Tag: Millstone Township K-8 School District
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School board meeting videos return to Millstone website
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Meetings of the Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education will once again appear online. On April 5, members of the Township Committee passed a resolution authorizing a shared services agreement with the school board to uploading the board’s meetings to the township’s website. Through Dec. 31,…
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Panel does not recommend closing a school
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Although the Millstone Township K-8 School District has seen a decline in enrollment, one of its three schools will not be closed in the immediate future. The announcement that the Millstone Township Elementary School will not be closed was made by Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder at a…
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School districts’ disagreement continues in court
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer A legal issue involving the Millstone Township K-8 School District and the Upper Freehold Regional School District is proceeding in court. The two districts have a long-standing relationship in which students of high school age who reside in Millstone Township can attend Allentown High School in the Upper Freehold Regional…
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Millstone school staff saddened by retired teacher’s passing
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Administrators and staff members in the Millstone Township K-8 School District have paid tribute to a teacher who served the district for more than two decades. Marcelle Mele, 61, a retired special education and language arts teacher who taught at the Millstone Township Middle School for 25 years,…
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Millstone school board introduces 2017-18 budget
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education has adopted a preliminary budget that will fund the operation of the district’s three schools during the 2017-18 school year. Following a discussion among district administrators and board members at a March 13 meeting, a $38.5 million budget was…
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Millstone school board approves bonds for roof repairs
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education is moving forward with financing a project that will replace the roof on two of the district’s three schools. On March 13, the board passed a resolution authorizing the sale of $2.6 million in bonds to finance a project…
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Feder will leave Millstone for South Brunswick top job
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer The South Brunswick School District has ended its search for a new superintendent, while Board of Education members in the Millstone Township K-8 District will begin a search of their own. Millstone Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder will become South Brunswick’s superintendent on July 1. He was hired by the…
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Millstone panel studies declining K-8 enrollment
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township K-8 School District has formed a committee whose members will explore how declining enrollment has impacted the district and may lead to the closure of one of its schools. The district consists of the Millstone Township Primary School, the Millstone Township Elementary School and the…
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Kindergarten panel recommends staying at half-day schedule in Millstone
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A committee that explored the possibility of switching from a half-day kindergarten program to a full-day kindergarten program in the Millstone Township K-8 School District has recommended maintaining the half-day program. The panel’s findings were presented to the Board of Education on Feb. 13. At present, the school district…