Tuesday, April 30, 2013
US Dept. Ed. funds $1.25 million to districts in NJ
Point Beach and Point Borough school districts are among the Sandy-impacted districts receiving funds through a $1.25 million grant from the US Department of Education, according to an announcement made Tuesday afternoon by the state Department of Education and the governor's office. Point Beach schools are receiving $16,001 and Point Borough is receiving $7,820, according to a prepared statement from the governor's office. The big winners are Keansburg receiving $322,527 and then Brick receiving $211,891 (see chart below). Based on the number of applicants, funds requested, and available funding, all districts received 45% of their requested eligible expenses, the statement says. "The state announced grant awards to assist school …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Public budget hearing 7 p.m. March 25 at Ocean Road School
Local school taxes on an average Point Borough home assessed at $375,000 will increase by $89 annually if a proposed school budget is adopted by the Borough Board of Education. A public hearing on the budget for the 2013-2014 school year is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 25 at Ocean Road School. The board, which heard a budget presentation on Monday night at Ocean Road, is expected to adopt the budget on March 25. Also on Monday night, the board and the few in the audience watched a video (see attached) prepared by district staff and students that begins with an introduction about Superstorm Sandy, the volunteers who helped out, general information about the school district and then some information about the budget and some new programs and…
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Other schools confirm receiving money from Jan. 19 fundraiser
Another fundraiser for local schools impacted by Superstorm Sandy will be held at Martell's on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk tonight. Stephanie Salardino, who has been planning and coordinating fundraisers for months, and Shore 2 Recover, are partnering to sponsor tonight's fundraiser from 5 p.m. to midnight at Martell's. The admission fee of $25, for non-stop live music and complimentary dinner buffet, will be donated as follows: $20 to Hugh J. Boyd Elementary School in Seaside Heights and Memorial School in Union Beach and $5 to Shore2Recover’s rebuild program. The live bands include: Under Pressure; The Mike Dalton Band; Undisputed; The E Street Shuffle; The Replicants; Punch Bully and The Bell Bottom Blues. Tickets are available…
Friday, March 1, 2013
Increase of $26,399 for Boro; $8,773 for Beach
State aid for public schools in Point Beach, Point Borough and many other towns across the region is up for the coming school year. In Point Borough, the increase is $26,399 from the current to the coming school year, or an increase of 0.4 percent, according to the state Education Department. In Point Beach, aid is up by 1.9 percent or an increase of $8,773 from the current school year to next year. For more detailed information about how the state aid to both towns breaks down, see below. To see a spread sheet showing the two towns compared to others, click here. To see the state's press release announcing overall increase in state aid to schools, click here. District: POINT PLEASANT BORO K-12 2012-2013 Total Aid: $5,956,084 Equalized …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Schedule changes to compensate for days lost
Point Beach public schools are making a few revisions to the school year calendar to make up for days lost to Superstorm Sandy. The changes are that there will be a full day of school on Feb. 15th and half days on Feb. 18th and Feb. 19th, said Point Beach Business Administrator Brian Savage. The two half days will be used for professional staff development after students are dismissed. The Point Beach public schools were closed from Oct. 29th, when Sandy struck the Jersey Shore, through Nov. 2 and then from Nov. 5 through Nov. 7 the following week. The district had originally planned to be closed on Nov. 8 and 9 for the annual New Jersey Teachers' Convention in Atlantic City. However, that convention was canceled due to the storm. The …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Public school district also announces two days added to end of June
The effects of Superstorm Sandy will reach into the middle of June for Point Borough public school students. There will be no weeklong spring break in April, although students will still have off on Mon. April 1, the day after Easter. Also, two days will be added on to the end of the school year in June, and there will be other changes, all to make up for the eight days of school closures just after Sandy ripped through town, according to the district website. The schools were closed for two weeks, which normally would have meant 10 days of no school. However, two of those days, Nov. 8 and 9, had been planned as days off for the annual taachers' convention in Atlantic City. The convention was cancelled due to Sandy but Borough schools …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Regular schedule on Friday
Due to the weather forecast, Point Beach schools will remain closed on Wednesday but will reopen on Thursday following a two-hour delayed schedule, said Schools Superintendent John Ravally on Tuesday. "We will be open on Friday for a regular day," Ravally said. "Our hope is to get the kids back together with their teachers and friends as soon as possible so we can best assess how we can help them move forward." The original plan was that all public schools in New Jersey would be closed Thursday and Friday for the annual teachers' convention in Atlantic City. However, the convention was cancelled due to storm damage in Atlantic City. The weather forecast on Wednesday shows there may be a nor'easter causing coastal flooding, which is a …
Saturday, November 3, 2012
St. Peter's closed until Nov. 12
Point Beach public schools will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, according to District Business Administrator Brian Savage. "We will make a determination with regard to the rest of the week by Tuesday evening," Savage said in a text Saturday morning. "If we are able to open later in the week the calendar will be adjusted to add Thursday and Friday as school days along with Wednesday if possible." When Savage referred to the coming Thursday and Friday, he is referencing the fact that the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) cancelled its annual teachers' convention in Atlantic City that had been scheduled for those two days. All public schools, and many non-public schools, in New Jersey had been scheduled to be closed on those two days, …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Point Borough trick-or-treating cancelled
Point Borough, Point Beach and Bay Head public schools will be closed through Friday as the towns try to grapple with the horrendous aftermath of Sandy. Schools will be closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Bay Head and Point Beach, said Dr. John Ravally, Schools Superintendent for schools in both towns, which were ravaged with flooding, property damage and ongoing, widespread power outages. In Point Borough, Mayor William Schroeder said the Borough high school would be used as a shelter for three more days. Also, trick or treating in Point Borough has been cancelled, according to a public school district email sent to some local parents.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Alcohol sales ban and curfew to go into effect
Point Borough public schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday and the Borough High School gymnasium will be a shelter, said Schools Superintendent Vincent Smith at a Sunday morning meeting at Borough Hall. Automated phone calls started going out to Borough public school parents around noon. Anyone going to the high school shelter should use the Pulaski Drive entrance. The high school has a generator. Also, Borough officials at the meeting agreed that alcohol sales at bars, restaurants and liquor stores will be banned from 10 p.m. tonight (Sunday) until 7 a.m Wednesday. In addition, there will be a curfew from 10 p.m. Sunday until 7 a.m. Monday. After that, the curfew will be in effect from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, said …
Chase
5:41 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
What don't all you people the residents get...They don't care about us or our kids...that is the bottom line...They on the other hand, is only worrying about their own pockets and how full they can get them. It is ridiculous how they gouge the residents. I am sick of it already. They just keep on spending our money on over priced school employees. It is ridiculous...to many people are trying to … more ›