Tag: school consolidation
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Manalapan-Englishtown board member: School district consolidation not a certainty
Pending legislation that would force certain New Jersey school districts to consolidate with other school districts will die if it is not enacted by January, according to a local school board member. During the Oct. 15 meeting of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education, board member Janet Lewis reported on an Oct. 10…
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Former Allentown councilman calls on residents to get involved with state legislation
ALLENTOWN – A former member of the Allentown Borough Council is calling on residents to get involved with legislation that has been proposed on the state level. Wil Borkowski, a former councilman, addressed Allentown’s elected officials and members of the public during the July 9 meeting of the governing body. “I would like to speak…
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Gopal offers bill on school consolidation
State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Monmouth) has introduced legislation that would, if passed in the state Assembly and Senate and signed into law by the governor, require the state commissioner of education to study the most efficient and effective means of consolidating school districts, with the exception of Pre-K or K-12 districts, into all-purpose regional school…
