Tag: Freehold Regional High School District

  • NJSBA: School funding at issue during hearing on state budget

    NJSBA: School funding at issue during hearing on state budget

    The New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) is reporting that relief could be in sight for school districts that are losing state aid under legislation known as S-2. The NJSBA reported in a May 1 press release that New Jersey Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen) said he believes the state’s education funding…

  • Colts Neck ROTC unit named ‘Most Outstanding’ in Area 4

    Colts Neck ROTC unit named ‘Most Outstanding’ in Area 4

    The Colts Neck High School Navy Junior ROTC Unit has earned recognition as the NJROTC Area 4 “Most Outstanding NJROTC Unit” for the 2018-19 school year. The award recognizes Colts Neck as the No. 1 unit out of 54 NJROTC Units in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,…

  • Freehold Regional will place three referendum questions before voters on Nov. 5

    Freehold Regional will place three referendum questions before voters on Nov. 5

    The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education will place three referendum questions before voters in the district’s eight sending municipalities on Election Day, Nov. 5. In October 2018, voters in the district rejected a one-question $39.8 million facilities improvement referendum by a count of 4,300 “no” votes to 3,411 “yes” votes. According to…

  • Board introduces budget to support six high schools in 2019-20

    Board introduces budget to support six high schools in 2019-20

    The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has introduced a $205.89 million budget to support the operation of the district during the 2019-20 school year. District administrators said the budget will be supported by the collection of $141.76 million in taxes from residential and commercial property owners in the district’s eight sending municipalities:…

  • Freehold Regional school board adds to legal fees in fight for state aid

    Freehold Regional school board adds to legal fees in fight for state aid

    The cost of fighting for its fair share of state school aid just got more expensive for the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education and the residents of the eight municipalities that comprise the district. On March 18, the board, which is a party in a lawsuit targeting the New Jersey Department of…

  • Reduction in state aid will have a negative effect on Freehold Regional High School District

    Reduction in state aid will have a negative effect on Freehold Regional High School District

    By Margo Greenbaum In recent weeks I have read articles containing the following statement: “New Jersey has adopted a plan to reduce the Freehold Regional High School District’s state funding by 50 percent over several years. In essence, Senate bill 2 (S-2) reflects the state’s belief that the taxpayers of the district are undertaxed by…

  • Freehold Regional students prepare for spring musicals

    Freehold Regional students prepare for spring musicals

    The auditoriums of the Freehold Regional High School District’s six schools are alive with the sound of musicals. Upcoming performances include the following: • Manalapan High School presents “The Wizard of Oz.” Young Dorothy Gale is swept away by a tornado from her Kansas farm to the magical land of Oz. There, she encounters a…

  • School districts cite consequences of continued reduction in state aid

    School districts cite consequences of continued reduction in state aid

    Administrators in three local school districts have filed legal action against the New Jersey Department of Education over issues related to school aid and claim their districts will be significantly harmed if changes are not made in the way state funding is allocated to school districts. The predicted impacts of an ongoing reduction in state…

  • FRHSD superintendent: District facing ‘devastating’ reduction in state aid

    FRHSD superintendent: District facing ‘devastating’ reduction in state aid

    Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools Charles Sampson focused his comments during a recent meeting on an issue that will be a factor in the development of the 2019-20 school year budget. Sampson spoke during the Board of Education’s annual reorganization meeting held on Jan. 7 at the district’s headquarters in Englishtown. “The…