Sea Bright School — Learning in the Past
Sea Bright School History
The four-story, brick building on River Street was opened in 1892. The builder was Garrett Hennessey and the cost was $11,650. The SB school board president was George Brown. The school closed in 1978. The last principal at the K-6 school was LeRoy von Entress.
According to a WordontheShore.com report, the SB Board of Education sold the school to Ingol Media Service for $125,000 in 1979. In 1988 Fondeur Bridges Properties, Inc. acquired it for $600,000. In 1995, Aldo J. Frustacci, who represents River Realty, LLC, bought it for $100,000. In recent years, the property was on the market for just under $5 million.
The old school was finally torn down in September 2019. Sea Bright grammar school children now attend Oceanport schools.
Sea Bright School, 1930s.
SB School sketch, 1895 (Ploughshare Press).
SB School plaque (Thanks to SB Councilman Marc Leckstein).
SB School tear down, September 2019.
Asbury Park Press, May 1977. Although voters approved this plan easily by 2-to-1, the school board voted to close the school by a 5-4 vote in Sept. 1978. All SB students ended up attending Oceanport schools.
SB School tear down, September 2019.
SB School tear down, Sept. 2019.
SB School, 1978.
SB School tear down, Sept. 2019.
Restored SB School bell. From left: Alan Hinton, Bob Redfield, and John Roberston, 1985.
SB School, 1978.
Sea Bright School, 2019.
Sea Bright School, 1971.
Sea Bright School, 2019.
Asbury Park Press, January 1967.
SB School tear down, Sept. 2019.
SB School tear down, Sept. 2019.
SB School tear down, Sept. 2019.
SB School gone, Sept. 2019.
SB School students, late 1910s.
