Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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School bond passage is critical for all students
Although the focus of the upcoming bond referendum is on the new high school, it is important to recognize how critical it is for the kindergarten to eighth-grade students as well. A new high school has a ripple effect on our K-8 schools that allows the district to address increased enrollment in a most efficient…
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Out-of-towner praises East Brunswick area rescue teams
East Brunswick and the surrounding area should be extremely proud of your 911 response teams. On Aug. 16 I experienced a cardiac episode while at an East Brunswick motel. My wife called 911, and the response time was amazing. Within less than 3 minutes, a police patrol car officer arrived and administered oxygen. He was…
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Monroe school proposal offers innovative solution
Passing the bond referendum means that our current high school becomes a new middle school. What a wonderful facility to have for a middle school — more space to accommodate the increasing number of students, better science facilities, more room for lunch periods and physical education. And the best part — no cost to taxpayer…
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Obituaries
Zena Suskevich Macko Obituaries Zena Suskevich Macko Zena Suskevich Macko, 90, of South River died Sept. 6 in St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Frank J. Macko, died in 1993, and a daughter-in-law, Carole Macko, died in 2000. Surviving are two daughters, Nadine Warner of Bound Brook and Claudia Letizia of Sayreville; a…
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Lack of space apparent
with E. Bruns. schools with E. Bruns. schools It’s been less than three years since East Brunswick voters gave the go-ahead for nearly $30 million in improvements at Churchill Junior High School. But just as that project approaches completion, the Board of Education is already discussing the "R" word once again. It should come as…
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Township cannot take open space for new high school
I read with astonishment a letter to the editor from Dr. Lloyd Kalugin ("Monroe Officials Commended for Open Space Preservation," Sentinel, Aug. 28) regarding a 35-acre park in the Avenue K Outcalt section of Monroe Township. Dr. Lloyd Kalugin is an appointed official on the Monroe Township Planning Board. How could he not have known…
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Empty promises offered on open space
I fail to understand how Sheryl Parr can say that the December referendum is all about quality education and not about a park (Letters to the Editor, Sentinel, Aug. 28). This referendum is about quality education and a park. Parents of schoolchildren seem to quickly forget how Monroe is supposed to be a great town…
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Talk about new high school should focus on education
Talk about new high school should focus on education Recent editorials and articles in local newspapers have focused too much on the land swap portion of Monroe Township’s school bond referendum and not enough on the quality of education that comes with the construction of this new high school. I urge Monroe residents to…
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Board was wise to table Main Street application
have just finished reading your Spotswood Planning Board article ("Mixed Reviews on Main Street Proposal," Sentinel, Sept. 5), and it amazes me. I was appointed to the Teaneck Planning Board many years ago and served for several years. Whenever there was dissent among the members, we normally postponed the issue until the next meeting or…
