Category: News Transcript Opinion
-

Students to return on Sept. 8
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Slightly more than 4,600 pupils in kindergarten through eighth grade will officially conclude their summer vacation when they head back to school on Sept. 8. Teachers and administrators in the Early Childhood Learning Center, the West Freehold, Applegate, Donovan, Errickson and Catena elementary…
-

H.S. initiatives aimed at meeting testing standards
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Freehold Regional High School District administrators are striving to meet the mandates put in place by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The law establishes benchmarks for achievement and requires schools to make what is called Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The law applies to…
-

Principals all prepared for return of students
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Youngsters will be swapping their video games for backpacks — at least from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. School is back in session. Freehold Intermediate School Principal Nelson Ribon said many good things happened during his first year at the school and…
-

Administrators, staff excited about new year
Marlboro superintendent discusses changes as students return today BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Marlboro MARLBORO — Summer vacation came to a close when 6,100 pupils in kindergarten through eighth grade went back to school today. According to Superintendent of Schools David Abbott, the Marlboro school district hired 57 new employees for…
-

On Campus
Alexandra Wachstein, daughter of Ellen and Bob Wachstein of Manalapan, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Rutgers College, New Bruns-wick, where she is a member of Gamma Phi Beta. She is a 2003 graduate of Manalapan High School. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., named the following local students to the spring…
-

New starting time expected to reduce traffic at complex
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — School administrators are hoping a change in school hours will ease the traffic flow and congestion at the Park Avenue school complex this year. The Park Avenue Elementary School and the Freehold Intermediate School share the complex. In previous years both schools…
-

Gasoline pumps will come under scrutiny
FREEHOLD — Amid skyrocketing gasoline prices, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders wants to ensure that consumers are protected. Therefore, the county has established a telephone number for residents to call if they suspect they have been ripped off at the pumps. In addition, the county’s Department of Weights and Measures has been directed to…
-

Recommendations due on H.S. attendance areas
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The rate of enrollment growth is slowing in the Freehold Regional High School District, according to demographic information reviewed by district administrators at a recent meeting. After several years in which the six-school district saw increases in its total enrollment of between 500 and 600 students,…
-

Better flow of info about crime a must
The biggest armed robbery to hit downtown Freehold Borough in years took place on the afternoon of Aug. 26 and resulted in a virtual news blackout from law enforcement authorities for almost a week. When the News Transcript learned that Ballew Jewelers on West Main Street had been robbed, a reporter began calling Freehold Borough…
