Special education costs evaluated in Millstone
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer
      Afather would like to see the Millstone Township School District keep more special needs students inhouse rather than send them out of district. Kevin McGovern, who serves on the Board of Education, has a 6-year-old daughter who attends special education classes in the district.
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Kids swarm to school for Saturday math test
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer
      MILLSTONE — Area kids love math. More than 150 children in grades 2-8 went to school on a Saturday to take a math test when the Millstone Township Middle School hosted the Mathkinz.com math competition Jan. 31. Mathkinz.com is a free Web site created by a Millstone family that helps childre...
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BOE reviews various tax impact scenarios
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer
      Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education members are leaning towards proposing a little less than a 4 percent tax levy increase for the 2009-10 budget.
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School construction update presented
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer
      ALLENTOWN — The new Upper Freehold Regional Middle School is 19 percent complete, according to construction manager Bill Skillman. Skillman, of Hill International in Marlton, attended the Feb. 18 Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education meeting to provide an update on the construction pro...
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Cub reporters
     Cub Scout Den No. 3 of Millstone visited Greater Media Newspapers' office in Freehold Township on Feb. 19. Left to right: Aidan Marcario, Jacob Detwiler, Evan Sherow, Cole Smith, Justin Marcario and John Nazzaro, all first-graders.
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