A new state monitor has been assigned to the Asbury Park School District. Outgoing state monitor Lester Richens [shown above, at right] will transfer to the Pleasantville School District. He will be replaced by Carole Morris [left]. Richens has served the district since May 2011. Morris served as superintendent of schools in Manasquan for 25 […]

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’s state fiscal monitor Lester Richens has overturned a board decision and effectively appointed Colleen White to a new position, according to district communications officer Christina Coloma. Superintendent Denise Lowe recommended the appointment of White to a new position at the Jan. 22 board of education [BOE] meeting. After the motion didn’t […]

After the appointment of a new administrator didn’t garner enough votes to pass at the Jan. 22 board of education [BOE] meeting, state-appointed fiscal monitor Lester Richens is weighing the possibility of overriding the board’s decision. The board did have enough votes to create the new position — assistant director of test, assessment and data […]