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Namik Sercan, Central Jersey College Prep Charter School’s CEO, speaks to parents before the start of the enrollment lottery. More than 200 prospective students and their hopeful parents crowded into the Central Jersey College Prep Charter School’s auditorium March 7 for the school’s annual enrollment lottery. The reality was that most of them would go home disappointed; although the school …

Members of the FHS JROTC color guard during the March 3 competition. Members of Franklin High School’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps took home four trophies March 4 in a league competition. 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 …

The state has approved Central Jersey College Prep’s application to double its enrollment. Updated with new information throughout. 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 Eight Villages. But we can only do that with …

Schools Superintendent John Ravally said that the policy banning charter school students from playing on district sports teams could be relaxed. Update: Central Jersey College Prep Charter School would be interested in paying to have its students participate on the school district’s sports teams, the charter school’s principal said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School principal Olguz Yildiz, left, assists with dumping names of applicants into a bucket prior to their being picked in the annual enrollment lottery. Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School held its 2017-18 school year lottery Feb. 18, albeit under the cloud of civil rights complaints and calls for its closure. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …

CJCP students during the inaugural International Day. Students and parents gathered at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School Feb. 17 to celebrate the world’s cultures. 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 Eight Villages. …

The township’s two charter schools have denied their enrollment practices are discriminatory. Pictured are Gov. Chris Christie with Oguz Yildiz, TEECS’ Lead Person, during a 2016 visit to the school. The township’s two charter schools on Feb. 14 denied charges that their enrollment policies are discriminatory, and charged their critics with trying to harass charter schools out of business. Don’t …

Franklin Park School Kindergarten students pass around a red heart during the district’s observance of the “Stand Up For The Other Pledge.” Students throughout the district commemorated Valentine’s Day this year by pledging to stand up to bigotry and hate. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …

Gov. Chris Christie visits the Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School in May 2016. Two groups have asked the state Department of Education to close TEECS and Central Jersey College Prep Charter School for alleged civil rights violations in their enrollments. Two groups – including one based in the township – have asked the state Department of Education to close the …

Conerly Road School students Naseem Dobbins and Jocelyn Knight (left to right) led the bake sale effort, with the help of teachers Felicia Osley and Sarah Greenfield (left to right). It’s not often that reading a book as part of an assignment can spur young students to action, but that’s just what happened with a group of Conerly Road School …