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Tag Archives: CHARTER SCHOOL

JUDGE TO RED BANK CHARTER SCHOOL: FORK OVER YOUR WAITING LIST
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Red Bank Charter School says it stopped turning over its waiting list because Red Bank Borough schools were using it to intimidate families. A judge ruled they need to hand it over. (click to read)
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August 13th, 2025 @ 8pm
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RED BANK: AID CUTS REKINDLE CHARTER DEBATE
RED BANK: School district again decries double whammy of state funding cuts and forking over millions to charter school.
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March 14th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL HOSTS OPEN HOUSE
RED BANK: Charter School, a pre-K-to-8 public school open to all borough children, hosts an open house, with two sessions.
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January 15th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL GOLF OUTING
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The Red Bank Charter School Foundation hosts a golf outing with a shotgun start.
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October 6th, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: CHARTER ‘CULTURE’ IN SPOTLIGHT
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RED BANK: Charter school parents press for return to a pre-pandemic "culture" amid canceled events and perceived lack of engagement.
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August 24th, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: PORTMAN MOCKS BALLARD CLAIMS
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RED BANK: Ballard says he signed Sturdivant petition to counter "secret" pacts involving Portman, who mocks the allegation in response.
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June 13th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: Charter School named a 'School of Character' by an organization that promotes character development in students.
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May 17th, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: SCHOOL CITED FOR ‘CHARACTER’
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RED BANK: Charter School named a 'School of Character' by an organization that promotes character development in students.
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January 26th, 2022 @ 9am
RED BANK: COUNCIL ‘NO’ TO CHARTER SCHOOL
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RED BANK: After three hours of divided comments, council unanimously endorses measure calling for end of charter school.
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November 24th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON COUNCIL AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the council agenda: new contract for McConnell; weighing in on charter school; awarding Master Plan work; accepting a retirement.
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November 23rd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: PRESERVATIONISTS FLEX MUSCLE
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RED BANK: Anticipating pushback from charter school and a private developer, Historic Preservation Commission flexes its muscles.
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November 18th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: SCHOOLS GRADUATE 147
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RED BANK: Middle and charter schools graduate a combined 147 eighth-graders in outdoor ceremonies marked by sunshine and cool breezes.
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June 17th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL TEAM LAUDED
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RED BANK: The mayor and council honored the Red Bank Charter School Girls basketball team on their championship season Wednesday night.
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February 27th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FIRINGS ANGER CHARTER PARENTS
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RED BANK: Parents vent anger and frustration over firings of two pre-K teachers after fire drill in which sleeping child was left behind.
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February 19th, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL NAMES NEW HEAD
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RED BANK: Charter school names new head, who left her last job under pressure over changes she implemented, according to news reports.
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June 3rd, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL HEAD TO RETIRE
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RED BANK: Meredith Pennotti, who led the charter school through most of its first two, and highly fraught, decades, announces plan to retire.
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January 30th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: With a 55-percent boost in state funding, school administrators rush to reverse cuts to jobs and services. But the tax hike remains, superintendent says.
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July 18th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: SCHOOL TAX HIKE, JOB CUTS LOOM
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RED BANK: Local school taxes set to rise almost 4 percent, with teacher jobs and programs on the cutting board, as district awaits more funding from Trenton.
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April 25th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: CHARTER AID BOOST SLAMMED
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RED BANK: School board and parents slam increased transfer of funds to charter school, which wipes out state aid increase.
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March 20th, 2018 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: LAWMAKERS ADDRESS FUNDING
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LITTLE SILVER: Six lawmakers from both major parties field questions on a wide range of school funding issues here Wednesday night.
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January 25th, 2018 @ 8am
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.