Tag: New Jersey Department of Education
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South Brunswick School District to receive $2 million in state funds for preschool expansion
Full-day preschool is coming to South Brunswick School District with the state awarding $2 million in funding for the district to implement the program. Superintendent Scott Feder announced that the district is receiving state funding to run a full-day preschool program in a letter to the school community in November. The announcement comes after school…
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East Windsor elementary school teachers named New Jersey Exemplary Educators
Two East Windsor Regional School District elementary school teachers have been named as New Jersey Exemplary Educators for 2022 by the New Jersey Department of Education. Taylor Trost, who teaches at the Grace N. Rogers Elementary School, and Valerie Barbarise, who teaches at the Ethel McKnight Elementary School, were among a select group of 181…
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Mercer County students named Class of 2023 Governors STEM Scholars
The Governor’s STEM Scholars has named a number of Mercer County students to its 2023 Scholars class. Sumuk Anand, Rachel Guhathakurta, Suhani Gupta, Nick Hagedorn, Sruthi Potluri, Vinesha Shaik, Shriya Sudhakar, Sarah Usman, and Grace Xia are part of a 2023 Scholars class that consists of 128 scholars from 20 counties across the state. Students of…
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Old Bridge High School student named Class of 2023 Governors STEM Scholars
The Governor’s STEM Scholars has named an Old Bridge High School student to its 2023 Scholars class. Kavya Venkatesan is part of a 2023 Scholars class that consists of 128 scholars from 20 counties across the state. Students of color make up 83% of this year’s scholars and 64% of the class identifies as female,…
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Nine students from Edison, Woodbridge named Class of 2023 Governors STEM Scholars
The Governor’s STEM Scholars has named seven Edison students and two Woodbridge students to its 2023 Scholars class. Emelin Almanzar, Reva Amritkar, Liv Chung, Sriya Ghankot, Supraj Gunda, Atharva Inamdar, Devam Mondal, Anas Owais, and Diya Shah are part of a 2023 Scholars class that consists of 128 scholars from 20 counties across the state.…
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South Brunswick High School students named Class of 2023 Governors STEM Scholars
The Governor’s STEM Scholars has named three South Brunswick High School students to its 2023 Scholars class. South Brunswick Senior Krishnan Tholkappian, Senior Xinyi Zhang, and rising Senior Samuel Yeboah-Manson are part of a 2023 Scholars class that consists of 128 scholars from 20 counties across the state. Students of color make up 83% of…
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South Brunswick school district could lose state funding for mental health programming
Under the state’s proposed plan to reform the student mental health system, the South Brunswick school district may be at risk of losing mental health programming due to a loss in state funding. South Brunswick is one of 62 school districts that face the halting of mental health programs following Gov. Phil Murphy’s announcement in…
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Lawrence Township parents voice concerns over mandated NJDOE transgender policy
Is the Lawrence Township public school district grooming children to become transgender? That’s what some parents claimed – and school district officials disputed – at the school board’s Oct. 19 meeting. At the center of the debate is the school district’s nine-page policy on transgender students, known as Policy 5756. It is mandated by the…
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South Brunswick School District seeks understanding from state after not receiving preschool expansion aid
The South Brunswick School District is seeking understanding from the state on why they were not one of the 27 school districts selected to receive preschool expansion aid for the 2022-23 school year. Schoos Superintendent Scott Feder said the letter from the state says “absolutely nothing” except that the district did not get the aid.…
