Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion
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Pride and joy
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Proud families of J.P. Stevens graduates Jennylyn Abanlog and Jennifer Huang cheer on the class of 2005 as they try to get a snapshot of their children at the graduation ceremony last week at Rutgers athletic center.
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School board honors teachers and students
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer METUCHEN – Most people would jump at the chance to retire in a year. Not Ellen Goldstein. Goldstein, a guidance counselor at the Edgar Middle School, isn’t going anywhere soon. “I started my career as a teacher, but my dream was always to become a counselor,”…
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Principal has hard time letting go of graduates
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — As the Edison High School graduates of the class of 2005 prepare for their futures, their principal says he would be happy to keep this class around for another year. The class graduation on June 16 was an event filled with both…
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J.P. Stevens principal: Kudos to class of 2005
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Edison EDISON — If he could describe the class of 2005 in one word, that word would be “caring.” That’s what J.P. Stevens High School Principal Fred Riccio said impressed him most about the highly competitive graduating class. After the group of 560 got…
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Obituaries
Woodrow W. Kolling Mr. Kolling, 87, of Monroe, died June 6 at his daughter’s home in Monroe. He was predeceased by his wife, Helen Ann Kuchar, and by two sons, Charles and Woodrow Jr. Surviving are a daughter, Helen J. Dimitrakopoulos of Monroe; a son, Richard of Eatontown; a sister, Violet Maimone of Florida; a…
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Letters
Resident opposes school super’s salary hike Thank you for your correctly written and timely editorial (June 2, 2005, “Justify High Salary”) regarding exorbitantly expended Board of Education funds for, in this case, an unusually high superintendent’s salary. It is an unending – and unfortunately a losing – battle between citizens of the borough, voters with…
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Poll results: The chickens all came home to roost
Greg Bean Memo to Doug Forrester: If you want to beat gazillionaire Jon S. Corzine in the November gubernatorial elections, hire yourself a guy in a chicken suit to stand outside Corzine’s campaign headquarters with a funny sign. Since you’re a multimillionaire yourself and can afford it, get a whole darned flock of giant chickens.…
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Superintendent to have final say on class rank
BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer METUCHEN — School officials here are debating whether to continue the practice of ranking students by their academic performance. The district currently determines class rank at the end of grades 10, 11 and 12. The information is turned over to colleges, said longtime Metuchen High School…
