New Jersey high school reform focus of meeting at EBHS
      EAST BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey High School Redesign Steering Committee will hold a meeting for parents, community members and educators at East Brunswick High School Jan. 23 to discuss statewide high school reform. The steering committee, composed of leaders in education and business from New Jersey, has scheduled five meetings throughout the state, including this one.
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Teachers contract still unresolved
Student tells board issue is having effect on teachers' efforts
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer
      EAST BRUNSWICK - Teachers have responded to the lack of a new contract by reducing their roles to only what is required of them, a student representative told the Board of Education last week.
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Authorizing autographs
     JEFF GRANIT staff Children's author and illustrator Steven Kellogg autographs a book for second-grader Yahel Benzvi during Kellogg's visit to the Frost Elementary School yesterday. Kellogg, who has published more than a hundred picture books, also met with students at the Memorial and Irwin elementary schools this week. The visits were sponsored by the respective PTAs and the East Brunswick Education Foundation.
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Mad science
      SCOTT FRIEDMAN All eyes are on Jessica Constandelis as she prepares an experiment during Helmetta's Winter Mad Science Show Sunday at the Holy Trinity Church Hall, Main Street. The event doubled as an ice cream social.
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