The Asbury Park Board of Education voted Wednesday to shift its election back to the November. Five of the eight BOE members voted in favor of the measure, with the sole no vote made by veteran board member Barbara Lesinski. Board members Connie Breech and Dominic Latorraca were not present. “This is going to save […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun, With the Board of Education elections I had to ask myself a few questions that each voter should ask themselves: How well are our students doing? Second, if well who was involved? Third, does anyone else bring something more to the table? And fourth, when the road was tough […]

The Asbury Park School Board Election returns are in and the Moving Ahead Together team was able to pull ahead to claim the three open seats, according to unofficial results from the Monmouth County Clerk. The team consists of incumbent Connie Breech, former board member Barbara Lesinski and newcomer Dominic Latorraca. Lesinski, who served two full terms […]

While a Tuesday recount of the Nov. 3 Board of Education [BOE] election figures changed tallies, it did not change the outcome of those who garnered the most votes for the three open seats. The new BOE seats will be filled by Angela Ahbez-Anderson, Kenneth E. Saunders and Sheila Etienne. Ahbez-Anderson ran on a ticket […]

The Board of Education has appointed as Labor Counsel the attorney who represented two unsuccessful candidates on the A-Team slate in their lawsuit to open 343 vote-by-mail ballots rejected by the Monmouth County Board of Elections in last November’s election. Essex County based attorney Aaron Mizrahi filed the lawsuit on behalf of A-Team mayoral candidate […]

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 […]

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 […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: In 1985, I bought a home in Asbury Park for two reasons: Asbury Park was a city I had enjoyed and one of the most affordable real estate markets in Monmouth County. I made a modest salary that through the years certainly did not grow exponentially with the cost of […]

The district has introduced a tentative school budget for the 2013-2014 school year. The budget “looks similar to the one from last year,” district communications officer Christina Coloma said this week. The district will not receive cuts to state aid this year, as Governor Chris Christie announced there will be no cuts to school districts […]

The state-run Regional Achievement Center [RAC] recently created school improvement plants for Asbury Park Middle School and High School. Region Five RAC executive director Mario Barbiere delivered a presentation to the board of education at its Feb. 11 meeting to keep board members up to date on RAC activity. New Jersey is one of the […]