Neptune City School Officials Say New Addition to be Ready
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Thomas Campbell, who is beginning his first year as the top administrator at the Woodrow Wilson School in Neptune City is hoping that all new construction on the school will be completed before school starts.
We are just finishing up construction, were hoping to have everything finished and move the kids into the new rooms at the start of school, he said this week.
The school had been undergoing an expansion as well as renovations of the existing building for several years.
Campbell, who has been in the district for nine years, said its been a busy summer.
Everything is going well, he said. Our main focus is getting the building done, we have weekly meetings with the builder and the architect.
Campbell said he is well prepared for the academic side of things.
After nine years I have a handle on that, he said of the opening of school.
Campbell said a new school nurse has been hired to replace Lynn Swanson, who had been in the school for about 25 years.
Colleen Nyman comes to the school from the Lakewood school system where she was the school nurse for three years.
Campbell said the district, which has about 400 students, is expanding its life skills program in the coming year.
Were going to expand on that this year, he said. We will have more guest speakers and more hands on training.
The school also has a new soccer coach, Colleen Curto, who previously taught in Long Branch.
We are looking forward to getting back to some normalcy, he said referring to the lengthy construction project.
We have a great new science room, Campbell said.
He said two classrooms have been combined to make the new science room.
Campbell said a new handicapped accessible ramp has been added to the building as well.
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