Five Things to Know Today: July 25, 2011

1. Break in the Heat, with Rain to Beat: The National Weather Service is calling for a high around 87 today with a 40 percent chance of rain after 1 p.m. Tonight, expect clouds to roll in and temperatures to drop near 67; chance of rain 50 percent.

2. FRHSD BOE: The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education meets tonight at 6 p.m. in their , when the board will make a motion to go into closed executive session; the regular meeting will reopen at 8 p.m. The agenda for tonight’s meeting indicates that Asst. School Bussiness Administrator and Asst. Board Secreatry Jason Schimpf will be resigning effective Sept. 30 for another position. Schimpf will have been with the school district one month shy of three years. The agenda also discloses the reappointments of top personnel with no raises, they will be reappointed at the same salary they had for the 2009-2010 school year and the 2010-2011 school year. Raises for top administrators has been a since the middle of spring.  There are three attachments to tonight's agenda which you can view here: attachment 1, attachment 2, and attachment 3. 

3. Government:

• meets tonight at 7 p.m. in room 216 of the .
• meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. in room 213 of the . 

4. Local Film School: Starting today the Industry Film School located at 922 Rt. 33 in Freehold will be holding their third week of four boot camp courses this July. Each week is different and instructs students on new techniques in film and production. Classes last from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day of the week. The school covers everything from script-writing to directing to lighting a scene. Classes are open to all. Interested? Call 877-593-8953, e-mail nbennett@industryfilmschool.com or visit their Web site. 

5. Spend Wisely: Mall Mania columnist advises you on by retail stores. Berry helps the shopping impaired (or otherwise less knowledgable shoppers) navigate through the waters of coupons, sale signs, store credit cards, and return policies. Now you can buy that gorgeous shirt without losing the one off your back.