May 20, 2010 RSS feed / Schools

BOE calls cafeteria food quality into question

District’s food service provider contract up for renewal
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent

MILLSTONE — The Board of Education president refused to hear a presentation from the school district’s food service provider. More...

New tuition assistance rules for educators

It is now state law that public school employees may only attend fully accredited educational institutions in order to be eligible for tuition assistance. State Sen. More...

NJSBA: Eliminate decades of laws that favor unions

The New Jersey School Boards Association is calling for changes in decades of laws that it contends give organized labor the upper hand in school district bargaining and often prevent management from making personnel decisions that best meet the need More...

Millstone teachers union will not reopen contract

BOE ordered to cut $1.2 million in staff, programs, services
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent

MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Education Association (MTEA) will not renegotiate the contract agreement it struck with the Board of Education just days before the district learned state aid would be cut 29.5 percent. More...

U.F. officials wanted teachers to do more for budget woes

BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent

UPPER FREEHOLD — Residents waited over three hours on May 12 to voice their opinions about how Upper Freehold and Allentown should deal with the defeated 2010 Upper Freehold Regional School District (UFRSD) budget. More...

Millstone schools expected to cut almost $1.3 million

School district leaning toward appealing township’s decision
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent

MILLSTONE — The Board of Education is expected to cut over $1.2 million from its budget, after voters rejected the original spending plan at the polls on April 20. More...

School Choice Program assessed in light of school funding woes

BOE reviews enrollment numbers, requirements for students coming from other districts
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional School District has choices to make regarding its Interdistrict Public School Choice Program. More...