the policy committee. Pending approval from the…
