POLL: Little Silver Passes Full-Day Kindergarten
A little over 1,100 residents voted in Tuesday's referendum. Do you agree with their decision?
Little Silver residents approved a referendum on Tuesday to bring full-day kindergarten to the district beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.
Of the 1,089 residents that came out to the polls, 615 voted in favor of the referendum to build two new classrooms at Point Road School and 474 voted against the initiative, according to Business Administrator Amy Lerner.
She said the district received 13 absentee ballots in favor of the referendum and 16 ballots opposed.
A "handful" of provisional ballots were also submitted, said Lerner, but needed to be sent to Freehold to have residencies verified.
"It wasn't resounding," said Board President Kevin Brennan on the fairly close race, "but it certainly ended with the right result."
Brennan said that the board appreciated "the support of the community."
"I think the administration did a good job laying out the benefits of the full-day program," he added, "and the community agreed."
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Marc
11:04 pm on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Yes, I agree. We should vote out the 615 people who voted yes. Surely the $25 per year increase in taxes to provide the education that the children if Little Silver so rightly deserve is too much to ask.
Michael Megill
8:54 am on Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Mr. Anderson, referring to the Little Silver BOE members as "scum" is off-base and extremely inappropriate. All boards members serve as volunteers and spend countless hours representing all the residents in their municipality. They spend many hours deliberating issues before voting on them or in this case, going to public vote. Put your name on the ballot in November and serve your community and provide the leadership you obviously believe in lacks. Or if you cannot serve, then attend public board meetings and collect all the facts and get to know these folks who you consider "scum". I can tell you, knowing most of the board members personally, they are very committed to their community and spend time volunteering not only for the BOE, but other activities as well.
Marc, are you suggesting the Little Silver students at RBR who attended only a 1/2 day kindergarten are lacking in their educational experiences? If the full day kindergarten was rejected, the children of Little Silver have been and will always receive the education they "deserve". $25 may not be a lot to you, but it could be the cost of a prescription, or something else, for someone enduring difficult financial circumstances. So "yes", it may be too much too ask for certain residents.
For full disclosure, I am a member of the BOE at RBR.
Michelle Lane
10:47 am on Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Mr. Anderson, is name-calling what we have been reduced to in Little Silver? Is this the example you want to set for our children? There is such a bigger picture to this plan for the incoming students and families that will benefit from full-day kindergarten - bigger than the small tax burden we will all share. As the Little Silver Parent Teacher Organization Co-President, I would like to invite you to volunteer with me at Point Road Road School for a day in the Kindergarten classrooms. This way you can experience first hand the daily core curriculum that these 5 and 6 year old must fit into 2.75 hours a day. The world and our children's place in it has changed and the Little Silver School District must change along with it - to the benefit of the whole community and our future.
Michelle Lane, LSPTO Co-President
mlane.lspto@verizon.com