Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Jazz ensemble claims third place in state

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — The Jackson Liberty High School jazz ensemble is ending the 2009-10 school year on a high note after clinching third place in the New Jersey State Jazz Final. The award is the first for Jackson Liberty and the second for a school in the Jackson School District. “Anyone…

  • Firm hired to search for new FRHSD supt.

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Afirm that will seek out a new leader for the Freehold Regional High School District has been hired by the district’s Board of Education. At its meeting on May 17 the board hired West Hudson Associates to conduct the district’s search for a superintendent. The contract between the board and…

  • Pupils ready to release trout

    On May 27, approximately 225 students and teachers will convene at the Forest Resource Education Center in Jackson to participate in the third annual Trout in the Classroom Field Day. Seven of the Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex county schools that have raised native New Jersey brook trout from eggs will release their fingerlings into the…

  • Teachers’ unions bear some blame for layoffs

    CODA GREG BEAN In the interest of full disclosure, let me state that my personal experience as a member of a labor union has been limited to twice, and both those sagas were frankly weird. The first time was in the early ’70s when I was trying to save money for college and hired on…

  • State will decide on FRHSD budget

    Eight municipalities fail to agree on amount of tax levy for 2010-11 BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District’s budget for the 2010-11 school year is now in the hands of state education officials. The lack of unanimous agreement among officials of the FRHSD’s eight sending municipalities on a general fund…

  • Supt. needs to bring changes to Howell

    In the past eight years, the Howell K-8 School District budget, prepared and submitted by the superintendent, has been defeated six times. This year, with a record number of people voting on April 20, the budget was overwhelmingly defeated by a count of 5,024 to 3,249. This is a poor record, and it is a…

  • New law provides rules for tuition assistance

    It is now state law that public school employees may attend only fully accredited educational institutions in order to be eligible for tuition assistance. State Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (all R-Monmouth and Mercer) expressed pleasure that a bill they sponsored was signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie last…

  • Writer wonders if new state law will keep young drivers safer

    This letter to the editor is only my opinion and is not intended to disrespect the memory of Kyleigh D’Alessio in any way. As a parent, I feel I must speak my mind about Kyleigh’s law (regarding new drivers in New Jersey). These days it does not matter if you live in the suburbs, the…