Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • State aid cut ‘devastating’ for Milltown schools

    District faces drastic cuts due to loss of half its state funding BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A“significant” number of layoffs, as well as cuts to programs and services, loom over the Milltown school district in the wake of state aid figures released last week. “We are devastated,” said Superintendent of Schools Linda Madison. District…

  • Green Acres funds should be used in N.B., not E.B.

    Greg Bean, wake up! Regarding your editorial on “Preserving farm for open space would be a winner,” first, you are abusing your privileges as an editor to write a nearly fullpage letter about preserving a farm that is across the street from your house as open space. Second, your section of East Brunswick already has…

  • Charter school to locate on Dutch Road campus

    Jon Drescher, a consultant on charter schools and Hebrew language immersion programs, speaks to parents during a March 21 open house at the Campus for Jewish Life, where the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School will be located. EAST BRUNSWICK — The Hatikvah International Academy Charter School, which is scheduled to open in September, announced it…

  • Calls for facilities to give homeless better chance to find a job

    I wonder how they survive in the snow, freezing temperatures and driving rain. I’m not talking about dogs and cats — they are being taken care of in upgraded shelters, from what I read in the newspapers. I’m talking about the approximately 450 homeless men who live in Middlesex County. Of these 450 men, about…

  • Vo-Tech captures title in first year competing

    EAST BRUNSWICK — They went to watch and learn what a competition is all about. They never expected to win. But somehow the East Brunswick Vocational and Technical High School brought home first-place honors from the New Jersey Technical Athletic Council’s annual CheerleadingChampionshipCompetition in Sewell, Gloucester County. “We couldn’t believe we won. New kids on…

  • Assemblymen did nothing to avert fiscal difficulties

    Start making your list for the next state Assembly election. We already have two candidates who don’t deserve to be reelected: Patrick J. Diegan Jr. and Peter J. Barnes III, based on their letter to the editor, “Christie’s Action Raids School Funds, Raises Taxes,” in the Feb. 25 issue of the Sentinel. The state is…

  • So. River school budget cuts positions, programs

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — The school district is looking at budget cuts totaling $1.6 million, including the elimination of 14 teaching positions and a $45,000 hit to the athletic program. “It’s bad,” said Superintendent of Schools Ronald Grygo. The Board of Education unanimously voted in favor of a $28.6 million spending…

  • It’s gonna be expensive, no matter how you define it

    Coda • GREG BEAN As former President William Jefferson Clinton famously explained during his 1998 grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinski affair, “it depends on what the meaning of is is.” In other words, in politics, it all depends on your definition. We’ve got a little of that going on in New Jersey these…

  • Spotswood coach reappointed despite misconduct allegations

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The Board of Education unanimously approved its spring coaching appointments March 16, despite concerns raised by some parents regarding high school baseball coach Glenn Fredricks. School officials said they looked into the concerns and ultimately decided to move forward with his reappointment. Joe Pokropinski of Helmetta, the father…