Tag: Cheesequake Elementary School
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Old Bridge superintendent offers ‘hopeful optimism’ as BOE adopts 2020-21 budget
OLD BRIDGE – Schools Superintendent David Cittadino expressed “hopeful optimism” as school officials moved to approve the 2020-21 budget. “We know the revenue generated by the state has taken a hit during COVID-19,” he said. “It’s with hopeful optimism that this budget and state aid will remain the same as we move into the summer.”…
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Shared service agreement with Sayreville will bring new life to Old Bridge’s Cheesequake Elementary School
OLD BRIDGE – A shared service agreement with a neighboring school district will soon bring new life to Cheesequake Elementary School in Old Bridge, which closed its doors last school year. The Old Bridge Board of Education, through a resolution, unanimously approved a 10-year shared services agreement with Sayreville for the lease of the building…
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Old Bridge superintendent donates contractual salary increase to the school district
OLD BRIDGE – As the 2019-20 school year begins on Sept. 5, the reality of the reduction in state aid will set in – Cheesequake Elementary School is closed and there will be more than 85 fewer positions throughout the district. However, the priority of the district stays the same, according to Schools Superintendent David…
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Cheesequake students will be relocated to four elementary schools next school year in Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE – Wheels are in motion with the plan to relocate the students of Cheesequake Elementary School next school year, which will officially close at the end of the school year. In September, some 230 students from kindergarten through fourth grade will now relocate to four elementary schools in the district – Madison Park,…
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Three Old Bridge elementary schools named 2019 National Schools of Character
OLD BRIDGE – Cheesequake Elementary School, James McDivitt Elementary School and Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School once again earned national recognition by Character.org as a 2019 National School of Character. Through an in-depth and rigorous evaluation process, Cheesequake, McDivitt and Voorhees schools were recertified, among the 88 schools and three districts in 24 states named…
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Paraprofessionals in Old Bridge schools may be outsourced due to reduction in state aid
OLD BRIDGE – School officials are weighing the option of privatizing and outsourcing paraprofessional services as they continue to reel from the sudden reduction in state aid. Emotions ran high at a Board of Education meeting on Feb. 19 as school staff, paraprofessionals and parents voiced their concerns on privatizing paraprofessionals, who they say have…
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Cheesequake Elementary School may close as early as next year due to state aid cuts
OLD BRIDGE – Cheesequake Elementary School, one of the 12 elementary schools in the Old Bridge Township Public School District, is on the chopping block as school officials continue to reel on how best to handle the sudden reduction in state aid. “Cheesequake is our only Blue Ribbon school, it is a great school ……
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Old Bridge school achieves Blue Ribbon status
OLD BRIDGE — Already a National School of Character, the Old Bridge School District can now add a National Blue Ribbon School to its list of honors. Cheesequake Elementary School is the first school in Old Bridge to be recognized as a Blue Ribbon School. “The selection of Cheesequake Elementary School as our first National…
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Old Bridge school celebrates ‘Sugar-Less Day to Prevent Tooth Decay’
OLD BRIDGE – In recognition of good oral health and hygiene practices, students at Cheesequake Elementary School in Old Bridge participated in the New Jersey Department of Health Children’s Oral Health Program “Sugar-Less Day to Prevent Tooth Decay” event on Feb. 24. All fifth graders at the school took part in an interactive oral health education program conducted…