Tanzanian first lady Mama Salam Kikwete [shown above, at left] met with Asbury Park Middle School teacher, Kevin Williams [right], as part of the Footprints to Education program, according to a press release from the program. Footprints, through cultural and educational exchange, is designed to enrich the lives of children while promoting global understanding between […]

Wednesday’s board of education meeting was cancelled when less than half of the board members showed up at the designated start time. The meeting was schedule to start at 7 p.m. Board president Angela Ahbez-Anderson and board members Christian Hall, Felicia Simmons and Barbara Lesinki were present. Ahbez-Anderson waited until 7:15 to announce the meeting […]

Asbury Park Middle School students now have a new, modern fitness facility at their disposal. Governor Christopher Christie [shown above, center] and Jake Steinfeld[at left], Chairman of the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness and founder of Body by Jake, were on hand at the middle school Monday to cut the ribbon on the brand new facility […]

The Asbury Park High School [APHS] football team Friday night played for the first time in the school’s history under new stadium lighting installed at the Asbury Park football stadium. The lighting was installed two months ago and paid for by funds from the sale of a the former board of education building downtown, according to William […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education held a special meeting Thursday to re-interview three candidates for the district’s superintendent position. The school board, prompted by the addition of two new members  — Kenneth Saunders, Jr. and Felicia Simmons — who were appointed to fill two vacancies last month, voted to reopen the search for a new district […]

A new state monitor has been assigned to the Asbury Park School District. Outgoing state monitor Lester Richens [shown above, at right] will transfer to the Pleasantville School District. He will be replaced by Carole Morris [left]. Richens has served the district since May 2011. Morris served as superintendent of schools in Manasquan for 25 […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education has reopened its search for a new district superintendent. Causing the board to reopen the search is the addition of two new board members — Kenneth Saunders, Jr. and Felicia Simmons — who were appointed to fill two vacancies last month. In order for the two members to take part […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education on Wednesday filled two vacancies left by members who resigned in June. After brief public interviews of five potential candidates, city residents Felicia Simmons [above, at right] and Kenneth Saunders, Jr. [above, in center] were selected to join the nine member board. Both are graduates of Asbury Park High School […]

The Asbury Park school district has entered into a new agreement for professional legal services. The Board of Education at their June 12 meeting appointed Cooper Levenson April Niedelman & Wagenheim, P.A. as their new attorneys. The vote was four in favor with four abstentions. Board members Christian Hall, Nicole Harris, Joseph Raines, Jr., and […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education is still in the search to fill two seats vacant since June when two members resigned, and the last day to apply is next week. The initial deadline of July 17 was extended to Aug. 21 “to allow potential applicants more time to submit letters of interest,” Chanta L. […]