Tag: Hazlet Township Public Schools
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Hazlet Township Committee appoints police officers to work in schools
HAZLET — Five Class III special law enforcement officers have been appointed to provide security in the Hazlet Township Public School District. During a meeting on Sept. 6, the members of the Township Committee appointed Thomas Ferrari, Richard Gizzi, Vincent Quinn, George Mundo and Christopher K. Doxbeck as Class III special law enforcement officers for…
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Hazlet schools will become mask-optional on March 7
HAZLET – When New Jersey’s school mask mandate is lifted on March 7, administrators in the Hazlet Township Public Schools will make the use of a mask optional for all individuals in the district’s eight schools. Noting the significant decline of statewide COVID-19 metrics, on Feb. 7, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that masks and facial…
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Hazlet superintendent ready to welcome students for 2021-22 school year
By Samantha Gorman Correspondent HAZLET – Scott Ridley, the superintendent of schools in the Hazlet Township Public Schools, is mirroring the community’s excitement about the beginning of a new school year. In an interview with the Independent, Ridley discussed recent developments in the K-12 district that consists of a high school, a middle school, five…
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Hazlet school board adopts $59.9M budget for 2020-21
HAZLET – The Hazlet Township Public Schools Board of Education has adopted a $59.97 million budget to fund the operation of the school district during the 2020-21 school year. The budget was adopted on May 4. The $59.97 million budget for 2020-21 will be funded in part through the collection of $43.68 million in property…
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Edison school board hires township native as new school superintendent
EDISON – More than a year without a permanent superintendent of schools, the Edison Board of Education has hired a product of the Edison school district. Come Dec. 9, Dr. Bernard F. Bragen Jr. will begin his role at the helm of the fifth largest township school district in the state. The board approved Bragen’s…
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Middle Road principal will retire after 50 years in Hazlet school district
Not many people can say they love their job. Even fewer people could assimilate the idea of working in the same town for a half-century. But Loretta Zimmer of Woodbridge is different. Zimmer, 71, who is the principal of the Middle Road Elementary School in Hazlet, will retire on June 25 and conclude a 50-year…
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Hazlet appoints new school superintendent
HAZLET The Board of Education unanimously approved Dr. Scott Ridley as the new superintendent of schools, replacing Dr. Bernard Bragen Jr. Bragen is leaving to chair Monmouth University’s newly-created Educational Leadership Doctoral Program, according to a prepared statement from the township public school district. “I am grateful for the opportunity to represent such a progressive school…
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Raritan High Marching Band to perform before Mets game May 20
The Raritan High School Marching Band will be performing outside the Jackie Robinson Rotunda at CitiField in Queens, New York, at 5 p.m. on May 20, prior to the 7:15 p.m. New York Mets game versus the Los Angeles Angels. Tickets to the game are $37 per person or $42 and include a Mookie Wilson 1986…