Middletown plans for full-day kindergarten
State budget woes put pre-K expansion on hold
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer
      The Middletown School District Board of Education presented a plan to an auditorium filled with parents last week to implement full-day kindergarten in all of the district's schools by the 2010-11 school year.
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Mat-Ab scrubs schools after case of H1N1
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer
      MATAWAN — The H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, has been the butt of many jokes for the past two months, but after a reported case closed a borough school for a day, it quickly became clear that the virus is no laughing matter.
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BOE not on board with sharing of turf fields
Three fields would be topped with turf
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer
      MIDDLETOWN — Members of the Township Committee who attended the May 27 public hearing on a proposed joint venture for three synthetic turf fields between the town and Board of Education left the meeting with a sour taste in their mouths.
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RBC '09 graduating class
     Red Bank Catholic High School held commencement exercises June 2 at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. Members of the RBC class of 2009 poised to receive their diplomas are James Galatola of Middletown (top) and Gabrielle Caputo of Colts Neck (below).
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