Don Brocklebank Court named in honor of retiring Maple Place teacher
Brocklebank taught Physical Education at the school for 32 years.
Don Brocklebank, a Physical Education teacher at Maple Place School, will be retiring at the end of the current school year. This will conclude a remarkable span of 32 years at the school as a teacher. To honor his time there, the school has dedicated their basketball court in his name. “On Jan. 3, the first day back from break, we held an assembly in the gymnasium for the whole school. Mr. Brocklebank thought it was just going to be a typical ‘back in the groove’ assembly from me to the student body. However, he was incredibly surprised when we introduced his parents, his wife, his son and daughter-in-law and three former colleagues from years past,” Maple Place Principal Cory Radisch said. Andrew Orefice, Oceanport’s Superintendent of …
