Friday, May 17, 2013
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…
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
School officials and Board of Education want input from parents and students
Would uniforms be a better fit for students in the Central Regional school district? School officials are considering switching to uniforms for students in both the high school, middle school and the Seaside Heights Elementary School, Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides said in a presentation to the Township Council last night. The move would take pressure off both students and parents and would enhance school security at the 98-acre campus off Forest Hills Parkway, Parlapanides said. "We are a 98-acre ranch...with lots of entrances," he told the council. "If everyone is in uniform, we know who everybody is." Switching to uniforms would put all students on an even basis and lessen the economic burden for parents," Parlapanides said…
Monday, March 18, 2013
School board meetings, home elevation seminar and the Easter Bunny
MONDAY - LEGO Club, 4 p.m., Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road, Bayville. The library supplies the LEGOS, you supply the creativity. Ages 6-12. Please register online at www.theoceancountylibrary.org or call 732-269-2144. MONDAY - All month - Famous Women's Scavenger Hunt, anytime, all month, Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road, Bayville. Find the pictures of famous women, match their names with their accomplishments and win a small prize. Open to all ages. TUESDAY - Geese egg addling seminar, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Jakes Branch County Park Nature Center, 1100 Double Trouble Road, Beachwood. Volunteers can learn how to addle geese eggs - a more humane way of controlling the Canada geese …
Friday, March 1, 2013
School district also expanding Humanities Academy in the fall for all high school grades
Call it "Georgian Court South." The Central Regional school district and Georgian Court University will partner in another venture by offering adult college classes at the Central Regional High School campus of Forest Hills Parkway. "The opportunity for our students and community will be tremendous," Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides said at the Feb. 28 Board of Education meeting. "It's a tremendous partnership. We are very excited about it." The classes will be held in the evenings in the math wing of the massive high school, which Parlapanides once described as "the largest ranch house in Ocean County." The joint venture will be similar to the Kean University-Ocean County College partnership at the Toms River campus, he said. The…
Monday, February 25, 2013
Meetings, bingo and more
MONDAY - Berkeley Adult Writers Group, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road, Bayville. Novice and experienced writers welcome. MONDAY - Ocean County College Board of Trustees, 12:30 p.m., Administration Building, Ocean County College, College Drive, Toms River. MONDAY - Berkeley Township Council, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 627 Pinewald-Keswick Road, Bayville. The caucus starts at 7, followed immediately by the regular meeting. Hint: most of the discussion takes place at the caucus meeting. TUESDAY - Peanuts and Soybeans and Sweet Potatoes, 6:30 p.m., Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road, Bayville. Learn about the contributions of food scientist George Washington Carver and …
Monday, January 14, 2013
Plenty to do at the Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library
Monday - Winter Scavenger Hunt - all month, Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road, Bayville. Come in anytime and win a small prize. No registration required. Monday - LEGO Club, 4 p.m., Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road, Bayville. You display your creativity, the library supplies the LEGOs. Space is limited. Please register at www.theoceancountylibrary.org or call 732-269-2144. Wednesday - Ocean County Board of Freeholders, 4 p.m., Ocean County Administration Building, 101 Hooper Avenue, Toms River. Thursday - Bingo night, sponsored by the Holiday City at Berkeley Bingo Club, Clubhouse #2, Port Royal Drive. Doors open at 5 p.m., bingo starts at 6:30 p.m Thursday - Woof Tales: Read to a Dog…
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Time to organize for the New Year
Wednesday - Ocean County Board of Freeholders organization meeting, 3:30 p.m., Ocean County Administration Building, Room 119, 101 Hooper Avenue, Toms River. Wednesday - Berkeley Township, Central Regional schools re-open. Thursday - Berkeley Township Board of Education reorganization meeting, 6:30 p.m., Berkeley Township Elementary School, 10 Emory Avenue, Bayville. Thursday - Central Regional Board of Education reorganization meeting, 7 p.m., board offices, Central Regional High School, Forest Hills Parkway, Bayville. Thursday - Winter Scavenger Hunt, Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 10 Emory Avenue, Bayville. Drop in anytime, find some "wintry' items, win a small prize. For ages 3 to 12. Friday - Berkeley Township Council, …
Monday, October 15, 2012
Vintage car show, Fall Fest, Chatsworth Cranberry Festival
Monday - Central Regional Alumni Association meeting, 7 p.m., high school cafeteria, Forest Hills Parkway, Bayville. Tuesday - Financial Aid Planning for Your College-Bound Teen, 6:30 p.m, Berkeley branch of the Ocean County Library, 30 Station Road, Bayville. To register online, go to www.oceancountylibrary.org or call 732-269-2144. Tuesday - Meatball sub sale, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bayville First Aid Squad Building, Route 9 South and Station Road, Bayville. Subs are $3.50 each. Come out and help the Bayville First Aid Squad Ladies Auxiliary raise funds for a worthy cause. Subs can be eaten at the squad building, picked up or delivered. To place an early order, call 732-269-1313. Tuesday - Bayville Volunteer Fire Company open house, 6 p.m. …
Friday, September 28, 2012
Matter has gone to mediation, business administrator says
Central Regional officials and representatives of the Central Regional Education Association will sit down again on Oct. 2 for contract negotiations, school Business Administrator Kevin O'Shea said. "That day a mediator will be present," he said. "We met a handful of times between December and June and we reached an impasse at that point and were assigned a mediator in August." Central Regional is one of a number of school districts in the state that have gone to mediation, O'Shea said. "Because of the 2 percent cap and recent restraints on municipal and school budgets, going to mediation is rather common," O'Shea said. "Even when the economy was in better condition, there have been times when Central has gone to mediation with its …
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