Education

Goals

Goal 1 Ensure access to high quality early childhood education.

Strategies
Provide healthier food
Provide healthier food
Increase the number of Spanish and Creole speaking outreach staff
Increase the number of Spanish and Creole speaking outreach staff
Engage parents through outreach and partnerships
Engage parents through outreach and partnerships
Expand high quality preschool programs
Expand high quality preschool programs

Goal 2 Improve relationships and collaboration between educators, the community, and other local stakeholders.

Strategies
K-12 school partnerships
K-12 school partnerships
Enhance partnerships between APSD and the City of Asbury Park
Enhance partnerships between APSD and the City of Asbury Park

Goal 3 Improve communication about local educational programs.

Strategies
Improve school-wide communications
Improve school-wide communications
Expand outreach for adult literacy, GED and ESL programs
Expand outreach for adult literacy, GED and ESL programs

Goal 4 Connect middle and high school students to college and career opportunities.

Strategies
Provide high school students with hands-on internships
Provide high school students with hands-on internships
Increase awareness of APSD Academies
Increase awareness of APSD Academies
Connect students to the Vocational School District and Brookdale Community College
Connect students to the Vocational School District and Brookdale Community College
Create a new college and career pathways program
Create a new college and career pathways program

Goal 5 Support students in achieving success.

Strategies
Open a branch of the Asbury Park Library
Open a branch of the Asbury Park Library
Expand life skills training
Expand life skills training
Expand the PTO program
Expand the PTO program
Expand summer programming
Expand summer programming
Create a tech/ed hub
Create a tech/ed hub

EXISTING CONDITIONS

Local Schools

Asbury Park School District

  • Barack Obama Elementary
  • Bradley Elementary
  • Thurgood Marshall Elementary
  • MLK Jr. Middle School
  • Asbury Park High School

Other Local Schools

  • Hope Academy Charter School
  • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School
  • Sisters Academy
Educational Attainment

A relatively small number of residents have higher education degrees (college or masters), at 12.5% compared to 23.5% in New Jersey.

0%
...of Asbury Park seniors graduated high school in 2015
New or Notable Programs

  • Build a Better Future literacy program
  • College & Career Readiness Program and Coach
  • Middle school curriculum themes of character, service, and leadership
  • Male role model outreach with fathers and local fraternities
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The Community Says

  • Bridging the digital divide will make West Side students more competitive for jobs and education programs
  • Better connections to career and college programs are a priority for parents and students
  • Smaller class sizes are beneficial to the city’s students
  • Career readiness training would help students prepare for the future
  • After-school activities for children and youth are lacking

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