School News

Editor’s Note: In light of the vigorous discussion about guns in schools and school safety in general following the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a Florida high school, we became curious about the opinions of township residents – especially high school students – about those topics. We sent Arnav Tolat, our chief Franklin High School correspondent, to speak with his …

Pillar College welcomed the community on Feb. 23 in its first open house. About 60 people visited the evangelical college, located on Apgar Road, during the event. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the …

Additional Franklin Township Police Officers have been deployed to the district’s elementary schools as part of a new “School Security Initiative” announced on Feb. 22. The program is effective now, said FTPD spokesman Phil Rizzo. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We …

Board of Education member Nishita Desai, Sneh Patel, Arnav Tolat and Jerijah McCray, left to right, at the Franklin High School TEDx event. Photo: PJ Parker. By PJ Parker. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media …

Two Franklin Middle School students face school disciplinary action after they modified a school-assigned video to include what district officials regarded as “disturbing images.” District spokeswoman Mary Clark said the students used some video footage created during a school assignment to create a new video, an action which schools Superintendent John Ravally labeled as “poor judgment” in a message to …

Editor’s Note: Normally, we would not cover a story outside of the township unless it involved a Franklin resident. But a trip to south Florida for a family gathering found me about a 20-minute drive from Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Fl., the scene of last week’s horrific mass killing in which a gunman murdered 17 students and …

Amanda Lake, a resident of Somerset, was honored for academic achievement by being named to the Dean’s List at Delaware Valley University for the Fall 2017 semester. Briana Johnson of Somerset was named to the Cedarville University Dean’s List for fall 2017. This recognition requires the student to have a 3.5 GPA or higher for the semester, and carry a …

CJCP’s chief educational officer, Namik Sercan, far left, addresses parents during the Feb. 11 open house. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School is planning to weigh its upcoming enrollment lottery in favor of children from low-income families. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

Starting in the fall, Central Jersey College Prep Charter School will begin participation in a program designed to help students succeed in college. CJCP will be one of approximately 1,500 schools worldwide to implement the AP Capstone diploma program, a program that allows students to develop skills that matter most for college success, such as research, collaboration, and communication, according …

Frank Chmiel, left, was named Franklin High School’s new principal, and Purvi Shah was named Franklin Park School’s new principal, at the Jan. 25 school board meeting. The Board of Education dipped into the district’s “farm team” Jan. 25 to pick principals for Franklin High School and Franklin Park School. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …