SOMERS POINT – School officials have called two meetings this week to discuss restructuring the school district by grade levels rather than geographic location.

According to a letter sent home to parents, meetings will be held 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6 at Jordan Road School and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 at Dawes Avenue School to present findings based on the recommendations of the New Jersey Department of Education.

A committee comprised of teachers and administrators had a preliminary meeting to brainstorm ideas, according to the letter.

“At this meeting, the committee found that the possibility of Dawes Avenue becoming the kindergarten through third-grade school and Jordan Road becoming the fourth- through eighth-grade school had positive outcomes that would improve student achievement,” the letter stated.

GALLOWAY – A local woman was charged with drunken driving and other offenses after her vehicle struck three parked cars and a garage and also damaged a lamp post and a utility box in the Smithville section of the township Sunday, Feb. 5, police said.

Ivelisse Lopez, 39, of Galloway lost control of her vehicle at 10:45 p.m. and struck a parked vehicle on Lakefront Circle, according to police. Her vehicle then struck a garage, causing significant damage. It continued on and struck two other parked vehicles. A lamp post and a utility box were also damaged.

GALLOWAY – Galloway’s Sutton Pakenham-Laltrello, Madeline Barrows and Chris Hansell will appear in the Stockton Theatre Club’s presentation of  “Spring Awakening” in early March.

All three are Absegami High School graduates and former members of the school’s Emanon Players.

OCEAN CITY — Looking to create a safer path for young bicyclists and pedestrians headed for a day of learning at the Ocean City Intermediate School, Cape May County officials secured the Ocean City school board’s approval to go the federal route in hopes of slowing down traffic along Bay Avenue from 18th to 20th streets.