Category: archives
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EDITORIAL: Report cards show schools’ improvement
Community involvement can help report card scores to rise further South Brunswick students achieve at rates that are better than the state average, but slightly below their peers in similar school districts. That assessment, however, is just one element of the report cards issued by the state for each school in New Jersey. The report…
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EDITORIAL
Good news in Manville’s report cards. The state’s annual report card for schools was issued last week, and we encourage Manville parents and residents to comb through the statistics. If they do, they’ll see the efforts by officials to upgrade classroom materials and curricula in the last few years is beginning to bear fruit. While…
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Hopewell wins Mercer County crown
INDOOR TRACK By: Tim Falls The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls indoor track team demonstrated their depth. The Bulldogs had top finishers in all but one event at the Mercer County Championships at the Toms River John Bennett Indoor Track Facility on Sunday. The multitude of medallist helped Hopewell Valley claim its third straight…
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A difficult assignment
School budgets face more uncertainty. By: Donna Lukiw Like a homework assignment from your worst math teacher, local school administrators are struggling to solve an equation with too many variables this year’s school budgets. School administrators are used to waiting to learn how much aid the state will be sending until after the governor’s…
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Letters to the editor
Candidates urge voters to polls To the editor: Bordentown Township Fire District No. 2 residents should vote Jake Archer and Matt Dillon to the Board of Fire Commissioners this Saturday at Derby Fire House in order to build a superior fire service for Bordentown. These candidates are District 2 taxpayers who want to provide residents…
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Revaluation nearly triples property values
Tax rate declines sharply but bills could stay roughly the same for residents By: Cara Latham WASHINGTON Letters were sent to township homeowners this past weekend announcing that the average assessed value of houses in the township has nearly tripled as a result of a revaluation completed in October. But based on last year’s…
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First-look school budget plan sees 4.58 percent increase
The average homeowner would face an $186 school tax hike. By: Donna Lukiw Pending state aid figures, the average homeowner would face an $186 school tax hike under the preliminary budget proposed by Superintendent Donald Burkhardt and Business Administrator Richard Reilly on Tuesday. They told the Board of Education the $16 million proposal is a…
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EDITORIAL
Dividing sexes could help to assist learning. We applaud Board of Education member Wolf Schneider for suggesting the district pursue the possibility of offering gender-specific classes. It’s an idea students seem to dislike but results show is often very effective in improving learning. Since the U.S. Department of Education amended Title IX, the landmark 1975…
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Vikes have good warm-up for Group IV
By: Sean Richards With a sizable gap in its schedule, the outstanding South Brunswick High School winter track team decided to add an extra meet in order to stay sharp for the NJSIAA Groups this weekend in Toms River. This the Vikings did it in style at the Ed Grant Last Chance Invitational in Jersey…
