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 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. […]

With only one year remaining in both of their individual terms, Asbury Park Board of Education members Gregory Brewington and Gregory Hopson, Sr. resigned during Tuesday night’s board meeting. Within the next few days, Board Secretary Geoff Hastings will submit a notice through local newspapers asking candidates wanting to fill the vacancies to write letters of […]

The Asbury Park Board of Education is inviting parents and members of the community to tell the district what they’re looking for in a new superintendent. The district is about to start searching for a new superintendent, as they voted not to renew current Superintendent Denise Lowe’s contract in November 2012. The board of education […]

The board of education [BOE] is finalizing plans for administrative offices to move from downtown Asbury Park to the Barack H. Obama building on Bangs Avenue [pictured above]. The district’s administrative staff has occupied a floor of The Press Building at 603 Mattison Ave. [right] for several years, paying $189,327 annually, or about $15,000 per […]