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Brielle district to add in-school band and choir, expand math and tech platforms
Summary
The district plans to make band and choir into graded middle-school courses, continue the Into Math program (buying B2), consolidate financial literacy into eighth grade, and move HR/payroll and teacher-evaluation systems to save costs.
Administrators told the board the proposed budget supports several instructional and technology changes for next year.
Among the curriculum changes, band and choir — currently offered outside regular school hours — would be added as for-credit course options for grades 6–8. The presenter said students who choose band or choir would have those classes replace two specials periods and that non-enrolled students would receive expanded study-skills instruction.
The board heard that the district implemented the Into Math program this year in grades K–5 and plans to purchase the B2 version next year to extend instructional tools. Administrators said they invested professional-development time in teacher preparation for the new math program and will continue to support it with scheduled observations and reflection meetings.
Administrators described several administrative-technology shifts intended to reduce costs and improve data integration: removing System 3000 for HR/payroll/budget, transitioning from Frontline to Genesis for teacher evaluation (and possibly its benchmark platform), replacing Impero with a different student-monitoring system, and expanding ParentSquare for family communications.
The district also plans to consolidate state-required financial-literacy instruction into eighth grade (meeting the state requirement), and to explore an eighth-grade course that would better prepare students for the high-school technology platform.
Board members and administrators discussed practical details, including how band/choir scheduling would replace two specials periods and how math-placement decisions could drive sectioning and class-size planning.
