JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Jackson Township planning board has approved a three-school campus proposed by Lakewood Cheder and Bais Faiga School. The schools, which have 50 years of history in nearby Lakewood, will be starting development on their Jackson Township location in the near future.
During the hearing, it was revealed that the school campus would accommodate 2,300 elementary school and high school girls, predominantly from Jackson Township.
Rabbi Yosef Posen said the project would eliminate the need for bussing 457 Jackson students into Lakewood.
The three buildings will each be two stories tall. The project will also require improving East Veterans Highway by creating a left and right turning lane and a traffic light.
Local residents were unsuccessful in their attempt to sway the board away from approving the project.
The school is planning to build a boy’s school on Brewers Bridge Road. The hearing for that project is scheduled for May.
Although the East Veterans Highway school has been approved, it will be based on a septic system which needs approval from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.