ASBURY PARK — A central New Jersey elementary school that was renamed in honor of President Obama last year will soon be shuttered. The state monitor who oversees financial operations for the Asbury Park School District cited declining enrollment for the decision announced today. Monitor Bruce Rodman told the Asbury Park Press that the Barack H. Obama elementary school...
A state monitor has ordered that an Asbury Park elementary school on Bangs Avenue be closed.ASBURY PARK — A central New Jersey elementary school that was renamed in honor of President Obama last year will soon be shuttered.
The state monitor who oversees financial operations for the Asbury Park School District cited declining enrollment for the decision announced today.
Monitor Bruce Rodman told the Asbury Park Press that the Barack H. Obama elementary school will be closed July 1.
The school was built over a century ago and formerly was known as the Bangs Avenue School.
Students who now attend classes there will be reassigned to the district's two other elementary schools for the next school year.
The state's Schools Development Authority had planned to build a new school to replace the historic building, but those plans were recently canceled.