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Schools March 19, 2009
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We're gonna need a bigger boat!
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer
      Matawan Regional High School students took making a splash in art class to new lengths, creating a shark's tale in the process.
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BOE passes cell tower ban policy
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer
      MIDDLETOWN — Cell phone companies looking to place towers on Middletown school district land will have another hurdle to jump before seeking approval. At the Feb. 25 meeting, the Board of Education is expected to adopt a new policy banning cell towers on school grounds.
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BOE members square off over filling seat
Candidate comes forward, but board split on appointment
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer
      ABERDEEN — A motion to accept a potential appointee for the vacated seat on the Board of Education was denied by opposing board members, creating a standstill in the board's progress. The open seat on the Matawan Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education was formerly held by Cath...
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Holmdel BOE proposes $56.4M school budget
Spending plan would raise taxes four percent
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer
      HOLMDEL — The Board of Education has adopted a $56.4 million tentative budget with an increase to the tax levy of close to four percent.
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Mat-Ab preliminary school budget calls for lower tax levy
Board trims $3.5M from spending plan
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer
      ABERDEEN — The Board of Education unveiled a preliminary school district budget for the 2009-2010 school year, complete with a zero percent increase on the tax levy, at a recent workshop meeting. At the March 9 workshop meeting, the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Educati...
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Three seats open on Mat-Ab Board of Ed.
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer
      ABERDEEN — Three seats on the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education are open and one incumbent and two newcomers are in line to fill them. Two, three-year seats from Aberdeen Township are open as Board of Education President Patricia Demarest and board member John Bar...
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Storytime with real-life heroes
     Community heroes were invited to read to youngsters at Village School in Holmdel on March 6 in honor of the 12th annual Read Across America Day, a national literacy event sponsored by the National Education Association. Read Across America is held annually on March 2 to commemorate the birthday of c...
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Benvenuto a Littletown Day
     PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from left: Kindergartner Isabelle Erskine was a gondolier during Oak Hill Academy's Littletown Day on March 11. Second-grader Shayna Cohen explores the medical arts in the Health Center set up at the Lincroft academy for Littletown Day, an annual event when the s...
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SJV students learn how to manage their finances
      HOLMDEL — St. John Vianney High School has implemented a new banking and financial management education program to teach students about the world of finances.
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