Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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State must provide more carpool parking
I wanted to share this story in hopes that perhaps it will influence some politicians. It’s getting very frustrating because everyone (including the state) encourages carpools to eliminate unnecessary traffic on the roads. My co-workers and I have formed a carpool of four people, and we meet in the Cheesequake rest area on the Garden…
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School board fights ruling in Borden case
District argues court decision failed to respect rights of students BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer The East Brunswick School District will receive pro bono legal help as it appeals the recent court decision that allows football coach Marcus Borden to silently take part in team prayers. School officials, in a statement…
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Money becomes factor in football coach case
What was once a question of church vs. state – of the meaning of participation on the part of a public school coach in team prayer – has apparently shifted to a question of money. A central focus in the Marcus Borden case now is just how much, if anything, East Brunswick residents should have…
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Spotswood introduces new teachers’ program
Support program among Krewer’s first initiatives in district BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – A new three-year program will provide better support for teachers who are new to the school district. That’s the hope of the Board of Education, which will begin implementing the program this school year. Superintendent of…
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Your Turn
N.J. superintendents paid less than neighbors Diane DeGiacomo Guest Column Diane DeGiacomoGuest Column During the past months, the cost of living in the Garden State has been an even hotter topic than usual in the Legislature, in the media, and on the streets. With property taxes as high as ever, with the sales tax up…
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E.B. gets special ed. aid, sprinkler system funding
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The school district will receive extra state aid to the tune of $1.3 million to defray special education costs. The amount effectively means that all of East Brunswick’s extraordinary costs related to special education for the last year will be covered. Superintendent of…
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Coda
There is a silver lining in housing bubble blip Greg Bean There’s an old philosophical saw that says if a butterfly flaps its wings in Mexico, it can lead to a tidal wave in China. It’s the illustration of the immutable law of cascading consequences. One thing happens, no matter how small, but that thing…
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General ed. teachers face special ed. realities
Districts, colleges adjust to a changing educational landscape BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “It’s a matter of how do you provide good service for people and kids and yet still keep it within the budgetary realm of a public school?” – Bob Lanzieri A few years ago, at the University of…
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Tax method will provide equal, affordable education
Stanley Fischer’s letter to the editor, “Proposed Tax Plan Anything But ‘Fair’ to Average Resident” (Aug. 17), contains many statements with which I totally agree. He states that many average citizens, under my “fair-tax” plan, will pay approximately $1,167 more than what they are presently paying. That is exactly the purpose of the “fair-tax” plan.…
