Freehold Regional High School District

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The Freehold Regional High School District is a public regional school district serving eight communities in western Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The district, consisting of six high schools, is the largest high school district in the state of New Jersey.

Six Specialized Learning Centers for students who are highly motivated and talented are located throughout the District; all students from the region are eligible for enrollment, admission is competitive. The Specialized Learning Centers include the areas of Business Administration at Marlboro; Humanities at Howell; Contemporary Global Issues at Freehold Township; Medical Sciences at Freehold; Science and Engineering at Manalapan; and Law and Public Service at Colts Neck.

The District also offers a Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management Academy and a Computer Science Academy at Freehold High School; a Fine and Performing Arts Academy at Howell; a Navy Junior ROTC Character and Leadership Development Academy at Colts Neck High School; an Automotive Technology Academy at Manalapan High School; and Animal and Botanical Sciences at Freehold Township High School. Every effort is made to keep special education students in district; a variety of in-class support, resource center, and self-contained programs are conducted.

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[edit] No Child Left Behind

On October 21, 2005, the New Jersey Department of Education announced that the Freehold Regional High School District had for the second consecutive year failed to meet the minimum education standards promulgated under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. If the district failed again in 2006, it would be subject to sanctions that may include requiring the district to provide students with the opportunity to attend public schools in other New Jersey school districts no later than the 2007-2008 school year.

The FRHSD announced that five of our six high schools have achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on 40 of 40 categories established by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) for 2006. The five schools are Colts Neck, Freehold, Howell, Manalapan, and Marlboro High Schools. Freehold Township High School made AYP in 39 of 40 indicators.

The assessment of proficiency in language arts and mathematics is required by NCLB during 11th grade. In addition to the total school population, all sub-populations such as Students with Disabilities, Limited English Proficient Students, Economically Disadvantaged Students, and Ethnic groups must attain these AYP standards. The subgroups of students must take the same set of tests and meet the same AYP standards as the regular student population.

Under NCLB, students in each group must meet state-established proficiency goals in both language arts and mathematics in order to make AYP. If one group in one subject area (language arts or mathematics) at a school does not meet the targeted proficiency goal, then the school does not make AYP for that year. All students will be expected to pass the state-administered tests by 2014.

If a school misses AYP in any one of the 40 indicators after having achieved AYP in prior years, it is placed on the Department of Education’s "Early Warning" list. If a school does not make AYP two years in a row, it is placed on the NCLB “Schools in Need of Improvement” list. Schools must make AYP two years in a row in order to be removed from either the “Early Warning” or “Schools in Need of Improvement” list.

[edit] High Schools

[edit] Specialized Learning Centers

  • Science/Engineering - Manalapan H.S.
  • Medical Sciences - Freehold H.S.
  • Business Administration - Marlboro H.S.
  • Humanities - Howell H.S.
  • Global Issues, formerly International Studies and World Languages - Freehold Township H.S.
  • Law and Public Service - Colts Neck H.S.

[edit] Academies

  • Law Enforcement and Public Safety - Manalapan H.S.
  • Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management - Freehold H.S.
  • Computer Science - Freehold H.S.
  • Fine and Performing Arts Academy - Howell H.S.
  • Animal and Botanical Sciences - Freehold Township H.S.
  • Navy ROTC Character and Leadership Development - Colts Neck H.S.

[edit] Communities

Effective for entering Freshman as of September 2006:

[edit] Board of Education

  • Mrs. Patricia Horvath - President: Manalapan Township 1.45 vote
  • Mr. Ronald Lawson - Vice President: Howell Township 1.05 vote
  • Miss Diane Cappiello - Englishtown Borough .4 vote
  • Mrs. Bunny Hammer - Freehold Borough .8 vote
  • Mrs. Kathie Lavin - Farmingdale Borough .4 vote
  • Mrs. Joan Leimbach - Howell Township 1.05 vote
  • Mr. Christopher Placitella - Colts Neck Township .8 vote
  • Mrs. BonnieSue Rosenwald - Marlboro Township 1.6 vote
  • Mr. Michael A. Wright Sr. - Freehold Township 1.45 vote

[edit] Administration

  • Dr. James Wasser - Superintendent
  • Dr. Patricia Emmerman - Assistant Superintendent: Student Services
  • Dr. Joan Nesenkar Saylor - Assistant Superintendent: Business Administration / Board Secretary
  • Dr. Suzanne Koegler - Assistant Superintendent: Curriculum and Instruction
  • Mr. Frank Tanzini - Assistant Superintendent: Human Resources

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] External links

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