The new Howell Township Memorial Middle School on Adelphia Road can accommodate up to 750 students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades, although the current enrollment is 525. The school has 48 classrooms, including 6 science labs, a gymnasium, cafetorium, computer lab, instrumental and choral music areas and an art room.

The school, which opened September 2, is part of a $32.4 million expansion program approved by referendum to alleviate district overcrowding. Last year, Howell Township opened two new facilities – Adelphia and Greenville elementary schools.

New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (SCC), initiated two years ago by Governor James E. McGreevey, provided $14.2 million in funding toward the three projects as part of the State’s unprecedented $8.6 billion school construction program. In addition, the district received a $1.2 million grant from the state Board of Public Utilities to support energy-efficient and solar technologies in the township schools.

John F. Spencer, Chief Executive Officer of SCC, said, "These school projects in Howell Township are examples of the strides SCC is making toward providing top-flight facilities for our students statewide." Moreover, Spencer said, "Every state dollar spent on school construction projects is one less dollar that has to come from local taxpayers."

Officials unveiled wall plaques honoring Army Cpl. Michael E. Curtin, a casualty of the war in Iraq, and the township’s 9/11/01 victims, John Lennon, Alan Wisniewski, John Rhodes, Joseph Sacerdote and Colin McArthur. Many of their relatives attended the ceremony, which also featured a ribbon-cutting and a student musical performance.

"Our children, through the spirit and enthusiasm they bring to the educational challenges they will find here, provide the best possible way to memorialize the sacrifice made by these families," principal Charles Welsh remarked during the dedication ceremony.