Tag: Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District
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Manalapan-Englishtown regional board will reorganize Jan. 8
The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education will hold its reorganization meeting at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School (MEMS), Millhurst Road, Manalapan. Lori Semel, Joanne Schechter and James Raffone will be sworn in to begin serving three-year terms on the board. Semel, of Englishtown, and Schechter and Raffone, of…
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Voters reject three proposals from Manalapan-Englishtown school board
Voters in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District rejected three construction proposals totaling $34.56 million that the Board of Education placed in front of them on Dec. 11. The first referendum question, totaling $3.5 million, proposed constructing four kindergarten classrooms at the Lafayette Mills School, making improvements to the kitchen area and redesigning the front parking…
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Administrative cuts discussed in Manalapan-Englishtown school district
The reality of New Jersey’s new school funding law continued to be felt in the meeting room of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education on Dec. 4 at district headquarters in Englishtown. Board members grappled with a report from Superintendent of Schools John J. Marciante Jr. in which he said $3 million in…
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Manalapan-Englishtown voters will decide on $34.5M in school construction projects
Three proposals totaling $34.56 million will be on the ballot in Manalapan and Englishtown during a special election to be held on Dec. 11. The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education is asking voters in the two towns that comprise the district to approve the construction of new kindergarten classrooms, maintenance work and air…
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Manalapan-Englishtown school board opts to retain courtesy busing for 2019-20
Members of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education have decided to retain courtesy busing for the 2019-20 school year. During a meeting on Nov. 6, a consensus among board members was reached to provide bus service for all of the district’s approximately 5,100 pupils during the 2019-20 school year. Providing bus service to…
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Voters in Manalapan and Englishtown reject proposal for window safety film
Voters in Manalapan and Englishtown have rejected a public question the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education placed on the Nov. 6 ballot. The board asked residents of the two towns that comprise the district to authorize an expenditure of $160,000 to install impact-resistant window safety film at all of the district’s schools. Safety…
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Manalapan-Englishtown voters will decide three referendum questions
The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education has set Dec. 11 as the date for a referendum that will ask voters in the towns that comprise the district to vote on three proposals. “We are not combining projects that do not go together,” Superintendent of Schools John J. Marciante Jr. said in explaining why…
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Courtesy busing on the table in Manalapan-Englishtown school district
The end of school bus service that is not mandated by the state is on the table in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. Bus service that is provided to pupils who would not otherwise be eligible to receive such service is often referred to as courtesy busing. During a Sept. 4 meeting of the district’s…
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School board accounts for $1.17M state aid reduction with cuts, surplus funds
The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education has used a combination of budget reductions and additional revenue to accommodate a sudden reduction in state aid as the start of the 2018-19 school year approaches. Under Gov. Phil Murphy’s initial proposal in March, the district’s state aid package for the 2018-19 school year was expected…