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INSIDE THIS ISSUEPrimary election

Four Democrats vie for twocouncil seats. PAGE 4

By ERICA CHAYES WIDAThe Sun

The voices of roughly 225John Witherspoon MiddleSchool eighth graders echoedthrough the indoor pool on May25 for the JW regatta. The boatrace was the culmination of hard work in the sciences and aroaring good time for all those

involved.The kids were strewn along

the sides of the pool soaked fromracers splashing in the water,stomping in the bleachers andeven pressed against the pane of the second story viewing area.Many of them were holdingsigns rooting for their favoriteteam or wearing themed outfitsto support their team.

The race involved 10boats/teams: Diana, Rocketeers,The REsistence, Predator, Jaws,Iron Patriot, Up!, The PartyBoat, Oreos and Tiff the MagicDragon.

When asked what the stu-dents did to prepare, technologyteacher Paul Skalka replied,

ERICA CHAYES WIDA/The Sun

Shaylah Marciano steers her vessel and refuses to back down to the Rocketeers following close be-hind in the John Witherspoon Middle School’s pool during the 2016 eighth-grade regatta.

John Witherspoon Middle hosts eighth-grade regatta, supportingscience, technology, engineering and a wild homemade boat race

To the eighth-grade races!

please see STUDENTS, page 14


A close up of an Aedes mosqui-to against a stark white back-ground invited a harrowing re-sponse from women thinkingabout pregnancy. The Time Maga-zine cover, which normally wouldbe ignored or perhaps followed byan automatic reaction of itchingone’s leg is igniting questionsamong travelers, especially thoseof childbearing age.

The outbreaks of Zika virus,carried by Aedes mosquitoes,began spreading throughoutareas of the Caribbean, Centraland South America and the Pacif-ic Islands. As of May 11, somecases of Zika in returning travel-ers have been reported by U.S.and state physicians. The stateDepartment of Health has con-firmed 15 travel-related cases of Zika in New Jersey and morethan 500 throughout the U.S.

Princeton is taking all possibleprecautions to prevent it from hit-ting too close to home.

According to the NJDOH andCenters for Disease Control, theZika virus infection is mild if youare not pregnant. Approximatelyone in five people develop symp-toms, which generally last severaldays to a week and typically in-clude fever, maculopapular rash,arthralgia or conjunctivitis and

possibly headache, myalgia,retro-orbital pain and vomiting.The incubation period is usuallythree to 12 days after the mosqui-to bite.

If you are pregnant, however,there is a possible link betweenZika and birth defects. In Novem-ber of last year in the northeastregion of Brazil, the country’sMinistry of Health found a rela-tionship between a birth defectcalled microcephaly in newbornsand the contraction of the Zikavirus. There have been reports of

babies born with abnormallysmall heads and undevelopedbrains to some mothers infectedwith Zika. While the CDC contin-ues studies to find out more aboutthe relationship of Zika and mi-crocephaly, a travel advisory hasbeen placed on infected areasthroughout South and CentralAmerica and the Caribbean.

A closer look at ZikaPrinceton’s health officer talks about the virus, the Aedes mosquito and educating residents

MORE ONLINETo read what the PrincetonHealth Department, statehealth department and Centersfor Disease Control recom-mend about preventing mos-quito bites this season, visitwww.theprincetonsun.com.

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The Sun is proud to announceits winners for the Mother’s DayColoring Contest. Published in all10 of our newspapers, childrenfrom around South Jersey andPrinceton colored a teapot andteacup and sent their creation tous.

Winners of the contest re-

ceived a four-pack of tickets to Sa-hara Sams! The winners forPrinceton are Georgia Chram-bomis, 5, and Kirthi Surya-narayan, 7.

To see the winners’ entries,please visit our Facebook page,www.facebook.com/princeton-sun.

The following Princeton HighSchool girls’ lacrosse score wassubmitted by varsity head coachDavid Schlesinger.

Rancocas Valley defeatedPrinceton, 10-9, in the quarterfi-nals of the South Jersey Group IV

tournament.Princeton’s comeback fell just

short after trailing 8-1 at halftime.Taylor Lis scored five goals forthe Little Tigers. Julia Ryanadded two goals and an assist. ZoeTesone kept the game close forPrinceton, making 11 saves.

