Portraits of prominent African American men and women created by students from Asbury Park High School will be displayed in the library of City Hall throughout the month of February, in celebration of Black History Month. Visual art students from Asbury Park High School took some time out to salute their heroes and heroines by creating […]

The New Jersey Department of Education’s annual School Performance Report was released this week. The reports breaks down the college and career readiness of students within all New Jersey school districts for the 2012-2013 school year, comparing the academic outcomes between similar school districts based on socioeconomic status as well as across the state. ASBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL According […]

Due to high elementary school enrollment in the district, the Barack H. Obama School may be put back into operation as an elementary school come September. The Asbury Park Board of Education voted 9-0 Tuesday night to have school administrators develop a reorganization plan and provide a cost analysis of what it would take to […]

Asbury Park Middle School students attended an assembly dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 15, where they paid tribute to another civil rights leader, Nelson Mandela, according to an announcement from seventh grade teacher David Wronko. The date marks what would have been King’s 85th birthday. King’s leadership during […]

Members of the Asbury Park Board of Education are at odds on whether to hire a new auditor, architect and insurance broker. At a meeting held Tuesday, the board voted 5-3 on a motion to seek bids for all three positions. Board President Geneva Smallwood and board members Nicolle D. Harris, Christian Hall, Felicia Simmons […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education welcomed two new members with handshakes and hugs at Tuesday night’s reorganization meeting, but the warm feelings didn’t last too long. After the board decided to change their regular meeting days, three members walked out. In addition to changing the dates and location for regular meetings, they’ve also voted […]

The artwork of several Asbury Park middle and high school students is soon to be on display within several downtown businesses. Numerous paintings depict Santa’s elves, candy canes, tree ornaments and other elements of the holiday season crafted by Asbury Park High School students enrolled in the visual art class, and students from the Asbury […]

The Asbury Park Department of Public Works [DPW] enlisted the help of the city’s fourth graders for the design of this year’s recycling calendar and announced the winners at two assemblies held Tuesday, one at the Thurgood Marshall School and one at Bradley Elementary School. The work of Thurgood Marshall School’s Lissette Contreras, 9, will grace […]

The Asbury Park unit of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee [SEOC] is scheduled to meet Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m, according to a post on the Nextdoor social media website. The SEOC [formerly the Parent Listening Project] is a group of concerned parents, grandparents, community members and neighbors who work together to bring about a better […]

About 35 city residents incensed by the state monitor’s recent decision to reject the board’s choice for superintendent showed up to the Board of Education meeting Wednesday, several of whom openly voiced their frustrations in a public hearing session that lasted close to two hours long. Members of the Asbury Park community who spoke out criticized the […]