Brick Schools Open Today for Classes
School facilities largely spared from damage by Hurricane Irene
It's time to dust off the notebooks, pencils and calculators. Brick schools open their doors to students for the 2011-12 school year Tuesday.
Board of Education President Sharon Kight told Brick Patch that all of the township's schools made it through Hurricane Irene well and each will be open on time.
There are a few changes, mostly by way of state mandate, that students will experience heading into the new school year. Three high school classes, Integrated Science, Introduction to Business and Personal Finance, will be replaced by Environmental Science and Financial Literacy, both of which students will be required to take in order to graduate.
Additionally, the Brick district is complying with the state's new anti-bullying law. Training has begun for all of the district's approximately 1,500 employees who have contact with children, and each school has a designated specialist tasked with administering the policy.
Here's some more information to help get your family started off in the right direction this school year:
School Start, Dismissal Times:
BMHS: Start 7:10 a.m., Dismissal 1:30 p.m.
BTHS: Start 7:10 a.m., Dismissal 1:30 p.m.
REBOUND Program: Start 12:10 p.m., Dismissal 4:10 p.m.
Crossroads Program: Start 10:05 a.m., Dismissal 2:55 p.m.
Lake Riviera: Start 7:45 a.m., Dismissal 2:10 p.m.
Vets Middle: Start 7:45 a.m., Dismissal 2:10 p.m.
Drum Point: Start 8:25 a.m., Dismissal 2:50 p.m.
Emma Havens: Start 9:05 a.m., Dismissal 3:30 p.m.
Herbertsville: Start 8:25 a.m., Dismissal 2:50 p.m.
Lanes Mill: Start 8:25 a.m., Dismissal 2:50 p.m.
Midstreams: Start 9:05 a.m., Dismissal 3:30 p.m.
Osbornville: Start 9:05 a.m., Dismissal 3:30 p.m.
Vets Elementary: Start 9:05 a.m., Dismissal 3:30 p.m.
PLC (A.M.): Start 8:25 a.m., Dismissal 10:55 a.m.
PLC (P.M.): Start 12:20 p.m., Dismissal 2:50 p.m.
Vital Information
Start and dismissal times for special programs can be found here.
The delayed opening and early dismissal time schedule can be found here.
The marking period schedule can be found here.
The school district 2011-12 calendar can be found here.
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betterdays
11:13 am on Tuesday, September 6, 2011
If VMMS starts at 7:45, why did my child's bus pass say pickup time was 6:37? The bus showed up a half hour later than that!
Stacy
11:37 am on Tuesday, September 6, 2011
@Betterdays: At orientation at my school (Osbornville) they told us to expect buses to be late picking up and dropping off for about the next 2 weeks until the kinks are worked out with the routes. From what I have heard this is normal for all buses even from other towns.
betterdays
11:44 am on Tuesday, September 6, 2011
I am used to that, Stacy... happens every year. But 6:37 am for school that starts at 7:45 is crazy! I think they gave us the wrong time on the bus pass. He was out there with the high school kids.
savethedrama foryamamma
5:26 pm on Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Does anyone see it as a problem that the high school gets out at a normal lunch time? I wonder why our kids experiment with drugs and sex... No supervision for too long.
mike morrison
11:45 pm on Tuesday, September 6, 2011
the schools are not sitting services, that is the parents job
Joseph Woolston Brick
12:56 am on Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Drove by a school bus stop today, it was obvious it was kindergärtners on their way to their first day of school. I couldn't help laughing to myself, it looked more like a bunch of midgets heading for a lunar landing! What's with the backpacks that are almost bigger than the kids? Back in the day all we needed was a paper lunch sack with the grease stain on the side from the mystery sandwich mom packed for later in the day. I can't imagine why a five year old needs a backpack for school?
Stacy
7:08 am on Wednesday, September 7, 2011
I remember those days too Joseph but these days even the Kindergartners get homework. Heck my son was getting homework in Pre-school and needed a backpack to carry all the projects home in!