The Barnegat Township School District is celebrating a top tier rating of its pre-K program. The rating comes from Grow NJ Kids, a state-sponsored initiative to raise the quality of early learning and child care throughout the state.

“We are thrilled,” said Jennifer Froehlich, principal of the Lillian M. Dunfee School, which exclusively houses the pre-K program. “This recognition just shows the high quality of our programs and the work we put in to ensure our littlest learners get the absolute…