The Sun announcescoloring contest winners

Princeton coloring winners includeGeorgia Chrambomis, Kirthi Suryanarayan

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4 THE PRINCETON SUN — JUNE 1–7, 2016


The Primary Election is June7, and The Sun has what you needto know covered.

Primary elections are held thefirst Tuesday after the first Mon-day in June. Polls are open from 6a.m. to 8 p.m. The purpose of theprimaries is to nominate theparty candidates who will thenrun in the General Election as

well as to elect members of thestate and county committees.

Running to serve a four-yearterm as Princeton mayor are De-mocrat Elizabeth “Liz” Lempert,Princeton’s current mayor, andRepublican Peter Marks.

Four individuals, all Democ-rats, are in the race for two seatson Princeton Council. The twohighest vote getters will proceed to

the Nov. 4 election, which will beuncontested unless an independ-ent candidate files to run. Thecouncil terms are for three years.

In the race are incumbentJenny Crumiller, Timothy K.Quinn, Leticia Fraga, who listsher party affiliation as “Progres-sive Democrat for Working Fami-lies,” and Anne Waldron Neu-mann, who lists her party affilia-tion as “Experience and freshideas.” This information is listedin the June 7 Primary Election

Candidates List on nj.gov.There are 22 polling locations

throughout Princeton. The loca-tions are as follows:

District 1: The Hun School; Dis-trict 2: Johnson Education Cen-ter; District 3: Johnson ParkSchool; District 4: PrincetonAcademy of the Sacred Heart;Districts 5 and 22: PrincetonTownship Municipal Building

Community Room; District 6:

Suzanne Patterson Center; Dis-trict 7: Carl C. Icahn Laboratory;District 8: Computer ScienceBuilding; Districts 9 and 21: Com-munity Park School; District 10:Princeton United MethodistChurch; District 11: CommunityPark School; District 12: Prince-ton Engine Co. No. 1; Districts 13and 18: Hook & Ladder Firehouse;Districts 14 and 20: Princeton

Charter School Gym; Districts 15

and 16: Littlebrook School; Dis-tricts 17 and 19: Riverside School.

The polling places will remainthe same for the General Elec-tions in November.

If you are unable to vote in-per-son for the Primary Election, youmay vote by mail by printing andfilling out the Vote by Mail Appli-cation, available at nj.gov/coun-ties/mercer/officials/clerk/elec-

tions. The application must be

mailed to the Mercer CountyClerk, 640 S. Broad St., P.O. Box8068, Trenton, NJ 08650, sevendays prior to the election. If thisdeadline is missed, you can hand-deliver the application until 3p.m. the day before the election.

For more information on elec-tions or for questions, call MercerCounty Clerk Paula Sollami Cov-ello at (609) 989-6495.

The following reports are pro-vided by the Princeton Police De-partment.

May 24

Patrols responded to StuartRoad East to investigate a suspi-cious incident. The caller report-ed that a male, claiming to be anemployee of NJ American Water,

showed a letter to the residentand stated he was there to takewater samples.

The male was allowed accessinto the home and stated he need-ed to read the water meter. Thesuspect was directed to the watermeter but never actually collectedany water samples.

The homeowner later contact-ed NJ American Water and wasadvised it was not one of theiremployees.

The investigation is ongoingand there is no further informa-tion at this time.

May 22

Subsequent to a report of a dis-abled motor vehicle, a22-year-old Annandalemale was found tohave active warrants

for his arrest issued bythe Long Hill Town-ship Municipal Courtand the Somerville MunicipalCourt. The total bail was $260.The man was arrested and trans-ported to headquarters where hewas processed and released afterposting the bail.

May 21

Patrols were dispatched to the100 block of Witherspoon Street

to investigate a fight in progress.The investigation revealed that a28-year-old Princeton male hadassaulted another 28-year-oldmale Princeton resident with abelt.

The accused wasplaced under arrestand transported to po-lice headquarters

where he wasprocessed and later re-leased with summons-

es for simple assault and unlawfulpossession of a weapon.

