Schools

Volunteers from the Point Community Church of North Brunswick spent three days of their summer fixing up the garden at Pine Grove Manor School on Highland Avenue. The work was seen by church leaders as a way of introducing themselves to the community in advance of them founding a new congregation in Somerset. The work included clearing old vegetation, turning …

A move to lower the passing grade for Franklin High School students from 67 to 60 is being studied by the Board of Education. The board at its August meeting pulled a proposed policy that would do just that, saying it needed more time to study the issue. The new policy, if adopted, would not go into effect until the …