Schools
Toms River Parents Voice Concerns Over State’s Sex, Gender Curriculum; Families Can ‘Opt-Out’
Toms River parents expressed concern over the state’s controversial gender and sex education curriculum requirements that will be implemented for the upcoming 2022-23 school year, while...
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Ocean County
/ 5 months agoOcean County Commissioners to Endorse ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ for N.J.
The Ocean County commissioners plan to adopt a resolution calling for a “Parents’ Bill of Rights” to be developed with the...
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Schools
/ 5 months agoToms River School District Renames ‘Bubble’ for New Corporate Sponsor
The Bennett Bubble, long named for a former district superintendent, has received an update to its official title. The Toms River...
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Schools
/ 7 months agoN.J. Slashes Funding to Toms River Schools by $4.3M, Despite Higher School Spending
Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday proposed a spending plan that would see New Jersey increase funding to public schools by $650...
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Schools
/ 8 months agoLocal Pressure Builds for Murphy to Drop School Mask Mandate Earlier
Following Gov. Phil Murphy’s announcement that a controversial mandate to require children to wear face masks in school would end in...
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Schools
/ 9 months agoMurphy: School Mask Mandate to Continue, But Emergency Powers Law Expires Tuesday Night
A political rift over requiring children to wear masks in New Jersey public schools has resulted in legislative gridlock involving a...
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Schools
/ 9 months agoAttorney To Lead Study Into Whether Toms River Regional Should Educate Seaside Heights Students
Seaside Heights officials on Wednesday authorized the appointment of a local attorney with deep roots in the education sector to lead...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoOCC Imposes Mask Mandate, Won’t Require Coronavirus Vaccine for Fall Semester
Ocean County College announced its plan to reopen for the fall 2021 semester this week, including a mask mandate and a...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoToms River Regional School Board Asks Murphy to Allow Classrooms to Unmask
The coming 2021-2022 school year should be unmasked, wrote Toms River Regional School Board to the governor on May 25. Asking...
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Featured
/ 2 years agoT.R. North Alum, Trailblazing Journalist, Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
A graduate of Toms River High School North has been nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize after aggressively covering news...