Results from state-mandated testing for the 2012-2013 school year were presented to the Board of Education on Wednesday, and the results show children in the Asbury Park School District are performing below average across the board. William J. Shannon, director of special services for the district, presented the scores, which he says are of “concern” since […]

The district state monitor has reversed the Board of Education’s selection of Gregory Allen as the Asbury Park district superintendent of schools. State Monitor Carole Morris made her decision public at the regular Board of Education meeting held Wednesday. Allen had been tentatively appointed in a 6-3 vote at the October 16 special meeting. Reasons for […]

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 […]