May 20

Two juveniles were found to bein possession of marijuana, lessthan 50 grams. They were bothtaken into custody and transport-ed to police headquarters wherethey were later released.

A juvenile male reported thathe left his cell phone on his schoolbus. The phone has not been re-turned to the police and is stillmissing. The value of the phoneis $150. The investigation is ongo-ing.

Subsequent to a call from the

Westminster Choir College secu-rity, a 21-year-old Jackson malewas found to be in possession of marijuana, less than 50 grams,and possession of drug parapher-nalia. He was placed under arrestand transported to headquarterswhere he was processed and is-sued summonses with a pendingcourt date.

Subsequent to a motor vehiclestop for a random plate inquiry,

which revealed that the driverhad an active warrant, a 29-year-old West Windsor female wasplaced under arrest.

It was determined that the war-rant was issued by the PrincetonMunicipal Court in the amount of $155.

The woman was transported toheadquarters, processed and later

released after posting bail.May 19

Subsequent to a motor vehiclestop for a maintenance of lampsviolation, a 26-year-old Ewingmale was found to be in posses-sion of marijuana, less than 50grams, and drug paraphernalia.He was arrested and transportedto headquarters where he wasprocess and released with sum-monses and a court date.

Princeton takes to the polls for primaries June 7

Man claiming to be with water company enters Stuart Road home

Four Democrats – Crumiller, Fraga, Neumann and Quinn – vie for two seats on Princeton council

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in our opinion

Would legalizing pot be good?Too many unknow ns exist for us to agree to that

HIP fundraiser receptiona wonderful success

Housing Initiatives of Princeton hosteda fundraiser reception for MatthewDesmond, author of the best-selling book“Evicted,” on May 18 immediately follow-

ing his talk at Labyrinth Books.Desmond’s heartbreaking book is consid-ered a landmark work of scholarship thatlooks closely at the issue of poverty in ourcountry by telling compelling stories of real people, mostly women, trying to find a

decent place to live for themselves andtheir children.

The event was a wonderful success.Thank you to all who attended. We alsowant to thank those in the community whocame together to help make it happen:Chambers Properties allowed us to use the

vacant storefront at 20 Nassau as ourvenue, Jammin’ Crepes provided the deli-cious hors d’oeuvres, and Kelly Mitchellcurated the wines provided by Cool Vines.

Partnering with Labyrinth Books was asheer pleasure, and I hope HIP can work

with them again to bring to Princeton im-portant writers who can help inform all of us about the issues that our clients at HIP,and too many others, face.

And a huge thank you to MatthewDesmond for making the journey fromBoston and sharing his thoughts and, im-

portantly, his feelings about the people hewrites about. We all learned a great deal.

Carol Golden, Interim ChairHousing Initiatives of Princeton

please see LETTERS, page 16

The taboo that hovered over

marijuana for years is rapidly

evaporating into a puff of

white smoke. Gone are the “Reefer

Madness” days with the belief that

marijuana does significant harm to a

person’s body. Gone, too, seems to be

the belief that marijuana is a “gate-way” to more serious drugs.

Across the country, marijuana laws

have loosened – from legal medical

marijuana in states such as New Jer-

sey to the decriminalization of it in

Philadelphia to the full legalization of

it for recreational use in states such as

Colorado.

Pot is now more of a socially-accept-

ed practice, and it’s becoming a big

business – one that advocates for its

legalization in New Jersey say could

reap $300 million in sales tax revenue

per year.

A joint report released by the New

Jersey United Marijuana Reform and

New Jersey Policy Perspective said al-

most 370,000 people in New Jersey 21

and older use marijuana illegally on a

monthly basis, according to federaldata. The consumption of 2.53 million

ounces of weed a year, at the street

price of $343 per ounce, nets about

$869 million in sales.

The report estimates that if New

Jersey were to legalize pot, control its

sale like that of alcohol and tax it at 25

percent, that could result in quite the

boost to the state’s economy.Representatives from the group and

other weed advocates say it’s time for

the full legalization. Gov. Christie has

said for a long time that he will not be

the governor to sign such a bill into

law, but he leaves office after next year.

Starting in 2018, then, it’s at least a

possibility that legalized marijuana

for recreational use will come up for a

vote in the Legislature.

