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18 N.J. school districts will get more pre-K seats. Here’s the list.
Eighteen New Jersey school districts are getting nearly $20 million to set up or expand preschool programs, state officials announced this week. The money will provide about 1,200 additional pre-K seats, Gov. Phil Murphy and acting state Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer announced Wednesday. With the additional funding, there will be nearly 77,000 students attending free pre-K in 293 districts statewide. (See the list of the 18 districts getting funding below.)
N.J. mayor suspended from officiating high school sports after parking lot gun confrontation
A mayor accused earlier this month of brandishing a starter pistol during a parking lot confrontation has been barred from officiating youth sports through the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, officials said Wednesday. Northfield Republican Mayor Erland Chau is also facing calls from his party to resign. This is...
NJ party boss, still in prison, gets $80K no-show school job
HILLSIDE — Anthony Salters, this township's Democratic Party boss, just started serving time in federal prison. So how is the powerbroker also teaching homebound students for Hillside Public Schools?. The district hired Salters for the newly created $80,000 position in April — just three months after he pleaded guilty...
USDA lists over 150 schools that may be affected by listeria recall
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said over 150 schools received BrucePac products likely contaminated by listeria, as per a Thursday release. All ready-to-eat meat and poultry produced by BrucePac in Durant, Okla. from May 31 through Oct. 8 is no longer considered safe according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection. The company expanded…
Nearly 300 lucky NJ school districts will now offer full-day, free preschool
TRENTON — Almost $20 million has been awarded to school districts in the state’s continued efforts to expand and create free, full-day preschool programs. Districts that received money would open programs by this winter, according to Gov. Phil Murphy and state Department of Education Acting Commissioner Kevin Dehmer.
New list for 2025: Best colleges and universities in New Jersey
⚫ Schools were graded on career outcomes, graduation rates, and more. ⚫ Universities tend to rank higher than colleges. ⚫ The No. 1 school in NJ is also the top school in the nation. Can't agree on which school may be best for your kid?. With the "early decision" deadline...
‘Her heart was in this school’: Block of 17th Street renamed in honor of beloved crossing guard
Geraldine Graves stood at the corner of 17th and Christian streets for 12 years, helping students get to the E.M. Stanton School safely. At a ceremony Friday, the 900 block of South 17th Street was renamed “Geraldine Graves Way.”
Woodbury football tops Penns Grove in wild final 5 minutes
The Woodbury High School football team had just given up a safety at the end of the first half - one Woodbury coach Anthony Reagan took responsbility for - and headed for the locker room trailing Penns Grove, 16-14. Reagan didn’t wait until the team sat down in the locker...
Holy Cross Prep football takes another big step, clinches a share of division title
DELRAN – TJ Maderia walks through the football tunnel every day and reads a sign on the wall. “It says: 'Those who stay will be champions,'” the head coach of the Holy Cross Prep Academy football team said. “In today’s day and age, if you don’t get your way or if things aren’t going...
Burlco high school gets $1M for infrastructure upgrades, including roof repair, HVAC and fire detection
The Lenape Regional High School District, in Burlington County, is getting $1 million to make important infrastructure upgrades, including replacing a portion of the roof at Lenape High School.
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