LITTLE SILVER: ANOTHER REVERSAL FOR RBR

Fewer than 240 of the 653 students who might have attended classes did so Tuesday Moore said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj Whipsawed students, parents and teachers at Red Bank Regional High are in for another schedule change starting Thursday.

With COVID-19 cases rising and absenteeism high, the Little Silver school will again suspend in-school instruction at least through December 11, Superintendent Lou Moore announced Wednesday.

December 2, 2020 - 8:30 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: RBR EYES TUESDAY RESTART

After a month away, students and teachers are to begin their return to Red Bank Regional High for in-person classes Tuesday, Superintendent Lou Moore said Monday night.

November 30, 2020 - 10:00 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: LAST-MINUTE CHANGE FOR RBR

Upending plans at the last minute, Red Bank Regional High will not reopen for in-person classes Monday, according to an announcement made shortly before dawn.

November 30, 2020 - 6:52 am | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: IT’S BACK TO SCHOOL FOR RBR

The Red Bank Regional building has been idle since November 2. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

this just in redbankgreen After four weeks of all-remote instruction, Red Bank Regional High plans to resume in-person classes Monday, Superintendent Lou Moore said in an announcement Wednesday.

November 25, 2020 - 3:45 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: WRITE-IN TO ACCEPT SCHOOL WIN

Only two candidates formally sought three seats on the borough school board. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A write-in candidate expects to join the Red Bank Board of Education when it reorganizes January 5.

And as telegraphed by early results from the November 3 election, a newcomer has displaced Red Bank Regional High board’s president.

November 19, 2020 - 4:45 pm | Comments ()

ON THE GREEN: AT-HOME CLASSES EXTENDED

Red Bank Regional students won’t be back on the Little Silver campus for classes before November 30 at the soonest. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

this just in redbankgreen Red Bank Regional High will stick with all-remote schooling through Thanksgiving because of rapidly spreading COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore said in an announcement Wednesday evening.

Separately, a plan to resume a ‘hybrid’ of in-school and at-home instruction for Red Bank’s primary and middle school students as soon as Thursday has been scrapped because of the resurging virus.

November 18, 2020 - 5:40 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REMOTE TWO MORE DAYS

Amid rising COVID-19 counts, Red Bank Regional High will remain on remote instruction for at least two more days, school officials announced Monday.

“We learned today that a number of individuals at RBR have tested positive for COVID-19,” Superintendent Lou Moore wrote on the district website in late afternoon.

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November 16, 2020 - 6:15 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REMAINS CLOSED

redbankgreen hot topic COVID-19 kept Red Bank Regional High closed for at least another day Monday.

The Little Silver school, which had been scheduled to reopen for in-person activity after a nearly two-week interval, instead remained in all-remote mode, per an announcement by the school Sunday night.

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November 16, 2020 - 10:25 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: RBC SHUTDOWN REPORTED

The high school, based on Broad Street, shares a parish campus with St. James School and church. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

this just in redbankgreen Red Bank Catholic High School has shut down in-person instruction and canceled Friday night’s football game “due to COVID-19 exposure,” according to a published report.

The school has suspended all athletics and extracurricular activities through November 19 and will shift to virtual instruction, according to a report Thursday night by Shore Sports Network.

November 6, 2020 - 1:39 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: RBR ADDS WEEK TO CLOSURE

Superintendent Lou Moore in March, 2019. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

redbankgreen hot topic Red Bank Regional High will be off-limits to students and staff through next week over concerns about COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore announced Wednesday afternoon.

While there continues to be “no evidence of community transmission” of the virus on the Little Silver school’s campus, a defacto closure now in effect is being extended one week “to minimize the risk of possible spread,” Moore wrote on the school’s website.

November 4, 2020 - 5:30 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: NEWCOMER LEADS RBR PRESIDENT

The administration building on the Red Bank Regional campus in Little Silver. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Newcomer Stephanie Albanese appears to have displaced incumbent president John Garofalo from the Red Bank Regional High board of education in Tuesday’s election.

As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, the Monmouth County clerk’s incomplete vote tally showed Albanese (seen at right) leading Garofalo, 1,352 votes to 649.

November 4, 2020 - 11:10 am | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REPORTS TWO MORE CASES

Four students have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

redbankgreen hot topic Two more students at Red Bank Regional High have tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore said in an announcement Monday evening.

That brings the total in the past week to four, though Moore said in the notice that the most recent cases involved two siblings who “did not contract the virus at” the Little Silver school, and “there is no evidence of community transmission of the virus within the school.”

November 2, 2020 - 5:30 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: TWO CASES TAKE RBR ONLINE

An addition under construction at Red Bank Regional as seen last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

this just in redbankgreen Two positive COVID-19 tests among students in two days have prompted Red Bank Regional to switch to all-virtual classes Monday, Superintendent Lou Moore disclosed late Friday.

But sports practices and games may continue, Moore wrote in an announcement sent to the school community Friday night.

October 30, 2020 - 5:50 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: ‘AT LEAST’ 58 ISOLATED BY RBR

A sign outside Red Bank Regional on Tuesday. (redbankgreen photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

this just in redbankgreen At least 58 students and teachers at Red Bank Regional High are now in quarantine over concern about COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore disclosed late Friday.

The total, which includes 55 students and three staff members, marks a sharp increase to close out a week that began with one student testing positive and the cancellation of in-person learning for two days.

