'Seussical' comes to Freehold Township High School
      FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township High School Drama Club is ready to entertain all those who attend its whimsical production of "Seussical, the Musical" on March 11, 13 and 14. The curtain will rise at the high school, Elton- Adelphia Road, at 7 p.m. on March 11, 13 and 14. A matinee performance is planned for 1 p.m. March 14.
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FRHSD introduces tentative budget
High school spending plan checks in at $180.1 million
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      Administrators in the Freehold Regional High School District have introduced a $180.1 million spending plan for the 2009-10 school year. The budget was introduced during the FRHSD Board of Education meeting on Feb. 23 at the district offices in Englishtown.
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Teachers, board still working on new pact
Reps from both sides decline to reveal details of ongoing negotiations
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
      MARLBORO — Representatives of the Marlboro Township Education Association (MTEA) and the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education are entering into the fact-finding phase as they attempt to strike a deal on a new contract.
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Four seats contested on FRHSD school bd.
Local K-8 districts also have races in April 21 election
      There will be four seats up for grabs on the Freehold Regional High School District Board Education in the April 21 school election. The terms now held by Joan Leimbach of Howell, Bunny Hammer of Freehold Borough and Patricia Horvath of Manalapan will be on the ballot. Those three seats will each carry a three-year term.
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Colts Neck pupils track travelbugs' adventures
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer
      COLTS NECK — Fourth grade pupils at the Conover Road Elementary School are traveling the world vicariously through four travelbugs that have been released into the wild. This geocaching project is a pilot program developed by teachers Michele Rogers and Nancy Plumfield.
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Local student's poem printed in magazine
      FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — BreAnne Bank, 14, an eighth grade student at the Barkalow Middle School, is among the young people whose poetry was chosen to be published in the March 2009 issue of Highlights for Children in its "Your Own Pages" section.
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Benefit to aid teacher who is battling cancer
      Dr. James Herzog, a chiropractor in Freehold, will hold a two-day fundraiser on March 21-22 to benefit the Silvestri family. Vincent Silvestri is a Howell High School teacher who was diagnosed with cancer which will require in long-term treatments many days off from work, according to a press release.
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Pair earn doctoral degrees
      MARLBORO — Marlboro Elementary School Principal Jonathan Shutman and Marlboro Middle School psychologist Kevin Lynn recently earned doctoral degrees from universities recognized by the Council for High Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the United States Department of Education (USDE).
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Howell board votes to close Southard
Pupils who currently attend the school will be redistricted
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      HOWELL — The Howell Board of Education has voted to close the Southard School in the face of a declining K-8 enrollment and budget pressures. The decision to close the elementary school and to assign its pupils to other schools in the township was made at the March 4 meeting of the school board.
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