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Vote on proposal was 6 to 3
After more than two hours of heated discussion, the Central Regional Board of Education decided to table a controversial vote on school uniforms tonight. The board voted 6 to 3 to give school administrators more time to beef up the current dress code and warn parents and students the code must be strictly adhered to. If there are more than 50 individual violations between September and December of 2013, the uniform policy will go into effect in September 2014. Board members Robert J. Everett Jr., Nick Mackres and Tracy Mianulli voted against the motion. All three said they supported uniforms and thought the policy vote should have been taken tonight. Everett and Mackres hold the Berkeley seats on the board, Mianulli represents Seaside Park…
Board of Education meeting gets underway at 7 p.m.
Central Regional High School students heading back to school next September have nixed wearing school uniforms, according to a poll taken on the district website. Current freshmen, sophomores and juniors voted 658 to 507 against the proposed uniforms. But parents in both the high school and middle school voted in favor of uniforms, with 212 yes votes and 185 no votes, according to Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides post on his Facebook page. The Central Regional Board of Education will vote on the issue at the board meeting tonight, which gets underway at 7 p.m. in the board meeting room at the high school. Parents who have students in the Hugh J. Boyd Elementary School in Seaside Heights - now part of the Central Regional district…

10:41 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013
Elitist? You come out and attack me for having an opinion and somehow I'm the elitist? That's some backwards logic there, sonny. It's typical authoritarian nonsense. Pretend to be moderate while insulting and degrading your opponents. Don't like what I said? Fine, then speak out against what I said with your own arguments and reasons instead of attacking me personally. Again, instead of launching…   more ›
Applause erupted when residents called on Dr. Sandra Brower to resign; Lacey Township High School senior said the superintendent has 'lost all respect'
LACEY, NJ -- The Lacey Board of Education suspended Superintendent Dr. Sandra Brower without pay Friday evening, nearly a week after she was indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury. Four board members voted to suspend Brower, 46, after she was charged with second-degree official misconduct, third-degree hindering apprehension and fourth-degree obstruction. Board members Eric Schubinger, Jack Martenak and Linda Downing abstained during the special meeting due to conflicts of interest because of family members who work for the district. “It’s a sad turn of events what happened here. I’m sick to my stomach. I’ve been that way since day one,” board member Frank Palino said. “It’s a hard thing to do what we did here. I feel bad for this …
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Board of Education will "get to the bottom of what occurred" at Intermediate East, president said
Toms River's Board of Education will investigate the alleged police impersonation and sex crime at Intermediate East, and the teacher who allegedly was victimized has been suspended with pay while that process unfolds, according to Superintendent of Schools Frank Roselli. "In the interest of the teacher, students and staff, and pending a thorough investigation, the teacher in question has been put on suspension with pay," Roselli writes in a letter posted to the Intermediate East website Friday. "The Board of Education will be meeting to determine who will conduct the investigation. When that decision is made, it will be shared with the public." Bruce A. Figular, 50, allegedly entered Intermediate East during a regular school day through …

10:13 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013
S Bar...that's what happens...the BoE will look at it and then take steps to remove her tenure and fire her if it is deemed that she truly did the things she is accused of. That's the new tenure rules...to make this process quicker.   more ›
Students from Brick, Toms River among the winners
For the fourth year in a row, a team of high school students from the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sciences (MATES) in Manahawkin was the winner of the New Jersey Envirothon, held Saturday, May 4 at Girl Scout Camp Kettle Run in Medford, the state's Department of Agriculture has announced. The team, consisting of Emily Golembiski of Little Egg Harbor, Jillian Hubbard of Toms River, Gillian Schriever of West Creek, Michael Signorelli of Toms River and Megan Tumpey of Brick, will represent New Jersey in the 2013 North American Envirothon at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana in August. The Ocean County students competed against 33 other teams on knowledge of natural resources-related topics, including soils, …
Meeting will be open to the public
Lacey school board members will have more to say about the indictment of schools Superintendent Sandra Brower at a special meeting on Friday night, Board President Eric J. Schubiger said this afternoon. The meeting will get underway at 8 p.m. in the lecture hall at Lacey Township High School, he said. "It will be open to the public," Schubiger said. Several board members earlier this week declined to comment on the matter and referred all press inquiries to Schubiger. "We want time to review the indictment and have a chance to meet as a board," Schubiger said yesterday. "I'm sure we will have many comments after that." Brower, 46, of Wall Township, was indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury on Monday. She is charged with second-degree …
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2:37 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Woww. Can't wait till the lawyers get through with the BOE of Lacey. Big pay out coming.... Wait till the cronie-ism starts in health care... Just think of the types of Doctors that will be taking your life in your hands and how much it is going to cost. Just like todays teachers and teaching institutions we call public schools.... Big government ... Do not think one foriegn Doctor is not loving …   more ›
You don't have to wait until prom night 2013 to share those awesome pics. Share the fun of picking out that dress, snagging those designer shoes or picking out that really retro suit from Goodwill!
Central Regional High School prom, the glamour event of the year for students and their families. It's one long photo op, and Berkeley Patch is the perfect place to share them with the community. There's no limit on the number of photos you can add. Share your shots from: And this isn't just for kids! Parents, you can upload your "classic" prom pictures. Just click the "Upload Photos and Videos" button to the left and show off those awesome pics!
Move would enhance school security, increase academic focus and level socioeconomic differences, superintendent says
Central Regional students got their first look at samples of proposed school uniforms this week and will vote tomorrow whether to require them. "I think some of the kids that didn't like the uniforms originally were swayed by how good the shirts and pants looked," Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides said. The Central Regional Board of Education will decide on whether to adopt a uniform policy at the monthly board meeting on May 16, he said. "We are giving them a lot of choices," Parlapanides said. "Shirts are long and short sleeved in garnet, grey and black, pants, skirts and shorts are khaki or black, with a garnet sweater or sweatshirt. Shoes we are still deciding on, but it will be some type of black dress shoe." The students …

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3:52 pm on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt   more ›