We’re glad that discussion is most

likely two years away, because we

don’t feel there’s enough solid infor-

mation on the effects of legalized mar-

ijuana to say the money is worth it.

At the forefront of this lack of infor-

mation, for us, is the absence of clear

knowledge of the effect of legalizingpot on impaired driving. Colorado, for

example, handles “stoned driving” as

a DUI, no different than being under

the influence of alcohol. But there are

no field tests to see whether a driver is

stoned, and blood tests only say the pot

was in a person’s system recently, not

necessarily at the time he or she was

driving.

There are plenty of other concerns,

too, such as the long-term effects of

prolonged use of marijuana, whether

it’s something we should be promoting

and whether we’re legalizing it just for

the windfall of cash.

There’s a lot to think about, a lot to

study and a lot to discuss.

We’re just glad we won’t have to do

that soon.

Share your thoughts

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Princeton High School students tell BOE ‘mistake has been made’ in letting go math teacher and assistantcross country coach William Hackmeister

Students stand beforeBOE to support teacher


The most recent Board of Edu-cation meeting was overwhelmednot by the regular agenda but byPrinceton High School studentsthere to support their teacher. Afew minutes before the 8 p.m.

meeting started, local teens en-tered the room in herds, many inPHS track and field gear. Theytook their seats where available,leaned against the back wall andhuddled together with one goal inmind: to tell the board a mistakehad been made.

The mistake each student al-luded to as he or she approachedthe podium was the news thatWilliam Hackmeister, math

teacher and assistant cross coun-try coach, would be let go at year’send.

Hackmeister was informed of his leave on May 15 after aprocess Board President AndreaSpalla referred to as standard pro-cedure.

“Teachers have a four-year

window of being non-tenured,during which at any point the dis-trict has the discretion to not re-appoint them,” she said. “[The de-cision] is not made by the Boardof Education.”

The process by which a non-tenured teacher is re-appointed isguided by the commonly usedevaluation guide called the

please see SENIOR, page 9


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WE NES Y JUNE 1Film Screening: “Six by Sondheim,”

directed by Tony Award-winnerand frequent Steven Sondheim

collaborator James Lapine, thisHBO documentary is a profile ofthe composer told through thecreation and performance of sixof his iconic songs. Stacy Wolf,theater professor at PrincetonUniversity’s Lewis Center anddirector of the Princeton Atelier,will lead a post-screening discus-sion. The Princeton Garden The-atre, 160 Nassau St., 6 p.m.

Living and Learning WithoutSchool: Panel of teens and youngadults discusses experiences cre-

ating non-traditional educationsfor themselves. Q&A follows. Formore information visitwww.princetonlearningcoopera-tive.org. Lawrence Library, 7 –8:30 p.m.

Contra Dance: Instruction led byPrinceton Country Dancers fol-lowed by dance. For more infor-mation visit www.princetoncoun-trydancers.org. Suzanne Patter-son Center, 1 Monument Drive,7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

THURS Y JUNE 2Princeton Tennis Classic: Seniors,

mixed, women's, and men's roundrobin doubles tournament. Regis-ter. $45. www.ptp.org. Eve KraftCommunity Tennis Center, 9 a.m.– 4 p.m.

Princeton Farmers Market: Sea-sonal produce from local farmers,flowers, crafts and a variety ofedibles are available through 4p.m. at this weekly event. Livemusic from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Hinds

Plaza, 11 a.m.

Mercer County ID Program: AllMercer County residents are eli-gible for the community ID card, aphoto identification card provid-ing personal identifying informa-tion, medical risk factors andemergency contact information.The card is issued by the LatinAmerican Legal Defense & Edu-cation Fund, a nonprofit advoca-cy group. $10 per card/$5 youthunder 21 and seniors over 65. Foradditional information, visitwww.laldef.org. Princeton PublicLibrary, noon – 2 p.m. and 5:30 –7 p.m.

Princeton Festival Preview:Singers from the opera and musi-

cal will perform scenes from“Peter Grimes” and “A LittleNight Music.” Discussion with the

directors will follow. PrincetonPublic Library, 7 p.m.

