Education

MIDDLESEX COUNTY — A flag emblazoned with Middlesex College’s new logo, officially trumpeting the school’s bold, new direction, ascended outside College Center.

Once it reached its zenith, the assembled school officials realized it was upside down.

On take two, the flag unfurled correctly, everyone shared a good laugh and spontaneous applause broke out.

Whether it was ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Tom Valenti fought back tears.

He was telling a crowd of about 200 people on Wednesday how proud his mother would be that the school to be built on this Jersey Avenue site will be named in her honor.

The Blanquita B. Valenti Community School that will be home to some 1,100 students is named after a selfless public servant, a brave trailblazer and a longtime ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The ceremonial groundbreaking for a $55 million elementary school at 50 Jersey Ave. on Wednesday was hailed by the superintendent of schools as a “remarkable day” for the school district and the city.

The 125,000 square-foot school, whose construction on a 4.25-acre tract is part of a sweeping $750 million project, is expected to be completed in the ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Tuesday’s announcement that Rutgers would be receiving about $148 million in federal funding and Middlesex College will get about $26 million comes as the county’s two biggest schools – along with several other institutions of higher learning across the state - are facing budget shortfalls.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in drops in enrollment, ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Construction of the $55 million elementary school on Jersey Avenue will begin with a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, May 12 at 11 a.m.

Officials from the board of education, city government, RWJ Barnabas Health, Middlesex County and others have been invited to take part.

The school’s construction is just one component of a sweeping, $750 million project ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Dale Caldwell, a driving force on the Board of Education for more than two decades, will be named its new president at tonight’s reorganization meeting, TAPinto New Brunswick has learned.

Jennifer Sevilla is also expected to be chosen by a vote of the other board members as the vice president.

Caldwell’s daughter, Ashley Caldwell, the star first singles ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Updated Board of Education voting results show that the three incumbents continue to lead.

New Beginnings for New Brunswick running mates Edward Spencer (394), Jennifer Sevilla (387) and Diana Solis (382) are seeking re-elected to the board.

They lead challengers Linda Stork (293), Jenifer Garcia Pelaez (259) and Matthew Rivera (250), who ran under the Students ...

This story was produced thanks to a reporting grant facilitated by the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University and funded by New Jersey Children's Foundation.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Claudia Gallegos wanted to know if her second grader had missed any assignments.

The problem was, she had no idea how to check.

So, Gallegos enrolled in a virtual session the New Brunswick ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The three incumbents running for the Board of Education are leading in preliminary results released by the Middlesex County Clerk’s Office on Tuesday night.

Edward Spencer (344 votes), Jennifer Sevilla (336) and Diana Solis (332) are leading in their re-election efforts.

Challengers Linda Stork (241), Jenifer Garcia Pelaez (204) and Matthew Rivera (199) ran ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The kids are back!

For the first time in 13 months, the students at New Brunswick High School, New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School, New Brunswick P-TECH, and New Brunswick Middle School returned to their classrooms on Monday.

Students will be taking precautions in response to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, such as observing social distancing ...