Tag: Jackson School District
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Jackson school board adopts budget for 2020-21 academic year
JACKSON – Members of the Jackson School District Board of Education have unanimously adopted a $152.6 million budget to fund the operation of the school district during the 2020-21 academic year. The budget was adopted during a meeting on April 29. The spending plan will be supported in part by a tax levy of $95.79…
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Jackson parents asked to register children online
JACKSON – All parents in the Jackson School District who are registering children for kindergarten for the 2020-21 school year should use the online pre-registration system to enter their information as soon as possible, so district staff can contact them to make arrangements to complete the registration process. Assistant Superintendent Dan Baginski said, “It is…
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Jackson Township Council calls on state to restore funding to local schools
JACKSON – Township Council members are urging state officials to restore funding to the Jackson School District. Council President Barry Calogero, Vice President Alex Sauickie, Councilman Andrew Kern, Councilman Ken Bressi and Councilman Martin Flemming passed a resolution on April 14 and sent it off to Trenton. The issue surrounds an ongoing loss of state…
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Jackson school board names Pormilli new superintendent
JACKSON – Nicole Pormilli, the assistant superintendent of schools in the Jackson School District, has been named the district’s new superintendent of schools. Pormilli will succeed Stephen Genco as superintendent. Genco is retiring at the conclusion of the 2019-20 school year. Board of Education members voted to name Pormilli superintendent on March 18 and announced…
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Jackson school board introduces $152.6 million budget for 2020-21
JACKSON – The Jackson School District Board of Education has introduced a $152.6 million budget to fund the operation of the school district during the 2020-21 academic year. The budget was introduced at the board’s March 18 meeting. A public hearing on the budget has been tentatively scheduled for April 29 and may be live-streamed…
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Jackson schools close; district enacts remote learning plan
JACKSON – In an attempt to help stop the spread of coronavirus, the Jackson School District has closed until further notice and students will be educated through a remote learning plan. District administrators notified parents and staff members of their decision on March 13. Jackson schools, like those in many neighboring school districts, were closed…
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Jackson School District to hold kindergarten registration
JACKSON – Parents of children who will enter kindergarten in September are being asked by Jackson School District administrators to complete registration information now while they prepare to come in for the district’s kindergarten registration from March 16-20. Kindergarten registration packets contain information and forms that must be filled out before a child may be…
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Switlik Elementary School unveils new model classroom
JACKSON – Everyone knows children have energy. They get restless. They like to move around. Educators at the Switlik Elementary School in Jackson figured out how to work with this part of childhood development, instead of against it. In doing so, the school earned a competitive $10,000 grant from the OceanFirst Foundation’s model classroom grant…
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Jackson resident builds Gaga pit for Eagle Scout service project
JACKSON – Students at the Lucy N. Holman Elementary School are going “gaga” over the newest edition to their playground–all thanks to a former student. Joseph Kane is in 10th grade now, but not long ago he was a fifth-grader at Holman. Joseph is a Boy Scout and when it came time for him to…