Tag: Ross Street School No. 11
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Woodbridge native celebrates 100th birthday amid pandemic
EDISON – When Amy Aaroe was 8 years old, she asked her mother an inquisitive question after realizing people pass away. Her mom, Emma Aaroe, told her daughter not to worry about her. “I’m going to live to 103,” Emma Aaroe told her daughter. This year, she is close to reaching the age she told…
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Century-old school buildings will be replaced with 21st-century facilities in Woodbridge
WOODBRIDGE – Within a two-year span, Woodbridge Township has made, and is making, moves to replace century-old school buildings with 21st-century facilities. Voters approved an $87 million bond referendum on March 10, which addresses the last three oldest school buildings in the district. The unofficial results, which include mail in ballots, are 2,560 “yes” votes…
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Steel construction phase at new Ross Street School completed
WOODBRIDGE — The steel construction phase of the new $30 million Ross Street Elementary School No. 11 in the downtown area is complete. And to celebrate, township and school officials, including the fifth grade class at Ross Street, held a Topping-Off ceremony on Sept. 20 where attendees signed the structural steel beam before it was…
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School addition, improvements in Woodbridge are community effort
WOODBRIDGE — The groundbreaking for a new elementary school and an addition and renovations to a middle school signifies yet another multi-million dollar project in collaboration among Woodbridge municipal and school officials. “We couldn’t have done it separately, only together,” Woodbridge School District Superintendent of Schools Robert Zega said. “This is an historic, cooperative effort.…
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Veteran’s Day Parade Nov. 12 in Woodbridge
The 11th annual Woodbridge Township Veteran’s Day Parade saluting township veterans and active-duty military personnel, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 12. The parade steps-off from Ross Street School No. 11 and concludes at the reviewing stand in front of Town Hall, 1 Main Street, Woodbridge.
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Woodbridge to study emergency power source
WOODBRIDGE — Critical facilities in the township will be able to remain operational in the event of major storms through a proposed Town Center Distributed Energy Resource Microgrid. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) highlighted the board’s approval of Woodbridge Township’s application for a feasibility study to implement the proposed town center microgrid…
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Woodbridge referendum approved
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — With the overwhelming approval of a $57.7 million bond referendum, construction of a new elementary school, renovation of a middle school, the implementation of full-day kindergarten and district wide technology/security upgrades will move forward. “We are extremely grateful that the Woodbridge Township residents supported our plan to provide…
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Voters to decide on bond referendum for Woodbridge schools
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The construction of a new elementary school, renovation of a middle school, the implementation of full-day kindergarten and district-wide technology/security upgrades are on the horizon. Voters will be asked to head to the polls on March 14 to approve a $57.7 million bond referendum, which township and school…
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Former Woodbridge teacher agrees to suspension
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Teaching certificates for a former Avenel Street School 4 & 5 principal, who was one of the educators named in the Woodbridge School District cheating scandal in 2012, have been suspended for six months by the New Jersey Department of Education State Board of Examiners. Dara Kurlander had…