Never a dull moment...

I went to a meeting today at good 'ole Lenape Valley Regional High School in Stanhope. As a "recent" graduate of LVR it was neat to wander around again. Two student volunteers offered to show me the way to the auditorium and I had to chuckle! We talked briefly and they wanted to know if the building looked any different. My answer was a resounding, "No!" Holy smokes! A true testament to the school staff and to the student body for respecting the building and keeping the building looking wonderful! Made this member of the graduating class of 1979 very happy to see! The meeting was attended by the Superintendents from both Sussex and Warren counties and the guest speaker was NJ Department of Education Commissioner, Chris Cerf. The commissioner spoke very positively about some of the initiatives we have been developing here in Warren and Sussex counties. He lauded the positive educational outcomes we have here in this part of the state and I can say that he truly listened to the comments and questions and his answers were very positive. Comments were made about many different topics, including the recent negative rhetoric about education. Education is not broken in NJ! national scores show that NJ ranks consistently in the top ten percent of all states and in all subject areas! Overall it was a very positive meeting! let's see how things go as time goes by... Till next time...

2011-2012 budget--school taxes go down!

I guess I will have to say this over and over again for the next six weeks until the public vote on April 27... the school portion of your tax bill is going to go down for the second time in four years! In the past four years, the school district has lowered taxes twice, and held the tax rate at zero two other years! I can't stress this enough, if we are forced to cut more based on a no vote on April 27th, this will result in changes... back to half day kindergarten, possible cuts to the music/ art programs... please support the school on April 27th!

Till next time...

Global warming and other thoughts...

Global warming? It is about 15 degrees out there today. Way below average! Global warming predictions should make it sunny and about 80 degrees today. I am not a happy camper!

Nice job by Mrs. Lurz and Ms. Ficarra this past Tuesday as they presented a Mo Jo meeting on NJASK writing and testing! The presentation was very informative!

Speaking of Mo Jo... we will look to shift a few of the topics to hours in the evening during the upcoming school year. This is based on some parent feedback.

Great job by the Archery Team yesterday as they shot for scores at the state level! 3155 points is incredible! I can't wait until the NJN Classroom Close-up program comes to our school on Tuesday, March 8th to do a full feature on the program.

Reminder to all parents... we are on an early dismissal schedule from Friday March 11th and Monday, March 14th.

Global warming, HA!

till next time...