Category: Examiner Opinion

  • U.F. parents upset with lack of buses for students

    Notre Dame students finding their ownway to school BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Notre Dame students finding their own way to school BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Parents whose children attend Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville told the Board of Education last week that they are frustrated by the district’s inability to…

  • Millstone School District referendum includes the following alterations, additions and new construction

    Millstone School District referendum includes the following alterations, additions and new construction: Proposed alterations to the present elementary school: • Renovate 6 classrooms • Increase size of rooms by 200 sq. ft. • Add bathrooms • Add telephone communication to all classrooms • Bring video to each classroom • Site improvements for drop-off and pick-up…

  • Students need room to learn

    Millstone voters have a tough decision to make on Sept. 30. The township Board of Education will ask voters to approve $39.9 million toward a $46.5 million construction project to renovate the existing two schools on Schoolhouse Lane, as well as construct a new middle school and transportation facility on the Waters property near Baird…

  • Resident: Criticism of referendum unwarranted

    The Sept. 30 school referendum is just days away and residents of Millstone need facts, not conjecture and hyperbole. Last week the Examiner published a letter from William Faris, a vocal opponent of the upcoming referendum. That letter provided little more than a list of hypotheticals and incorrectly drawn conclusions. I would like to take…

  • Some resi­dents still wary about referendum

    Board of Educationprepares for possibilityof referendum failure BY JENNIFER DOMEStaff Writer Board of Education prepares for possibility of referendum failure BY JENNIFER DOME Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI staff The walkway from Millstone Middle School to the trailers will eventually have a roof to protect students from rain and snow. Residents checked and double-checked the facts…

  • Voters asked to support referendum

    Voters in Millstone need to stand up for their children on Tuesday, Sept. 30. The schools in Millstone cannot presently accommodate its student body. This year, nine trailers have been purchased to make room for the growing number of students entering the public schools as a result of the township’s continued development. Demographic projections show…

  • Resident says to vote no on school board’s plans

    We definitely need a new middle school in Millstone Township, but we don’t need a School Board, which has breached their fiduciary responsibility to the community and has provided misleading tax information to residents. The school board has only indicated the tax impact of the bond funding to residents (the infamous $560 yearly increase to…

  • Obituaries

    Dorothy Punk Obituaries Dorothy Punk Mrs. Punk, 75, of Imlaystown died Sept. 20 at home. Born and raised in Elizabeth, she lived there until moving to Upper Freehold Township in 1950. A graduate of Battin High School, Elizabeth, she worked for Bell Telephone. She was a member of St. John’s Church, Allentown. Predeceased by a…

  • School district stresses need for new facility

    BY ALISON GRANITOStaff Writer BY ALISON GRANITO Staff Writer Millstone MILLSTONE — No matter what decision voters make later this month, school officials say the district’s need for more classroom space will not disappear. On Sept. 30, voters will decide whether to approve $39.9 million toward the school district’s plan to build a new middle…