Tag: Freehold Borough K-8 School District

  • Board awards contract to expand Freehold Learning Center

    Board awards contract to expand Freehold Learning Center

    FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education has awarded an $8.4 million contract to Newport Construction, Pennsauken, for additions and alterations to the Freehold Learning Center elementary school, Dutch Lane Road. The work at the Freehold Learning Center will be part of a $33 million construction project that was authorized by…

  • Ground broken for Freehold Borough school additions

    Ground broken for Freehold Borough school additions

    FREEHOLD – Construction has begun on a project in the Freehold Borough K-8 School District that will address the issue of student overcrowding in the district by expanding its schools. On Oct. 12, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the expansion of the Park Avenue Complex, which houses two of the district’s schools, the Park…

  • Four candidates seek seats on Freehold school board

    Four candidates seek seats on Freehold school board

    FREEHOLD – Four candidates are seeking three available three-year terms on the Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education in the Nov. 7 election. The terms of board members Bruce Patrick, Margaret Rogers and Jim Keelan will end in December. Keelan is not seeking re-election. The candidates seeking the three-year terms are Rogers, Patrick,…

  • Freehold Borough board will realign elementary schools

    Freehold Borough board will realign elementary schools

    FREEHOLD – As the Freehold Borough K-8 School District continues to deal with rising enrollment and the overcapacity of its buildings, the Board of Education has taken action to realign the grade structure of the district’s two elementary schools beginning with the 2018-19 school year. On Sept. 25, the board passed a resolution realigning the…

  • Freehold Borough school board awards bid to expand schools

    Freehold Borough school board awards bid to expand schools

    FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education has awarded a contract for work on a construction project that will address the issue of student overcrowding in the district. A $33 million construction project was authorized by the New Jersey Commissioner of Education in 2016 and will expand the district’s three schools:…

  • School districts renew agreement

    School districts renew agreement

    The Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education and the Freehold Township K-8 School District Board of Education have agreed on a deal that will allow the Freehold Borough board to continue renting classrooms provided by Freehold Township. Under terms of the agreement, pupils from Freehold Borough will continue to be taught by Freehold…

  • Educators, students from Taiwan will visit local schools

    Educators, students from Taiwan will visit local schools

    Educators and students from the New Taipei City School District in Taiwan will visit school districts in Monmouth County this fall. On Aug. 8, the Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education approved a visit from 16 educators in the New Taipei City School District for Oct. 16-17. The educators will also visit the…

  • Freehold Borough schools will provide health services

    Freehold Borough schools will provide health services

    FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough K-8 School District has entered into an agreement with a health provider with the intent of ensuring that the health and well-being of the district’s pupils is maintained. On Aug. 22, the Board of Education passed a resolution entering into an agreement with the Visiting Nurse Association Health Group Inc.…

  • Freehold Borough pupils begin new academic year

    Freehold Borough pupils begin new academic year

    FREEHOLD – Teachers and administrators in the Freehold Borough K-8 School District welcomed children back to school for the 2017-18 academic year on Sept. 7. There are three schools in the district: the Freehold Learning Center elementary school, the Park Avenue Elementary School and the Freehold Intermediate School. Administrators said 1,700 children are enrolled in…