Jean & Jon Durbin, Beatrice & Michael Bloom, Bonnie & Lance Itkoff, Karen & Archibald Reid, Cindi & Bill Venizelos, Princeton
To the editor:
We urge Princeton residents to vote yes on Monday, Sept. 24 on the public schools’ bond referendum. If approved, the funds will pay for many necessary and extremely important facilities improvements that will benefit all the children in our town’s schools each day.
As parents of baseball and soccer players, we are particularly pleased that the school district’s plans include the essential, long-needed refurbishment of the Valley Road playing fields. Despite diligent maintenance, time, weather and heavy use have taken their toll. Drainage improvements and re-grading are absolutely necessary to allow children to continue using the fields safely for years to come. Without immediate refurbishment, the fields will soon become unsafe, and further deteriorate to the point that future repair will be more expensive, perhaps even cost-prohibitive. Our current student athletes need safe playing fields. And the many Princeton Little League and youth soccer players who aspire to future glory deserve to have safe facilities when their turns come. This project, and the other necessary, cost-effective projects designed to keep our schools safe and strong, are why we enthusiastically support the referendum.
Please remember to vote yes on Monday, Sept. 24. Polls open from noon to 9 p.m.
Jean & Jon Durbin
Beatrice & Michael Bloom
Bonnie & Lance Itkoff
Karen & Archibald Reid
Cindi & Bill Venizelos
Princeton