Tag: Marlboro Board of Education
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School repairs in Marlboro are proposed in referendum
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education will place a $26.3 million referendum in front of voters on Nov. 8. If the referendum is approved by a simple majority, infrastructure upgrades will be completed at six of the district’s eight schools. Administrators have said the multi-million dollar…
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Marlboro school board changes cut-off date to Oct. 1
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has changed the cut-off date for children entering kindergarten and first grade. On June 28 the board approved a policy change that will switch the cut-off date from Dec. 31 to Oct. 1. Officials previously said the change was being…
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Marlboro K-8 grading changes to go into effect in Sept.
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – Administrators in the Marlboro K-8 School District have announced changes regarding the ways in which pupils will be graded beginning with the 2016-17 school year. Earlier this year, administrators changed the way pupils are graded after parents sought changes in that area. At the time, administrators said they…
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Marlboro school board may change entrance date
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has introduced a policy change that would, if adopted by the board, switch the cutoff date for children entering kindergarten and first grade in the district. The board will hold a public hearing on the policy change on June 7…
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Marlboro school budget paves way for full-day kindergarten
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a budget for the 2016-17 school year which includes work that is intended to allow the district to offer full-day kindergarten beginning in the 2017-18 school year. Before voting to adopt a budget at their April 26 meeting,…
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Marlboro school board moves referendum to Nov. 8
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has changed the date of a referendum that will ask voters to approve $26.3 million worth of capital improvements across the district. At an April 26 meeting, the board passed a resolution that canceled a special election that had been…
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Marlboro school board puts tentative budget in place
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a tentative budget for the 2016-17 school year that does not include the use of the district’s banked tax levy for capital improvement projects. Discussion among board members in recent weeks focused on a plan to use $1.8…
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Six schools would see upgrades as part of $26M referendum
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – Residents will be asked to approve $26.3 million worth of capital improvements at six buildings in the Marlboro K-8 School District in a Sept. 27 referendum. Polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. that day. All registered voters in the township will be eligible to vote…
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Classrooms could be converted for full-day kindergarten
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – The earliest date that full-day kindergarten could be implemented in the Marlboro K-8 School District is September 2017. Board of Education members are discussing a plan that would see renovations made to the Asher Holmes Elementary School, the Frank Defino Central Elementary School, the Frank J. Dugan Elementary…