Tag: Upper Freehold Regional School District

  • Roof repairs are key component of Upper Freehold Regional referendum

    Roof repairs are key component of Upper Freehold Regional referendum

    Members of the Board of Education in the Upper Freehold Regional School District are asking residents in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township to approve a $7.18 million construction referendum that proposes upgrades in the school district. Voters will have their say on the referendum on Election Day, Nov. 6. The referendum has three components that…

  • Voters in Allentown, Upper Freehold will have say on $7.18M referendum

    Voters in Allentown, Upper Freehold will have say on $7.18M referendum

    Voters in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township will be asked by the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education to approve a $7.18 million construction referendum on Nov. 6. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at regular local polling locations. The proposal that will go before voters in both towns…

  • Four candidates bid for terms on Upper Freehold Regional school board

    Four candidates bid for terms on Upper Freehold Regional school board

    UPPER FREEHOLD – Four candidates are seeking three available three-year terms on the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education in the Nov. 6 election. Of the board’s nine members, seven are residents and representatives of Upper Freehold Township and two are residents and representatives of Allentown. This year, all three seats on the…

  • Sheriff’s officers providing security at Upper Freehold Regional schools

    Sheriff’s officers providing security at Upper Freehold Regional schools

    Officers from the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office are providing daily security at the two campuses operated by the Upper Freehold Regional School District. The campuses are the Stone Bridge Middle School in Upper Freehold Township and the Newell Elementary School/Allentown High School campus in Allentown. During an appearance before the Allentown Borough Council on Sept.…

  • Upper Freehold Regional school board shifts funds to cover loss of state aid

    Upper Freehold Regional school board shifts funds to cover loss of state aid

    UPPER FREEHOLD – The Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education has moved $2,351 from its surplus fund (savings) and applied it to the 2018-19 budget to compensate for an unexpected reduction in state aid for the upcoming school year. Upper Freehold Regional serves children from Upper Freehold Township and Allentown in kindergarten through…

  • Millstone’ prevails in school litigation

    Millstone’ prevails in school litigation

    The New Jersey Commissioner of Education has ruled in favor of the Millstone Township K-8 School District in a legal dispute with the Upper Freehold Regional School District. The dispute centered on Millstone’s payment of tuition for residents of high school age who attend high school in a district other than Upper Freehold Regional. The…

  • Residents seeking seats on school boards

    Residents seeking seats on school boards

    Residents who wanted to run for a seat on their local school board had until July 30 to file a nominating petition. The school board election will be held on Nov. 6. Four candidates are seeking three available three-year terms on the Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education. The board oversees the operation…

  • Superintendent sends best wishes to Allentown seniors

    Superintendent sends best wishes to Allentown seniors

    ALLENTOWN – Before they graduated on June 20, the 300 students in the Allentown High School Class of 2018 received a congratulatory message from the man who has watched their progress in the Upper Freehold Regional School District for more than a decade. Superintendent of Schools Richard Fitzpatrick, who has been out of school for…

  • School board president asks for financial support for armed guards in wake of threat

    School board president asks for financial support for armed guards in wake of threat

    ALLENTOWN – Patricia Hogan, the president of the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education, made an impassioned plea at the June 12 meeting of the Allentown Borough Council. Speaking to the borough’s elected officials several hours after police officers rushed to the district’s schools in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township in response to…