Category Archives: Education

A Red Bank Regional student suffered a severe concussion and two others are in custody after an assault at the school around midday today, Little Silver police report. The victim, a 16-year-old Red Bank male, was treated and released from...

Driven by rising salary and benefit costs, the school tax in Fair Haven would increase by about 2.6 cents per $100 of property valuation, according to a report in today's Asbury Park Press. A proposed $13.26 million spending plan introduced...

Students in teacher Jessica Sevillano's class last month. The program for 3- and 4-year-olds is housed at the middle school because of space considerations. The Red Bank school district will get enough money from the state next year to quadruple...

The Asbury Park Press today has a feature article about new security systems installed at the Red Bank primary and middle schools. The high-tech system uses swipe cards to control access to the buildings and video cameras that enable borough...

And now, a public service announcement from the video lab at the Red Bank Middle School... The video is the work of seventh-grade students of teacher Chris Ippolito, whose students have busted a couple of entertaining video raps in the...

Here are the announced school closings as of 10:50p Sunday: Little Silver Public Schools Middletown Township Public Schools Red Bank Catholic Red Bank Charter School Red Bank Public Schools Red Bank Regional High School Shore Regional High Shrewsbury Borough School...

Girls in the limited-enrollment program for three- and four-year-olds holding hands as they run outside the Red Bank Middle School this week. Below, kids lined up for the start of playtime. (Click to enlarge) By JUDY DeHAVEN March 12 is...

Community center proponents Peter Noble, president of the Red Bank Board of Ed, and David Prown after Monday's borough council session, which ran for almost three hours, as suggested by the clock in the background. After nearly three months of...

The spending plan funds a primary and and a middle school, and kicks in support for the Red Bank Charter School. By JUDY DeHAVEN Though the final funding amounts are not yet in from the state, Red Bank Schools Superintendent...

Government watchdog Steve Fitzpatrick says public inattention could lead to more traffic and parking problems in Red Bank. A recommendation to let developers build 40 units where they're now limited to 16 is one of several that Red Bank residents...

How about a paper explaining that thing on His head? Download that dictionary app into your iPods, Brucies. The second installment of "Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium" is coming to Monmouth University in September. If it's anything like the...

Employees of McGhee Contracting, hoisted into position by a lift, hammer away at RBC's stack Saturday morning. Demolition of Red Bank Catholic's smokestack got underway Saturday, a few days earlier than expected. Tim McGhee, owner of McGhee Contracting in Oceanport,...

The state says the middle school missed proficiency targets in language arts. Red Bank Superintendent Laura Morana says school performance data released this week by the state Department of Education obscures genuine academic progress being made at the borough's middle...

Sorry, kids — no dynamite. A long disused smokestack behind Red Bank Catholic High School is coming down next week, weather and other conditions permitting. Jay Patock, president of Patock Construction in Eatontown, says demolition of the stack, which is...

Rumson-Fair Haven girls basketball player Kate Miller bagged her 1,500th career point — a school record — and coach George Sourlis notched his 500th victory, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The dual milestones came in the Bulldogs' 58-32 Shore Conference...

Red Bank Police expected to consult with officials from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office today about whether any charges should be brought in a case in which a middle school student brought a knife to school last month, Capt. Steve...

Cindy Burnham on the between-names property last year. Having safeguarded a borough-owned riverfront property from sale and possible development last year, Cindy Burnham went to the Red Bank Council earlier this week hoping to get quick approval for a name...

June Connors (nee Evans) strikes a familiar pose at the McKay Gallery last month. The original shot is below. (Photo above courtesy Liz & Bob McKay) She's frozen eternally in a moment of school-spirit optimism, a girl in cheerleader regalia...

Be prepared for at least two meetings monthly if you'd like to serve. Got some ideas about how to improve the Red Bank school district? Ready to shed the anonymity of redbankgreen comments and put your money where your mouth...

Students from Red Bank Regional will soon have the option of leaving their class ranking off college applications under a measure approved last night by the school's board, today's Asbury Park Press reports. From the story: Red Bank Regional follows...