College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Public Charter School will open August 28 despite its pending hearings before the Zoning Board of Adjustment, founder Michael Piscal said. The charter school is currently seeking a use determination to open a second location inside First Baptist Church at 508 Grand Ave. But a challenge of the school’s right […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, The College Achieve Charter School, recently approved to open in Asbury Park, and for whom our school board has had to carve out $3.5 million of our budget, is currently seeking approvals before the Zoning Board of Adjustment so it can open in the basement of a church. If its application is approved […]

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.   […]

A standing room only crowd packed the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting room Tuesday as College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School officials began their request for use variance, needed to house the newly launched charter school’s grades K to 3 students at First Baptist Church, located at 508 Third Avenue. Among those in the […]

Colts Neck High School Principal Dan Simon will head College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School, set to open this fall. Simon was principal at High Technology when it garnered the number one STEM High School accolade in the nation from U.S. News & World Report. Simon, who began his career as an East Brunswick […]

Community Events: Master Plan Community Input Meeting The second Master Plan Community Input Meeting will be held from from 6 to 8 p.m. March 15 at Trinity Church gymnasium, located at 503 Asbury Ave. Input from the event will be used in crafting the city’s Master Plan Reexamination Report. Residents are asked for input on […]

Enrollment has opened for a new pre-K through 9 charter school set to open its doors in the Asbury Park area this fall. College Achieve Public Schools (College Achieve), a tuition-free public school network aims to produce students who will go on to graduate from top colleges and universities across the nation. Their curriculum curriculum […]

A new K-9 school has been approved for Asbury Park. Set to open its doors in the fall of next year, College Achieve Public Schools [CAP] received its first of two approvals from the NJ Department of Education [DOE] Friday, officials announced. The tuition-free public school will offer a college prep curriculum that emphasizes writing, […]