Three of nine area school districts face loss of state aid during 2021-22
Gov. Phil Murphy has unveiled his Fiscal Year 2022 budget, which includes proposed funding for New Jersey’s public school districts during the 2021-22 academic year.
In terms of state aid, some school districts have come out winners and will see an increase in their support from Trenton, while some school districts have come out losers and will see their state aid continue to decrease.
The amount of state aid a school district receives helps to determine the amount of taxes a school board must raise from a municipality’s residential and commercial property owners to support the operation of a school district in an academic year.
U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) has announced the winners of this year’s New Jersey Fourth Congressional District Congressional App Challenge, part of a nationwide competition for middle school and high school students to showcase their software app-developing skills and teamwork.
The winning app (application), CollabraCart, was designed by Communications High School students Erin Hardiman of Spring Lake, Melody Lin of Freehold and Jacob Rosegarten of Morganville, according to a press release from Smith’s office.
“I am pleased to congratulate all the winning students at Communications High School,” Smith was quoted as saying in the press release. “The winning app, CollabraCart, is very timely in the COVID era in which we find ourselves. It can match people who are struggling to purchase groceries with individuals who are seeking to donate their time and/or money to help them.
Red Bank Regional H.S. will have remote learning during first week in January
Students who attend Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver, had returned to a hybrid model of in-person and remote instruction as of Dec. 17, but are scheduled to switch to a fully remote model of instruction during the first week of January.
On Dec. 10, Red Bank Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools Louis Moore announced that students would be able to physically return to the high school in the hybrid model of instruction on Dec. 14.
Students of the school district, which serves residents of Red Bank, Shrewsbury Borough and Little Silver, had been receiving fully remote instruction since Nov. 25.