Schools teach 4-year-olds learning fundamentals
Skills learned at pre-K carry through students’ academic careers
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer
      RED BANK — The borough Public School District has implemented teaching methods in its prekindergarten classes, which foster literacy, symbolic thinking and self-regulation Last week, the Red Bank Public School District’s Board of Education brought its meeting to Room 302 of the Red ...
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New swings for Kortney’s Playground
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer
      OCEANPORT –– In memory of 9-year-old Kortney Rose Gillette, the playground at Wolf Hill School in Oceanport will be named in her honor next month. Kortney lost her battle with brainstem glioma on April 27, just four months after receiving the diagnosis, her mother, Kristen Gillette, r...
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Middle school puzzle: Why the high water use?
Red Bank district searching for source of tripled water bills
BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer
      RED BANK — What accounts for a triple-fold increase in water usage at the Red Bank Middle School remains a mystery, according to district Business Administrator Anne Darrow.
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