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[quote="Guest"][quote="Guest2"]No, unfortunately I think the link referenced is something else. S10/A4 are still kicking around. Bill Baroni and Linda Greenstein are coming to Cranbury School Thurs (tomorrow) at 7:30 to discuss the bill and it's implications for Cranbury.[/quote] The short version of their meeting: They are both against the legislation, but Bill is moreso than Linda who seems to be more middle of the road on it... They both say it is "not likely" to get passed. That said, if it did, while Linda says it would basically be voluntary, Bill pointed out one of the provisions allows the governor to appoint a county-wide executive superintendent of schools who could veto a schools budget at discretion unless he/she felt the school was doing everything possible to be "cost effective," including possibly consolidating with larger school districts. He/she could effectively hold the school hostage for this with no ability by the local public to vote for it one way or the other...[/quote]
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Posted: Thu, Jan 25 2007, 10:54 pm EST
Post subject: Re: Cranbury School-affecting legislation under consideration
Guest2 wrote:
No, unfortunately I think the link referenced is something else. S10/A4 are still kicking around. Bill Baroni and Linda Greenstein are coming to Cranbury School Thurs (tomorrow) at 7:30 to discuss the bill and it's implications for Cranbury.
The short version of their meeting:
They are both against the legislation, but Bill is moreso than Linda who seems to be more middle of the road on it... They both say it is "not likely" to get passed. That said, if it did, while Linda says it would basically be voluntary, Bill pointed out one of the provisions allows the governor to appoint a county-wide executive superintendent of schools who could veto a schools budget at discretion unless he/she felt the school was doing everything possible to be "cost effective," including possibly consolidating with larger school districts. He/she could effectively hold the school hostage for this with no ability by the local public to vote for it one way or the other...
Guest2
Posted: Wed, Jan 24 2007, 8:15 am EST
Post subject: Re: Cranbury School-affecting legislation under consideration
No, unfortunately I think the link referenced is something else. S10/A4 are still kicking around. Bill Baroni and Linda Greenstein are coming to Cranbury School Thurs (tomorrow) at 7:30 to discuss the bill and it's implications for Cranbury.
a mom
Posted: Tue, Jan 23 2007, 5:57 pm EST
Post subject: Re: Cranbury School-affecting legislation under consideration
concerned parent wrote:
Looks like the plan was pulled...
http://www.nj.com/expresstimes/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1169356083264390.xml&coll=2
Good news.
concerned parent
Posted: Tue, Jan 23 2007, 12:24 pm EST
Post subject: Re: Cranbury School-affecting legislation under consideration
Looks like the plan was pulled...http://www.nj.com/expresstimes/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1169356083264390.xml&coll=2
Guest
Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2007, 9:40 pm EST
Post subject: Re: Cranbury School-affecting legislation under consideration
Also, the State and Feds contribute to less than 10% of the Cranbury's school budget -- over 90 percent is from our local taxes. Forcing a school like Cranbury to merge has almost no budgetary impact for the state yet this bill would take the choice away from the local people paying over 90 percent of the costs to give the state control over its 6%...
guest2
Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2007, 8:40 am EST
Post subject: Re: Cranbury School-affecting legislation under consideration
I think it's within the bill's power to force the merge if they so chose.
I also find it concerning that for a bill that's supposed to lower taxes there's no references to estimated or projected amounts of money saved.
I just have a feeling it's someone's shot in the dark for fixing taxes without having done the due diligence behind it first. And it could be one of those cases of breaking something that doesn't need fixing if they start messing with a lot of these smaller schools.
Guest
Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2007, 6:08 pm EST
Post subject: Re: Cranbury School-affecting legislation under consideration
Will the Cranbury school be forced to merge with a nearby school if this bill is passed?
Guest2
Posted: Tue, Jan 16 2007, 9:34 am EST
Post subject: Cranbury School-affecting legislation under consideration
In a vote tentatively scheduled for January 22nd, the NJ legislature is considering a bill that would consolidate services including creating larger districts with school districts that have less than 4000 students (such as Cranbury) and having a County Superintendent with veto power over any school budget items.
To learn more, visit
www.njleg.state.nj.us.
The bills are Senate Bill S10 and Assembly Bill A4.
To let your opinion be known, contact your representatives.
Assemblyman representing Cranbury—Bill Baroni (Republican) 609-631-9988
Assemblywoman representing Cranbury—Linda Greenstein (Democrat)—609-395-9911
Governor Corzine—609-292-6000
Speaker Roberts—856-742-7600
Senator Codey—973-731-6770