Jackson School District Sells McAuliffe School For $40 Million

Jackson School District Sells McAuliffe School For $40 Million

JACKSON – The township’s Board of Education has approved the $40 million sale of the former Christa McAuliffe Middle School building and property to Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG).   BMG is a Haredi Jewish Litvishe yeshiva located on Private Way in Lakewood Township. It was founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotler in 1943 and is the second-largest yeshiva in the world, after Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.   According to BMG’s website, as of 2025, it had over 9,000 …

BREAKING: Jackson Accepts $40,000,000 Bid from BMG For the McAuliffe Middle School

Jackson moments ago has accepted a bid of $40,000,000 from Lakewood-based Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG) for the McAuliffe Middle School, which permanently closed last year. The Town was being forced by the State Monitor to sell the property, due to budget issues. The property is several dozen acres large, however, much of it is unbuildable […]