InJersey

If you want to make a real difference, you can’t stop at voting on the budget. You must vote for candidates to the Board of Education you support. I believe I am the best candidate with regards to both demanding fiscal responsibility and prioritizing the education of our children. But you can make your own [...]

Mr. Nelsen, I am aware that New Jersey’s public schools and charter schools take the state assessments. I did further research since your post and to the best of my knowledge, homeschooled students have no assessment requirements http://bit.ly/hwTxjP and private/parochial school students, while typically taking some standardized assessment, do not take the same assessments as [...]

Perhaps you all don’t remember last year’s election, but Mr. Pickens appears to be quoting Governor Christie himself. Last April, in response to to a student assignment in Monroe, Christie accused union members of “using the students like drug mules.” http://bit.ly/g8qA0S Although the purpose of the assignment was disputed, Governor Christie’s accusations were quite clear. [...]

Woodbridge has more than twice as many students as Marlboro and almost twice as many even if you add in Marlboro High School, which is in a different school district; therefore, I’m not sure where the similar enrollment argument comes into play. Piscataway and North Brunswick are both comparable in size to Marlboro and I [...]

The fact that some school bus drivers being added back to the budget changed the savings significantly led me to do some further analysis as to what those drivers are being paid. What I found was shocking. My full analysis is here: http://on.fb.me/eiVpPj Although I felt the academic priorities in the budget were a step [...]

Woodbridge does a fine job on the state tests, which measure proficiency of the student body (i.e. the level one must reach to be at grade level). Although these results should be commended, one has to wonder whether the District should set its goals a bit higher. Passing the NJ ASK means the most to [...]

There was a meeting on February 3. It was lightly attended. Seven Board members were present with Yuhasz absent due to illness and Golden absent due to his work. At the start of the meeting, only six members of the public were there, although we got up to eight I believe. I tweeted some of [...]

Fortunately, there was no foul play involved here and the quick-thinking firefighters prevented a tragedy. But what does concern me, beyond how the child got out of the classroom in the first place, is the timing of everything. According to the post, the principal and nurse were notified of the missing child at 10:17, but [...]

I would be curious to know how many snow piles the township carted away each year to justify this expense. I just hope it doesn’t prove to be a big waste of money like one bought in DC. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/DC-Snow-Melter-Goes-Cold-86056637.html