The MANCHESTER Times Vol. 27 - No. 18
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High School May Get More Marking Periods
National Night Out Lets Town Meet First Responders
In This Week’s Edition
By Bob Vosseller MANCHESTER – School District officials are looking at a plan to add marking periods to the high school’s marking period during the 2021-22 school year. School officials proposed to add marking periods for Manchester Township High School a s i t wo u l d a l l ow grades and progress reports to be issued more often, in an effort to identify and support st r uggling st udents earlier in the semester. With the block schedule in place at the high school, currently a student is halfway through the class before receiving a grade. Director of Student and Ad minist rative
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–Photos By Bob Vosseller (Top) Lakehurst First Aid Squad 24 members Nick Sinkewitz, left, joins Pat Sinkewitz, Marcy Guyer, and Tim Sinkewitz in front of their rig, where they gave out free snow cones. (Bottom) Parents and children stop over to the Lakehurst Police Department table to pick up some fun free items. By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – National Night Out is held
every August in towns across America to bring the community together
and to get to know the members of local law enforcement and other
first responder agencies. This marked the first (Night - See Page 4)
Doctors Learning To Treat Post-COVID Symptoms By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK – Fatigue. Trouble sleeping. Brain fog. Loss of smell or taste. Heart palpitations. Fever. Hair loss. Joint or muscle pain. Lung issues. Depression. Anxiety. Digestive problems. Most people who contract COV ID -19 recover within weeks, but some “long-haulers” suffer for weeks and months with some of the symptoms listed above.
“I don’t like to use the term ‘long haulers,’ as much, but ‘COVID recovery,’” said Dr. James Matera who is the Chief Medical Officer at CentraState Medical Center. He and Dr. Todd Cooperman, a physician on staff whose specialty is physical medicine and rehabilitation, launched a program at the hospital last week for people suffering with (Doctors - See Page 5)
–Photo courtesy CentraState Health care workers have been challenged during this trying time.
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Services Alex George explained the proposed change in a presentation at a recent Board of Education meeting. “The addition of a third marking period gives students two marking periods to overcome a poor start, bring their grade up, and be successful in the class.” “It involves parents earlier in the academic calendar as well,” said George. Semester block courses currently have two marking periods, at 45 and 90 days. George noted this would be increased to three marking periods at 30, 60 and 90 days under the new plan, with progress reports issued at 30 and 60 (School - See Page 5)
Toms River Site Picked For VA Clinic
By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued an award to a Toms River plan to build a new “Community Based Outpatient Clinic” off of Hooper Avenue. The current facility, the James J. Howard clinic on Route 70 in Brick, has long been considered too small for the amount of people who use it. Parking and traffic also make it difficult to access. The new building would be 68,000 square feet and have 480 parking spaces. The exact location would be between Seacourt Pavilion Shopping Center and the Esplanade Office Park on Hooper Avenue, behind the currently (VA - See Page 7)
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