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Seaside Heights Voters Reject Merger With Toms River School District: Unofficial Results Seaside Heights Voters Reject Merger With Toms River School District: Unofficial Results
Seaside Heights Voters Reject Merger With Toms River School District: Unofficial Results Seaside Heights voters rejected a plan to merge the island borough's school district with the Toms River Regional School District. According to unofficial results, 232 voters in Seaside Heights voted "no" on the merger, while 167 voters said "yes" in the referendum on Tuesday, Apr. 16. The plan would have eventually closed the Seaside district's only school Hugh J. Boyd, Jr. Elementary School. Mainland voters overwhelmingly approved the merger plan, which would have gone into effect in the 2024-25 school year. In Beachwood, Pine Beach, South Toms River, and Toms River, 7,186 voters sai…

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by Chris Spiker
Schools
Two Jersey Shore School Districts Could Merge After OK From State Officials Two Jersey Shore School Districts Could Merge After OK From State Officials
Two Jersey Shore School Districts Could Merge After OK From State Officials New Jersey's top education officials have signed-off on a referendum for a merger between two school districts. On Friday, March 8, Acting New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer approved Seaside Heights merging with the Toms River Regional school district. The Central Regional School District had petitioned against the merger, but Dehmer said that Seaside Heights is closer in proximity to Toms River, so transportation will be cheaper and more time-efficient. He also said the merger would be unlikely to "increase or exacerbate the segregation of students by racial, …

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by Cecilia Levine
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8th Grade Teacher, Coach Accused Of Sexually Abusing NJ Student In Lawsuit: Report 8th Grade Teacher, Coach Accused Of Sexually Abusing NJ Student In Lawsuit: Report
8th Grade Teacher, Coach Accused Of Sexually Abusing NJ Student In Lawsuit: Report An eighth-grade teacher and coach has been accused of sexually abusing a student in a lawsuit filed against the Toms River Regional school district last month, NJ Advance Media Reports. Former teacher Shawn Lee “openly seduced, coerced, groomed and manipulated [the] plaintiff” by using his “position of power” as the student’s tennis coach at Toms River Intermediate East School from 2005 to 2007,  the outlet says citing the suit. The abuse occurred in a vehicle on Toms River High School property and near the victim’s home and continued in a park in Nutley after the v…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJ Teen Says He Was Kicked Out Of Class For Keeping Trump Flag NJ Teen Says He Was Kicked Out Of Class For Keeping Trump Flag
NJ Teen Says He Was Kicked Out Of Class For Keeping Trump Flag A 17-year-old high school student in New Jersey removed himself from a virtual chemistry class after being asked and subsequently refusing to take down a flag displaying his support for President Trump. Anthony Ribeiro had logged in early to his remote chemistry class with Toms River High School North teacher Andrew Gilman on Oct. 8, he told Daily Voice. That particular day, he decided to display a banner depicting President Trump’s '2020 Keep America Great!' slogan that he had received for his birthday earlier in the week, he said. While he had gotten through his first several remote clas…

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by Valerie Musson
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Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes
Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes A retired Toms River Regional school district employee has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison for sex crimes against two children, authorities said. William J. Herflicker, III, 57, was sentenced on Monday for crimes committed between 2005 and 2010, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Herflicker was convicted on Jan. 22 after a jury trial, the prosecutor said. Herflicker was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault, Billhimer said. Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski sentenced Herflicker to 15 years in state prison on each count to…

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by Jon Craig