For the third consecutive year, the Asbury Park School District has been named an Innovative School District by the International Center for Leadership in Education [ICLE]. The accolade is given to a handful of school districts across the nation – including the nation’s most rapidly improving schools – who have incorporated rigorous and relevant educational […]

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 […]

Retired pro basketball player Kym Hampton made a special trip to Asbury Park School District’s Thurgood Marshall and Bradley Elementary schools Wednesday afternoon.   The visit to the city’s summer recreation program was facilitated in part by by friend Connie Breech of the Asbury Park Police Department and Board of Education, and program head Genise […]

College Achieve Public Schools, the tuition-free charter school set to open this school year in Asbury Park has been granted its final approvals from the State Department of Education. The pre-K-9 school is currently seeking operation approvals to open [in part] at First Baptist Church on Grand Avenue before the Zoning Board of Adjustment.   […]

The Asbury Park School district set out on a mission to build a brighter a future for its students two years ago. Today, the school district is hosting a 6 p.m. Town Hall meeting at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, located at 600 Monroe Avenue. A flier sent to homes across the 1.4 square mile community, […]

‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou was embraced as an anthem at the Asbury Park School District and with a year of accolades, reaching educational benchmarks, and the creation of programs that address a student’s holistic needs, 2017 may prove to be an ‘Ain’t No Stopping Us Now,’ kind of year. “We have embarked on […]

Asbury Park School Superintendent Lamont Repollet in his keynote address asked those who attended Wednesday’s annual Interfaith Tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. legacy at Congregation Torat El in Ocean Township to help the school district meet its goal to inspire students to realize theirs. “Education certainly involves core curriculum, but there is […]