July 16, 2021

Tempers Rising in Asbury Park: Broken AC, Staff Suspensions, and Community Unrest

Frustration is mounting in Asbury Park among parents, staff members, and residents . Here’s a round-up of what people are telling me. Right now it’s […]
July 8, 2021

What’s Good Enough for Asbury Park Students Isn’t Good Enough for the Top Brass: Asbestos, Anyone?

What is the Asbury Park School Board thinking? It’s awfully hard to tell and its nine members are not a single organism. Yet the majority […]
June 23, 2021

Asbury Park Union Files Grievance While Central Office Staff Have a Party

Yesterday the Asbury Park Education Association filed a grievance against the district because teachers are getting blamed for an extension for the school year from […]
June 14, 2021

Asbury Park Superintendent Needs a Math Lesson

Friday morning Asbury Park staff and students arrived at school to find that Superintendent Sancha Gray was closing the district because too many staff members […]
June 11, 2021

BREAKING: Asbury Park Schools Shut Down Unexpectedly Due to Teacher Protest; ‘Official Statement’ From Gray

(See “official update” from Superintendent Sancha Gray below.) This morning Asbury Park teachers and students arrived at district schools for classes, only to find that […]
June 10, 2021

Asbury Update: A ‘Whistleblower’ Gets Suspended and the School Board Plays Charades

Reginald Mirthil, the principal of Thurgood Marshall Upper Elementary School, has been suspended. On Tuesday he sent out a tweet that led to a lockdown […]