Brick Schools Open Today for Classes

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 . 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:

: Start 7:10 a.m., Dismissal 1:30 p.m.
: 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.

: Start 7:45 a.m., Dismissal 2:10 p.m.
: Start 7:45 a.m., Dismissal 2:10 p.m.

: Start 8:25 a.m., Dismissal 2:50 p.m.
: Start 9:05 a.m., Dismissal 3:30 p.m.
: Start 8:25 a.m., Dismissal 2:50 p.m.
: Start 8:25 a.m., Dismissal 2:50 p.m.
: Start 9:05 a.m., Dismissal 3:30 p.m.
Osbornville: Start 9:05 a.m., Dismissal 3:30 p.m.
: Start 9:05 a.m., Dismissal 3:30 p.m.

(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.