Tag: Howell K-8 School District

  • Howell schools close, will enact remote learning plan

    Howell schools close, will enact remote learning plan

    HOWELL – To help slow the spread of coronavirus, schools in the Howell K-8 School District were closed as of March 16 and students will be educated through a remote learning plan. In a post on the school district’s website, administrators said “the intention of this plan is to preserve the continuity of instruction during…

  • Applications available for Howell preschool program

    Applications available for Howell preschool program

    HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District has announced the 16th year of its integrated preschool program beginning September 2020. The program will serve 3- and 4-year-old children; classes will be balanced based on age. Morning and afternoon sessions will be held five days per week, according to a press release. Preschool students with disabilities…

  • Howell council opposes law that reduces school districts’ state aid

    Howell council opposes law that reduces school districts’ state aid

    HOWELL – The members of the Howell Township Council have put their opposition to a state law that reduces aid to school districts on the record. The 2018 law, known as S-2, increased state aid to some New Jersey school districts and reduced state aid to other school districts, including the Howell K-8 School District…

  • Volunteer: Effort to build school addition in Dominican Republic ‘very rewarding’

    Volunteer: Effort to build school addition in Dominican Republic ‘very rewarding’

    HOWELL – Ron Sanasac, the assistant superintendent of the Howell K-8 School District, recently returned from the Dominican Republican following a volunteer trip with the Lifetouch 2020 Memory Mission. “It was good to sweat and leave something behind that will improve the children’s futures, to have improved schools, just a great experience,” Sanasac said of…

  • Retired administrator helped to oversee growth of Howell schools

    Retired administrator helped to oversee growth of Howell schools

    HOWELL – Herbert C. Massa, who worked as an administrator in the Howell K-8 School District for more than 30 years, has died. A current administrator in Howell said Massa would be remembered as a mentor to school board members and other administrators. Massa, 69, of Howell, died on Jan. 20, at Jersey Shore University…

  • Mangano, Bonjavanni, Gurman sworn in to seats on Howell school board

    Mangano, Bonjavanni, Gurman sworn in to seats on Howell school board

    HOWELL – Three incumbent members of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education began serving new terms when the board reorganized for 2020 on Jan. 2. Cristy Mangano and Mark Bonjavanni were sworn in to begin serving three-year terms. Laurence Gurman was sworn in to begin serving a one-year term. Gurman, who had been…

  • Gurman appointed to serve on Howell school board during 2020

    Gurman appointed to serve on Howell school board during 2020

    HOWELL – The members of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education have appointed Laurence Gurman to fill an open seat on the panel during 2020. In the Nov. 5 election for three three-year terms on the board, incumbents Cristy Mangano, Mark Bonjavanni and Gurman, along with newcomer Joseph Tate, sought the terms. Mangano,…

  • Howell public schools achieve sustainability certification

    Howell public schools achieve sustainability certification

    HOWELL – All 12 schools in the Howell K-8 School District have met the requirements to achieve Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification. These schools form part of a group of 108 schools that achieved the Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification in 2019. The 12 Howell schools that have achieved certification are Adelphia Elementary School, Aldrich…

  • Four candidates in race for three seats on Howell K-8 school board

    Four candidates in race for three seats on Howell K-8 school board

    HOWELL – Four residents are running for three three-year terms on the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education in the Nov. 5 election. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The candidates are Joseph Tate, Mark Bonjavanni, Laurence Gurman and Cristy Mangano. Bonjavanni, Gurman and Mangano are current members of the…