Barack Obama Elementary School Slated To Close In New Jersey

ASBURY PARK, N.J. — A central New Jersey elementary school that was renamed in honor of President Barack Obama last year will soon be closed.

The state monitor who oversees financial operations for the Asbury Park School District cited declining enrollment for the decision announced Thursday.

Monitor Bruce Rodman told the Asbury Park Press newspaper the Barack H. Obama elementary school will be closed July 1.

The school was built more than 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 recently were canceled.

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Information from: Asbury Park Press, http://www.app.com

Comments

[Black Bart]

09:08 PM on 03/24/2011

My final thought for today before moving on to a real news web site:
Democrats/Progressives Credo: To each according to his voting record; from each according to his abilities.

[Black Bart]

08:52 PM on 03/24/2011

Change the school name to Jose Obama Juarez, then it will qualify to remain open on strictly PC basis.

[akrazyrunner]

03:30 PM on 03/24/2011

If the school were renamed in honor of Ronald Reagan,
I think that somehow they might have found the funding to keep it open

[lisakaz2]

12:47 AM on 03/20/2011

Hmm, the state decided? Gee, one of Christie's ppl -- what a surprise.

[Andrew Wojtkowski]

11:45 AM on 03/23/2011

Yes. Because we should keep an underperforming school with decreased enrollment.

[lisakaz2]

12:42 PM on 03/23/2011

Because closure is the only possible option, right?

[cyoohoos]

09:46 AM on 03/19/2011

Another HP article tailor made for tr0))s. Not even they want the bait on this one

[SangZe]

09:16 AM on 03/19/2011

Republicans at work? Or maybe people are ashamed of Obama's failure to lead and just don't want an educational institution bearing his name.

[gilbskg]

07:44 PM on 03/20/2011

Oh brother.

[Black Bart]

08:59 PM on 03/24/2011

Or maybe the state has run out of money from spending/giving to those who contribute only more people to the society.

[whyus]

01:49 AM on 03/19/2011

Wonder if the Gov. had any part of this.

[shthar]

05:23 PM on 03/18/2011

Why am I not surprised?

[bbbbmer]

03:58 PM on 03/18/2011

A fitting result of this administration's profoundly misguided corporate right education agenda.

[Mistinguette Grandison]

08:36 PM on 03/18/2011

Corporate right Education agenda? You mean trying to get the best teachers they can? And I thought the right wing was the insane group.

[lisakaz2]

12:48 AM on 03/20/2011

At minimum wage with 60 student classrooms. Gee, what could go wrong?

[MG Metiva]

03:25 PM on 03/18/2011

Is this a warning sign of Republicans?

[FerrellGummitt]

12:34 PM on 03/18/2011

The real reason the school was closed was the cost per pupil for substandard public education there is a staggering $35,748 per year. The performance tax slaves receive in return:

Not a single kid in the high school scored in the advanced category on the high school proficiency test. About 72 percent were "partially" proficient in the verbal category, which is a nice way of saying they can't read. About 86 percent were partially proficient in math…

Financial and managerial incompeten­ce. Sounds like the school was named well...

[Bike Commuter]

12:59 PM on 03/18/2011

This is an elementary school and you are citing a high school proficiency test?

[gilbskg]

07:45 PM on 03/20/2011

Guess he didn't think anyone would notice.

[lisakaz2]

12:44 PM on 03/23/2011

Well said. Guess an elementary school is supposed to start drilling early and often. Or, just pull a Cartman.

[JM Brodie]

02:10 PM on 03/18/2011

You do realize that this is not a high school...

[FerrellGummitt]

12:31 PM on 03/18/2011

Financial and managerial incompetence. Sounds like the school was named well...

[derekkt]

01:59 PM on 03/18/2011

It was well named considering it is an academic facility. If it was named after our past president then your statement along with the fact of it it being an academic facility would be well founded. The funny part is you used the wrong information in your above post also, I guess is a good thing the school wasn't named after you either.

[MG Metiva]

03:26 PM on 03/18/2011

Our current president not past president.

[shthar]

05:24 PM on 03/18/2011

Kind of like Ronald Reagan airport...

[corwin]

10:10 PM on 03/18/2011

Or Barack Obama School of Culinary Arts and Basketball Prognostication