From readings with Secretary of State Tahesha Way and a Black History Celebration that honored female political leaders of color to a conversation about gun violence with Congressman Frank Pallone Jr, the students in the Asbury Park High School have landed on a landscape that not only takes them across the state but throughout parts […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education has named its second in command – Sancha Gray – as Acting Superintendent effective upon the formal resignation of Dr. Lamont Repollet; tapped by Gov. Phil Murphy to become the State’s next Commissioner of Education. “Dr Repollet made a solid foundation, for which this district is experiencing growth in […]

A funny thing happened on the way to a planned event at Second Baptist Church on Atkins Avenue, being held in honor of Asbury Park Superintendent Lamont Repollet; he was tapped by Gov. Phil Murphy to become the state’s next Commissioner of Education. “The event was planned months ago,” said Daniel Harris [at right], a […]

Gov-elect Phil Murphy will nominate Asbury Park Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lamont Repollet to be his Commissioner of Education. As key administrative focus, Murphy said he wants to ensure every child has access to the very best education. “The very notion of a stronger and fairer economy rests on a foundation of strong public schools […]

Governor-elect Phil Murphy will nominate Asbury Park Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lamont Repollet (above) to be his Commissioner of Education, according to a statement issued by Senator Vin Gopal, (D-Monmouth). The following is Gopal’s statement: “I am elated at the news of Monmouth County’s own Dr. Lamont Repollet being nominated to be New Jersey’s next Commissioner […]

The Asbury Park School District Schools will be closed Thursday, Superintendent Lamont Repollet said. “We were trying to see if the forecast would change,” Repollet said. “But all indications show this may prove to be a blizzard. Local and national meteorologists Wednesday forecasted anywhere from a 4 to 6 inch storm to 12 to 20 […]

The traditional Thanksgiving Day scrimmage between Asbury Park and Neptune will not be rescheduled, Asbury Park School District announced Wednesday afternoon. “Despite many efforts to reschedule the Asbury Park-Neptune Thanksgiving Day football game, we were unable to reach a mutually agreeable date that would have allowed the game to be played,” District Superintendent Lamont Repollet […]

Close to a hundred fathers; many of whom took off from work from 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, attended Thurgood Marshall Elementary’s inaugural Bring Your Dad To School Day. Among them was Major Mason who said he would be going in late to his job at the Morganville School District. “This was empowering,” Mason […]

A sneak peek screening of The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword, the Asbury Park School District’s very own hip hop documentary, will be held tonight at The ShowRoom Cinema, located at 707 Cookman Avenue. The Red Carpet show comes days before the film’s screening at the 15th Annual Pocono Mountains Film Festival on Oct. […]

Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day and in the Asbury Park School District all 1,995 students begin the day with the morning meal. On Tuesday morning Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. [NJ-06] stopped into a few Thurgood Marshall Elementary School classrooms as students readied for the school day.  “I’m here […]