October 3, 2020 - 12:04 am | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: TWO STUDENTS QUARANTINED

In-person instruction is scheduled to resume Thursday following a two-day closure, said Superintendent Lou Moore. (redbankgreen photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

this just in redbankgreen Sibling students at Red Bank Regional High are in quarantine as the Little Silver campus prepares to reopen Thursday after a two-day closure, according to Superintendent Lou Moore.

In addition, eight RBR students who came in contact with a non-RBR student who tested positive for COVID-19 will be “excluded from in-person programs and extracurricular activities until October 12,” Moore said in an announcement posted on the school’s website Wednesday night.

September 30, 2020 - 9:30 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: RBR AIMS FOR THURSDAY

School officials are awaiting “further guidance” from the health commission, said Superintendent Lou Moore. (redbankgreen photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

this just in redbankgreen Red Bank Regional High hopes to reopen Thursday following a report that a student tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore said in an announcement posted on the school’s website Tuesday afternoon.

At the same time, “eight RBR students participating in a club basketball tournament in Wall came in contact with a non-RBR student who has tested positive for COVID-19,” Moore said.

September 29, 2020 - 5:43 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: COVID PROMPTS RBR CLOSURE

Superintendent Lou Moore in March, 2019. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

this just in redbankgreen Red Bank Regional High will switch to all-remote instruction Tuesday following a student’s positive test for COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore said in an announcement Monday night.

September 28, 2020 - 9:08 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: ‘SOURCE’ FUNDING PRESERVED

Funding for school-based youth services programs such as the Source at Red Bank Regional High won’t be eliminated after all, state Senator Vin Gopal said Thursday evening.

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September 17, 2020 - 6:09 pm | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REOPENING DELAYED

Work on an expansion of the school as seen in July. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

this just in redbankgreen Red Bank Regional High has had to postpone its partial reopening, set for Thursday, over a lack walk-thru body temperature sensors, the school said in an announcement Tuesday evening.

September 8, 2020 - 7:55 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: DESTIGMATIZING ADDICTION

Monmouth County Drug Court prosecutor Lindsay Ashwal was among a series of speakers to advocate for destigmatizing opioid addiction when she addressed an audience of about 75 gathered to mark Overdose Awareness Day at Count Basie Fields in Red Bank Monday.

September 1, 2020 - 9:50 am | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: RBR’S ‘SOURCE’ FACES CUTS

The Source provides counseling and other services to hundreds of students and families annually, supporters say. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj The in-school social services program dubbed The Source at Red Bank Regional High School faces extinction if a plan to eliminate state funding is not reversed, supporters said.

Under cuts to 91 school-based support programs statewide, the Source would lose about $277,000 in annual state funding, they said. That’s the full amount provided by the state, and its removal will have “devastating consequences,” Superintendent Lou Moore wrote in an announcement to the RBR community Friday.

August 30, 2020 - 1:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: COMMUNITY RALLIES FOR FAMILY

Cesar Pacheco of Red Bank and his mother, Vicky, were reunited with their dog, Bella Thursday morning following surgery on the animal that community members helped pay for.

August 13, 2020 - 1:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: FUNDS NEEDED FOR PET SURGERY

A Red Bank teen has launched an online campaign to raise funds for his family’s dog, who needs emergency surgery.

August 12, 2020 - 7:44 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: COTILLION RETURNS FOR 70TH FETE

Three-year-old Heaven Lane of of Red Bank gets an up-close look at royalty as Briana Argant, named Queen of the Monmouth County Cotillion, poses for photos in Riveside Gardens Park Saturday morning.

July 27, 2020 - 6:57 am | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: ‘EXPOSURE’ HALTS RBR SPORTS

Practices and conditioning for all sports were halted by a recent “exposure” to COVID-19. (2018 photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

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By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj A week after scrapping its in-person graduation, Red Bank Regional High has cancelled sports activities due to an “exposure” to COVID-19, redbankgreen has learned.

July 21, 2020 - 10:35 am | Comments ()

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LITTLE SILVER: ANOTHER REVERSAL FOR RBR

LITTLE SILVER: RBR EYES TUESDAY RESTART

LITTLE SILVER: LAST-MINUTE CHANGE FOR RBR

LITTLE SILVER: IT’S BACK TO SCHOOL FOR RBR

RED BANK: WRITE-IN TO ACCEPT SCHOOL WIN

ON THE GREEN: AT-HOME CLASSES EXTENDED

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REMOTE TWO MORE DAYS

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REMAINS CLOSED

RED BANK: RBC SHUTDOWN REPORTED

LITTLE SILVER: RBR ADDS WEEK TO CLOSURE

RED BANK: NEWCOMER LEADS RBR PRESIDENT

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REPORTS TWO MORE CASES

LITTLE SILVER: TWO CASES TAKE RBR ONLINE

LITTLE SILVER: ‘AT LEAST’ 58 ISOLATED BY RBR

LITTLE SILVER: TWO STUDENTS QUARANTINED

LITTLE SILVER: RBR AIMS FOR THURSDAY

LITTLE SILVER: COVID PROMPTS RBR CLOSURE

LITTLE SILVER: ‘SOURCE’ FUNDING PRESERVED

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REOPENING DELAYED

RED BANK: DESTIGMATIZING ADDICTION

LITTLE SILVER: RBR’S ‘SOURCE’ FACES CUTS

RED BANK: COMMUNITY RALLIES FOR FAMILY

RED BANK: FUNDS NEEDED FOR PET SURGERY

RED BANK: COTILLION RETURNS FOR 70TH FETE

LITTLE SILVER: ‘EXPOSURE’ HALTS RBR SPORTS