The Asbury Park Board School District has a new chief schools administrator. Carteret High School Principal Dr. Lamont Repollet [above, at center] was issued a five-year contract effective September 29, 2014 at $157,500 per year for the balance of the current school year and for a further term of four years. His salary for the […]

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 […]

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 […]

A board of education meeting last night was cancelled when less than half of the board members showed up at the designated start time. The meeting was schedule to start at 7 p.m. Board president Angela Ahbez-Anderson [pictured], board vice president Geneva Smallwood and board member Qzeena Taylor were present. Ahbez-Anderson acknowledged the lack of […]

The board of education voted not to renew an agreement with the Asbury Park Police Department, but state fiscal monitor Lester Richens has said he may overturn their decision. The board agreed last year to pay the police department $75,000 per year to patrol the area around the Asbury Park Middle School. But some board […]

The board of education [BOE] prepared for the new year by swearing in new members and naming a new president and vice president at a reorganization meeting last night. First, four members were sworn in to the board — newcomers Christian Hall and Qzeena Taylor, and returning members Barbara Lesinski and Rev. Geneva Smallwood. Hall, […]