Principals from several Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District schools reported classroom expansions, community events and fundraising results at a board of education meeting hosted at Cambridge Park Elementary.

The updates matter because they affect classroom capacity, school programming and family engagement across the district: Cambridge Park added preschool classrooms, reported student and staff counts, and principals across the district outlined spring events and graduation schedules.

At Cambridge Park Elementary, the principal told the board the school opened two additional regular-education preschool classrooms and one additional preschool disabilities (PSD) room this school year. ‘‘This school year, we have 16 preschool classrooms, 3 PSD rooms, and 2 kindergarten classrooms at Cambridge Park,’’ the principal said. The principal reported 280 students attend the school daily and 63 staff members work there.

The principal also reported fundraising and family engagement. The school raised $3,857 at a fall Scholastic book fair, ‘‘and we'll use those funds to purchase additional books for each classroom,’’ the principal said. The next book fair was announced for April 28 through April 30 (dates as reported at the meeting). The principal thanked Susan Ripple for organizing the book fair and identified ‘‘Jim’’ as a newly hired crossing guard noted for helping keep students safe.

Principals and presenters at other schools described planned family nights, literacy events and awareness weeks. One principal said kindergartners join a ‘‘shoe tying club’’ in March and that there are currently 25 kindergarten students who can tie their shoes. School-level music and literacy activities were highlighted, including a visiting author, Daniel G. Miller, who visited one elementary school; that visit was described as part of a month of literacy events. Manns Middle School presented Beetlejuice Junior with staff and students praised for the production. Manns’ arts programs were described as a district strength.

Lloyd (Loy) Road School described disability awareness week planned for April 7–11 and a PTO color run scheduled for April 29 with a donation goal reported as $1.50 per student. Lloyd Road also announced a family evening on Wednesday, May 9, and a movie night planned for May. MAMS (the middle school) announced a new Instagram account, MAMS_spotlight, to showcase student work.

District-wide scheduling details were given: one speaker confirmed middle school graduation will be June 18 and high school graduation June 19. The speaker said the last day of school for most students is June 19, with different dates for specific schools (for example, some schools listed June 23 as the last day). The speaker also noted there is no school on June 20 (as reported at the meeting).

During the meeting the board president asked for a motion to accept the minutes and later asked for a motion and second to accept correspondence; the transcript records the requests but does not record the votes or outcomes.

The board received the school reports and the meeting moved on to budget and enrollment discussion later in the agenda.