Tag: Colts Neck School District

  • New law requires Earle children to attend K-8 classes in Colts Neck

    New law requires Earle children to attend K-8 classes in Colts Neck

    There are changes coming to the Colts Neck and Tinton Falls school districts because of a piece of legislation Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law. The law requires new students residing on Naval Weapons Station Earle to attend the Colts Neck School District for kindergarten through eighth grade. Traditionally, students who live on the…

  • Colts Neck school board adopts 2016-17 budget

    Colts Neck school board adopts 2016-17 budget

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a budget for the 2016-17 school year. At a May 4 meeting, board members voted 9-0 to adopt the $25.6 million budget to fund the operation of the district from July 1, 2016 through June 30,…

  • Public hearing set on Colts Neck school budget

    Public hearing set on Colts Neck school budget

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – A public hearing has been scheduled for 7 p.m. May 4 to give residents a chance to comment on the budget that the Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education has introduced for the 2016-17 school year. The board introduced a $25.6 million budget on April…

  • Children with learning issues may receive services

    Children with learning issues may receive services

    COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck K-8 School District’s Department of Special Services is seeking resident children, ages 3 to 21, who may be experiencing difficulty with language development, vision, hearing, mobility, manipulating objects, sensory integration, social skills, emotional problems and/or learning. If a child is between the ages of 3 and 21, or is…

  • Board appoints Tan to fill open seat

    Board appoints Tan to fill open seat

    COLTS NECK – Michelle Tan has rejoined the Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education. Tan previously served on the board from 2010-13. She did not seek re-election in 2013. In January, a seat on the board opened when Kimberly Eydelman resigned from the panel. District administrators invited interested residents to apply to fill…

  • No deal yet for Colts Neck teachers

    No deal yet for Colts Neck teachers

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Representatives of the Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education and the Colts Neck Township Education Association (CNTEA) left a recent mediation session without an agreement on a new contract for the union’s members. On Feb. 18, representatives from both sides met with a fact-finder from…

  • Two candidates interviewed for open board seat

    Two candidates interviewed for open board seat

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – John Camera and Michelle Tan are seeking to fill a vacant seat on the Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education. Both candidates were interviewed in public during the board’s March 2 meeting. The board is expected to fill the seat at its March 16 meeting.…

  • Students impress board with robotics demonstration

    Students impress board with robotics demonstration

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Seventh grade students from the Cedar Drive Middle School showed the potential of a new course to Colts Neck K-8 School District administrators and members of the public during a recent Board of Education meeting. Pupils in teacher E. Marc Ceo’s Automation and Robotics class made their…

  • Colts Neck school board OK’s capital Improvements

    Colts Neck school board OK’s capital Improvements

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education has approved a slate of capital improvement projects. Work will consist of renovations to the entrances of the Conover Road Primary School, the Conover Road Elementary School and the Cedar Drive Middle School in order to increase security.…