Tag: Upper Freehold Regional School District
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Student charged with possession of gun in high school
ALLENTOWN – A student who was attending Allentown High School is facing criminal charges after he allegedly brought a handgun to the school. The student, who is a 16-year-old male resident of Trenton, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon at the high school on Nov. 29, New Jersey State Police Lt. Theodore Schafer…
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School board will discuss possible referendum
Members of the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education will meet to discuss a possible referendum involving projects at district buildings. The discussion will be held at the Newell Elementary School, High Street, Allentown at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 13 and members of the public are invited to attend. A regular board meeting will…
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Nolan, Wayton, Zuppa win seats on Upper Freehold Regional School District Board
Patrick Nolan, Michael Zuppa and Kurt Wayton have won three-year terms on the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education. Nolan, of Upper Freehold Township, and Wayton, of Allentown, are members of the board. Zuppa, of Upper Freehold Township, is a newcomer who will join the panel in January. In Allentown, Wayton ran uncontested…
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Students earn board’s approval for high school volleyball club
ALLENTOWN – A volleyball club at Allentown High School has received approval for the 2017-18 school year from the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education. Board members approved the creation of the volleyball club for the current school year during a meeting on Oct. 10. Funding for the club will come from fundraising…
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Three seats at stake in Upper Freehold Regional district
Three members of the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education are seeking re-election to three available three-year terms in the Nov. 7 election. Of the board’s nine members, seven are residents and representatives of Upper Freehold Township and two are residents and representatives of Allentown. Board members appear on the ballot in the…
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School board gives approval to high school coding club
ALLENTOWN – A coding club at Allentown High School has received approval for the 2017-18 school year from the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education. Board members approved the creation of the coding club for the current school year during a meeting on Oct. 10. The club will not carry a cost to…
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Newell pupils earn top reading honors in N.J. – again
Pupils in the Newell Elementary School, which educates children from Upper Freehold Township and Allentown, have earned top honors in New Jersey in a national reading competition for the third year in a row. In the 2017 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge, the Newell pupils were named “Best in State” by reading for the most combined…
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Voters reject Upper Freehold Regional School District referendum
Voters in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township have rejected a school referendum that proposed a slate of projects in the Upper Freehold Regional School District and carried a tax increase for property owners in the two municipalities. According to results posted by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office, the referendum was defeated by a total vote…
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Upper Freehold Regional school referendum goes before voters on Sept. 26
On Sept. 26, voters in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township will be asked to approve a series of projects at buildings operated by the Upper Freehold Regional School District. Residents will vote on the referendum at their regular polling location between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. The total cost of the combined projects will not…