Saturday, February 23, 2013
Kindergarten students will return to their local elementary schools; PLC will be repurposed
Starting in September, Brick Township kindergartners will go to school for a full day in their local elementary schools. The Board of Education unanimously adopted a full day kindergarten program on Thursday night, paving the way for kindergarten students to attend their local elementary schools and for the Primary Learning Center to be "repurposed." For many years, kindergarten students have attended a half-day program at the PLC, a kindergarten-only school built in a former shopping center on Chambers Bridge Road. The board approved a plan devised by a Milltown, Middlesex County-based demographer, Ross Haber, that will transition students back to their local schools. The plan, Haber said, will allow students to be closer to home, allow …
Friday, October 19, 2012
It's 'typical politics,' board member says
Call it politics or call it a typo. Either way, a rumor going around that claims there are plans to close the Brick Community Primary Learning Center is not true, members of the township Board of Education said Thursday night. The rumor can be traced to an otherwise run-of-the-mill resolution on the September board meeting agenda allowing the district to hire a demographer to complete a demographics study required by the state. The resolution, however, included language indicating that the study would focus on potentially closing the PLC or turning it into a K-5 grade school. Board Vice President John Talty said the resolution that was placed on the agenda by Business Administrator James Edwards was apparently a copy of an old resolution …
Monday, September 24, 2012
Full-day kindergarten program will also be studied
The township's school district will conduct an enrollment study required by the state, and look into the feasibility of providing full-day kindergarten classes. The district will pay $20,000 for Ross Haber Associates, based in Milltown, Middlesex County, to conduct the study. Superintendent Dr. Walter Uszenski said the state requires the study be conducted every five years. An added bonus of conducting the study now, school officials said, means the data can also be used to determine the feasibility and cost of providing full-day kindergarten classes in Brick. Now, the district offers a half-day kindergarten program at the Primary Learning Center on Chambers Bridge Road. Classes are split between morning sessions and afternoon sessions. "…
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Special meeting will take place Wednesday night
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The township Board of Education will meet Wednesday night with the intent of hiring new teachers. The special meeting is set to take place at 7 p.m. at Brick Township High School. Additional teachers needed to be hired before the start of the 2012-13 school year because enrollment for kindergarten and first grade classes will be higher than expected, said Board President Sharon Kight. Kight said theories behind the influx of students to the two grade levels include parents transitioning from private, full-day kindergarten programs to public school first grade classes, as well as parents choosing to enroll their children in public school rather than private school due to economic considerations. The district will add one kindergarten class …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Cost calculated, but is it worth the extra money?
It's no secret that many parents in Brick would prefer the township offer full day kindergarten classes. It might save on day care or after-care costs, but it would come at a cost of higher tax bills. There are no easy answers, but school officials have calculated just how much it would cost for the district to offer full day classes. In order to offer full day kindergarten, the district would have to hire 14 new teachers, plus a part-time teacher at a cost of $983,000 in salaries and benefits, when calculating the new hires according to current union contracts. A total of 32 teachers would be needed in order to have enough staff to adhere to state rules on class sizes – essentially, 21 students per class. Savings could come, however, if …
Friday, January 6, 2012
Wendy Griggs, 44, turned herself in Friday
A Brick woman has been charged with stealing more than $86,000 from a nonprofit organization associated with the Primary Learning Center following a four month long police investigation. Wendy Griggs, 44, a Brookfield Drive resident, turned herself in to Brick Police Detective Michael Bevacqua Friday morning after learning a warrant was out for her arrest, according to Brick Police Capt. John Rein. Rein said Bevacqua led an investigation into thefts from the Brick Community Primary Learning Center Home and School Council, where Griggs served as president from Aug. 2007 through Aug. 2011 and had control of organization funds. The investigation was initiated after a police report was filed on August 30, 2011 by new executive board members …
Anthony
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