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[quote="Guest"]If we're looking at positions that could be eliminated (and sadly, french teacher is one of them), why not consider eliminating the position of "school librarian" and contracting with the Cranbury Library to provide this service to the school?[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Jan 20 2011, 9:18 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">If we're looking at positions that could be eliminated (and sadly, french teacher is one of them), why not consider eliminating the position of "school librarian" and contracting with the Cranbury Library to provide this service to the school?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />How much would eliminating these positions really save?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Each position is about $50k plus benefits, etc. All in, both positions probably cost about $140k-$150k combined, or roughly 30% of the projected budget gap.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Jan 20 2011, 2:04 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">If we're looking at positions that could be eliminated (and sadly, french teacher is one of them), why not consider eliminating the position of "school librarian" and contracting with the Cranbury Library to provide this service to the school?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />How much would eliminating these positions really save?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Jan 20 2011, 6:55 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">What about the school play? While it is a lot of fun, it is not central to a good education. I understand that it is a fairly expensive extra-cirricular....</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I would argue the experience of performing publicly is extremely valuable for te kids. There are also certain things people expect from small town america and the "school play" may be one of these things. That said, how much does it cost and is there a way to make it less expensive?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Jan 20 2011, 6:15 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">What about the school play? While it is a lot of fun, it is not central to a good education. I understand that it is a fairly expensive extra-cirricular....</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Jan 20 2011, 12:22 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">If we're looking at positions that could be eliminated (and sadly, french teacher is one of them), why not consider eliminating the position of "school librarian" and contracting with the Cranbury Library to provide this service to the school?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Jan 19 2011, 8:16 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">They should start teaching Mandarin. Many charter schools do intensely and it will be much more useful in their adult lives.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Jan 19 2011, 7:19 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">The French hardly ever support our Country or it's policies. Get rid of everything french I say. Freedom fries are much tastier than French fries.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Jan 19 2011, 3:39 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">One ideas to save the school money... <br /> <br />Eliminate french. No disrepecrt to the french teacher- she may be wonderful, for all I know. However, french is a dying language around the world and is spoken by less than .5% of americans (and shrinking). When we have money for two language teachers, we should double-up on spanish, or add chinese, but IMO teaching french is counter-productive and a luxury we cannot afford.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Isn't there more than one French teacher? <br /> <br />And not to contradict your points but French is still technically a UN recognized language of international diplomacy.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Jan 19 2011, 1:04 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">One ideas to save the school money... <br /> <br />Eliminate french. No disrepecrt to the french teacher- she may be wonderful, for all I know. However, french is a dying language around the world and is spoken by less than .5% of americans (and shrinking). When we have money for two language teachers, we should double-up on spanish, or add chinese, but IMO teaching french is counter-productive and a luxury we cannot afford.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Jan 18 2011, 5:41 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>guest55 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I thought it was a good idea to solicit input. Otherwise you get everyone complaining after the fact. Though of course they will anyway...</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />Exactly !!! <br />This is the Cranbury Complaint Board (CCB) . Where the motto is " Complain, Complain, Complain, until SOMEONE else does something about it" <br />Ha Ha</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>guest55</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Jan 18 2011, 5:20 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I thought it was a good idea to solicit input. Otherwise you get everyone complaining after the fact. Though of course they will anyway...</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Jan 18 2011, 5:10 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">What is the next step? When will we see the Board's take on the budget?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat, Jan 15 2011, 9:21 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">pre-hearing hearing??? <br />Is that like a pre-heated oven? <br />The oven is either ON or OFF!</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I think they wanted input before they turned the oven on.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat, Jan 15 2011, 7:43 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">pre-hearing hearing??? <br />Is that like a pre-heated oven? <br />The oven is either ON or OFF!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Jan 14 2011, 2:02 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: CRANBURY: Suggestions for balancing school budget debated</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">CRANBURY — As the school district faces a shortfall of about $500,000, a 2 percent tax levy cap, cuts in state funding, increased pension liabilities and increases in health-care costs, the Board of Education looked to the public for ideas for how to reduce the school budget. <br /> <br /> On Tuesday, despite the oncoming snowstorm, about 30 Cranbury taxpayers gathered in the large group room for Cranbury School’s “first ever pre-hearing hearing” on next year’s school budget, said Lynne Schwarz, board president. <br /> <br /> School officials have said everything the school has to offer is on the table when it comes to finding ways to reduce the budget. <br /> <br /> Suggestions from those attending the hearing ranged from ignoring the 2 percent cap to paying for extracurricular activities to asking for volunteer tutors to asking owners of the many warehouses in the township to kick in financially. <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/01/14/cranbury_press/news/doc4d2f5506dca4e161409764.txt" target="_blank">http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/01/14/cranbury_press/news/doc4d2f5506dca4e161409764.txt</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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