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  • Help wanted: Translators for educationalese

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 1 By: Packet Editorial    We just got finished reading the New Jersey Department of Education’s Preliminary Adequate Yearly Progress Status Under No Child Left Behind Accountability Requirements: 2004, followed by the Preliminary 2004 AYP Report for NJASK4, GEPA and HSPA for Schools That Did Not Make AYP — and you could say…

  • Leadership key for PDS boys’ soccer

    Hoppenot in control of Panthers By: Bob Nuse    The Pierre Hoppenot who plays soccer for Princeton Day School is a different player than the one who plays for his travel team.    Same person, just a different way of approaching the game.    "On my select team, I play outside fullback and just run up and down…

  • Ninety years of pride

    Italian Americans celebrate and share the gift of a gracious lady. By: David Campbell    The Italian American community in Princeton has come a long way since Dorothea’s House opened its doors to them in 1914 — and so has Dorothea’s House.    On Sunday, the John Street-based cultural organization, originally founded as a settlement house to…

  • HHS, ND football offers up battle of unbeatens

    By: Neil Hay    Winning streaks are on the line tonight when Hightstown hosts Notre Dame in what just might be the key CVC football match-up of the 2004 season.    The visiting Irish, 3-0 after last week’s 40-6 rout over Trenton, is riding the crest of a 42-game skein. On the other side of the field,…

  • School district failed 11 of 12 goals

    East Windsor Regional School District fails to meet goals to increase student achievement in mathematics and language arts across the district’s six schools. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor Regional School District fell far short of its 2003/2004 academic achievement plan, according to a report released at Monday’s Board of Education meeting at…

  • Election Forum

    For the Oct. 1 issue. Council member, candidate wants to continue to build relationships To the editor:     Having been born in Hightstown at 217 Wilson Ave., and living here my entire life, I feel I have some unique insights regarding the issues that face Hightstown’s future. One insight I wish to share is the…

  • Parking near Princeton High School still a risky maneuver

    Permit parking system continues to raise hackles. By: David Campbell    Not three weeks after the start of the school year, a new permit parking plan for streets near Princeton High School has already raised hackles in the district.    At the Princeton Regional Board of Education’s meeting Tuesday night, board member Joshua Leinsdorf, who cast the…

  • Montgomery school gets ‘early warning’ notice

    Middle School just misses getting a perfect score under No Child Left Behind legislation. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Middle School received an "early warning" designation from the state after just missing federally mandated standards for Adequate Yearly Progress based on preliminary 2004 standardized test scores, the school board was told at its meeting…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Oct. 1 issue. Windsor Mill Condominiums still not repaired after fire To the editor:     A fire at Windsor Mill Condominiums occurred five months ago. The residents of the affected units are still not back into their homes!    There are 18 East Windsor families still displaced due to repairs not being made. Why?…