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Monday, December 17, 2012

Live Chat: Lacey School Board Meeting, Dec. 17

Follow our live transcript of the Board of Education meeting

School Board Agenda, Dec. 17

Return to Lacey Patch at 7:30 p.m. for live coverage of the Board of Education meeting

The Lacey Township Board of Education will convene for its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the high school’s Lecture Hall. Return to Lacey Patch at that time for live coverage. During this meeting, the board will vote to appoint Business Administrator Jim Savage as a Public Agency Compliance Officer, do a first reading of a policy that moves the board’s reorganization meeting to January, revise the school calendar and more. Attached to this story is a PDF of the school board’s agenda and the Superintendent’s Report.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Live Chat: Lacey School Board Meeting, Nov. 19

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Annual Financial Report to be Presented at School Board Meeting

The board will also be doing a second reading of technology-driven policies

Lacey’s Board of Education will convene in the Lecture Hall of the high school for its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Join Lacey Patch for live coverage. Tonight’s agenda includes a 2011-12 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report by Frank Holman, Homan and Frenia, PC. Following the presentation, the board will be voting to accept the financial report. The agenda states that there are no audit findings. The board will also be doing a second reading of three technology-driven policies, including “Student Use of Privately-Owned Technology.” The policy, which goes hand-in-hand with the district’s new Bring Your Own Device initiative, goes on to say that students are now permitted to use technology devices such as a iPad or smart phone while in …

Monday, October 15, 2012

Live Chat: Lacey School Board Meeting, Oct. 15

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BOE Candidate Profile: Regina Discenza

Discenza, who has run for school board ballot for the last eight years, would like to see a job audit of the district as well as encourage parents' involvement in student achievement

As Election Day nears, Lacey Patch is profiling the candidates for the Board of Education. Please come back to Lacey Patch for more profiles in the coming weeks. Regina Discenza has run for school board for the past eight years. As an active resident in a town of approximately 28,000, Discenza became involved when she heard Home Depot was coming to town. “That was when I began to pay attention to Lacey Township,” she said, adding her concerns about traffic. That’s when Discenza started to summon records on the Home Depot project. “OPRA is a great tool for any citizen who wishes to verify public information,” she said. But why school board rather than township Committee, where she is also one of the few who consistently makes her voice …

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pete sacke

6:46 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

ya, she'll fix...you cant fight the machine MOMO...........................just talk no solutions   more ›

Monday, September 17, 2012

Live Chat: Lacey School Board Meeting, Sept. 17

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JohnCrowLeeFMB

10:48 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012

Do the know the truth and don't respect her???   more ›

Monday, August 20, 2012

Live Chat: Lacey School Board Meeting, Aug. 20

Read our live transcript of the Lacey Township Board of Education meeting

  7:36   The meeting is starting a bit late. Still waiting for some of the board members to arrive.     7:43   The board is starting the meeting.   7:43   The board is approving last month's meeting minutes.     7:44   As well as the private meeting minutes.   7:44   The board is approving payment of the bills: $5,921,689     7:45   The attorney doesn't have anything to report.   7:45   Dr. Brower is discussing the Harassment, Intimidation & Bullying. This is the annual hearing for that.     7:47   From July through December, there were 60 investigations in the high school and 20 confirmed incidents. From December on, at the high school there were 41 investigations, 17 confirmed incidents. Brower is going through each school. Information …

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Elaine Piniat

10:18 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Sorry, there was a technical problem. We pasted the transcript above. Enjoy!   more ›

Presentation on Online Learning to be Made at School Board Meeting

The Board of Education will be holding its monthly meeting in the high school Lecture Hall at 7:30 p.m. Join us for live coverage.

The Board of Education will be holding its monthly meeting in the high school Lecture Hall at 7:30 p.m. Join us for live coverage.  On the agenda for this meeting is an Online Learning Presentation. Superintendent Dr. Sandra Brower has previously said that the district will be implementing a Blended Learning program, which will provide high school students with the opportunity for online learning. It is Brower’s vision that by the end of each student’s high school career, each individual will have one online class on their transcript. Also on the agenda: The board agenda is attached to this story as a PDF.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

School Board Candidates Now Have Until June 5 to File

Deadline would have been today in April election, but board moved election to November

The move from an April school board election to a November one means new deadlines to run as a candidate. Now, candidates have until June 5 to file a petition to run in November, said the county clerk's office. Today was the deadline under the April system. Lakewood will still have an April school board election and budget vote, but nearly every other school district in Ocean County decided to move its school board election to November. That also means the Lacey Township School District budget will no longer be before voters and will instead be decided by the school board this spring, unless the school budget grows more than 2 percent. Only if the school district presents a budget more than the 2 percent cap will it be required to put the …

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