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ASBURY PARK — A new location has been selected for an upcoming meeting for parents, teachers and the community about plans to either reorganize city schools or close the Barack H. Obama Elementary School.

The meeting, proposed by board member Garrett Giberson after a large turnout at a meeting last week, is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 14 in the all-purpose room at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School.

Schools Superintendent Denise Lowe said she also plans to hold a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at West Side Community Center, 115 Dewitt Ave. That meeting is to discuss the applications being submitted to compete for up to $6 million over three years in federal School Improvement Grants for each of three schools — the high school, the middle school and more recently the Obama school, Lowe said.

Lowe has worked for more than a year to try to win enough support to set up a new educational initiative by having all district children go to two pre-kindergarten-through-third-grade centers in two of the city’s three elementary schools — Obama and Thurgood Marshall.

The third elementary school, Bradley Elementary, would become a school for all fourth- and fifth-graders, although it also would have preschool classes available. The middle and high schools would remain unchanged.

The superintendent said during the March 2 meeting that her proposal for the early learning centers is similar to one that has been successful in the Jersey City schools.

But she has run into opposition and cannot get enough votes from the nine-member school board to make it happen.

Please be advised that there is an extremely important Asbury Park Board of Education meeting being held on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at 6:00pm, at Bradley Elementary School in the Multipurpose room. Many members of the APEA have been RICE’d, which means that their position will be discussed and this notification must be sent out so that the Board has the right to bring up an individual name if the need arises. Many positions will be eliminated this evening so it is imperative that you show up at this meeting to support all our staff members who may be losing their positions. I strongly urge every staff member, parent, and community member to attend this meeting to express their outrage to the Board of Education for these deep cuts.

We look forward to seeing as many people as possible at this meeting.

Below listed are the memos sent out to each building announcing emergency APEA meetings in each building throughout the district. Please make every effort to attend at least one of these meetings.

To: Bradley Elementary Staff

From: John Napolitani, President

Re: Emergency APEA Meeting

Date: April 21, 2007

Please be advised that we are going to have an emergency building meeting on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at 2:45pm, regarding the district’s potential RIF’s. We have been working in conjunction with NJEA to secure legal representation as well as communications assistance. We strongly urge everyone to attend this meeting. We will be giving you the updates that we have as well as have you view the Highly Qualified Report to make sure that the district has the correct up to date licenses that you hold. We are also going to have you verify, once again, your start date in the Asbury Park School District.

If you are unable to attend this meeting, we will be having a similar meeting at Thurgood Marshall on Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 2:45pm, as well as the Middle School on Monday, April 28, 2008, at 2:45pm, and the High School on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at 2:45pm.

To: Thurgood Marshall Elementary Staff

From: John Napolitani, President

Re: Emergency APEA Meeting

Date: April 21, 2007

Please be advised that we are going to have an emergency building meeting on Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 2:45pm, regarding the district’s potential RIF’s. We have been working in conjunction with NJEA to secure legal representation as well as communications assistance. We strongly urge everyone to attend this meeting.

Download file Please see attached letter that will be sent out to all buildings on Monday, October 23, 2006. You may print out the document and forward your concerns to a Building Representative.