• Class of 2009

    Above: Jillian Earley receives congratulations at the J.P. Stevens High School graduation on June 18. Right: Danielle Darrell Gainer gets a laugh at the ceremony. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • WEST WINDSOR: WW-P high schools graduate 776 seniors

    WEST WINDSOR: WW-P high schools graduate 776 seniors

    Phil McAuliffe Will O’Brien II waves an American flag as he enters commencement ceremonies for WWP-South with the rest of his 2009 class at the Sovereign Bank Arena on Friday night. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • WEST WINDSOR: WW-P high schools graduate 776 seniors

    WEST WINDSOR: WW-P high schools graduate 776 seniors

    Phil McAuliffe Students of the class of 2009 at the West Windsor-Plainsboro South graduation at the Sovereign Bank Arena on Friday night. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • ROBBINSVILLE: RHS does it with class

    Rare sun hints at bright future for 170 graduating seniors By Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — While the rainy week before graduation may have felt like the longest of their four years, it was worth the wait for only the second graduating class of Robbinsville High School.    The sun finally peeked out as…

  • ‘Iran on the Delaware’

    Phil Crandell, of Lambertville     What is wrong with this picture?    The annual cost to educate a South Hunterdon High School student is $24,196. We spend more per pupil than any other high school in New Jersey.    For this same $24,196, you can send each student to the Solebury School in Bucks County, which caters…

  • South’s numbers not tolerable

    Daniel Kurz, of Lambertville     In the last issue of the Beacon, we learned that nearly 25 percent of South Hunterdon Regional High School students are classified as special education students.    Readers need to understand the enormity of this number. Our local 25 percent rate compares unfavorably with the national special education enrollment rate in…

  • PRINCETON: Clouds part for PHS Class of 2009

    PRINCETON: Clouds part for PHS Class of 2009

    Proud papa Ismail Cason takes aim for a prized shot of daughter A’ishah graduating from Princeton High School on Monday evening. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Task force needs to cut South costs

    Larry Simms, of Lambertville    The mayors and town councils of Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton should be commended for the visionary compromise that they brokered with South Hunterdon Regional High School’s administration and board.    Rather than let the $401,856 or 5 percent reduction to the SHRHS defeated proposed tax levy of $8,037,111 remain, the mayors…

  • PRINCETON: Clouds part for PHS Class of 2009

    PRINCETON: Clouds part for PHS Class of 2009

    Graduating class president Ben Taub addresses his classmates. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

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