FRI Y JUNE 3Job Seeker Sessions: The library

and Professional Services Groupof Mercer County sponsor ses-sions for professionals who areseeking new employment andcontracting opportunitiesthroughout the region. Pleasecheck the library’s website forspecific topics. Princeton Public

Library, 9:45 a.m.First Friday Feature series: Film

Screening of “The Lady in theVan.” In 1973 London, playwrightAlan Bennett (Alex Jennings)develops an unlikely friendshipwith Miss Shepherd (MaggieSmith), a homeless woman wholives in a van in his driveway forthe next 15 years. Princeton Pub-lic Library, 6:30 p.m.

Divorce Recovery Support Group:Open discussion. Contact Phyllis

Rich for more information at(609) 581–3889 or at [email protected]. PrincetonChurch of Christ, 33 River Road,7:30 p.m.

S TUR Y JUNE 4Cover to Cover Book Group: This

reading group for fourth- andfifth-graders meets the first Sat-urday of every month to discussbooks, short stories and otherinterests related to books. Regis-

tration is not required. PrincetonPublic Library, 11 a.m.

Annual Learn to Row Day:Carnegie Lake Rowing Associa-tion is hosting its annual Learn toRow Day. The free, introductory

meeting will take place at thePrinceton University Boathouse,located at the corner of Washing-

ton and Facility roads in Prince-ton, and will last approximatelytwo hours. Adults of any age, aswell as high school students, areeligible to attend. Experiencedrowers are also welcome. No pre -registration is necessary. 1 p.m.

Greater Princeton Youth Orches-tra Annual Spring Concert: Thisconcert will be a delight to all aswell as an inspiration to upcom-ing musicians in the area. Ticketsare available throughwww.princeton.edu/utickets, at

Princeton University Ticketingoffice in the Frist Campus Center(609) 258-9220 or at RichardsonAuditorium on the day of the con-cert. For more information, visitwww.gpyo.org. Princeton Univer-sity Richardson Auditorium, 7p.m.

SUN Y JUNE 5Singer/Songwriter Showcase: Orig-

inal songs and covers of somefavorites are performed by

singers and songwriters fromCentral New Jersey in a show-case hosted by Rich Bozic of Boz-ic Voice Studio. Local favoritesincluding Helen O’Shea, GarryPearsall, Faith Chambers and theacoustic duo Autumn Dragonflywill be featured. Part of the Lis-ten Local series. Princeton PublicLibrary, 4 p.m.

Mercer County ID Program: AllMercer County residents are eli-gible for the community ID card, aphoto identification card provid-

ing personal identifying informa-tion, medical risk factors andemergency contact information.The card is issued by the Latin

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Danielson Framework. Princetonadministrators observe eachteacher during an annual per-formance review, decide whetherto re-appoint and make their rec-ommendations to the Board of Education’s Personnel Commit-tee.

The framework states ateacher’s responsibilities are doc-umented through empirical studyand theoretical research – findingwhich aspects promote and im-

prove student learning.“He is a man that changed myhigh school career,” said PHS sen-ior Noah Chen, who calls histeacher and coach of two years,“Hack.” “He is a man that setsgoals others strive to just come inthe realm of being close to; a manI deeply respect and bravely lookup to.”

“Mr. Hackmeister is one of thegreatest if not the greatestteacher I have ever encountered.You're not going to find anyone

who’s going to replace him,”freshman Samuel Auerbach said.“I'm an anxious person and I havehad trouble competing at meets.Hackmeister has helped methrough it. You will not find a bet-ter teacher, coach, friend or men-tor.”

Senior Katie Griffin spoke tothe board, taking deep breaths be-tween her words.

“With this decision, PrincetonHigh School will lose a fantasticeducator. It is clear a mistake hasbeen made when 20 jaws drop,when the teacher is holding back

tears. It is clear when studentsare signing petitions and speak-ing like I am here tonight. I wouldlike to share my opinion that withthis decision,” she paused, “sorrythis is a very passionate topic. Ashe delivered news to my class,[Mr. Hackmeister] kept repeatingthat he owed it to us to give every-thing until end of year. But I'mhere because I owe my support tohim. We are here because we owethis to him.”

Andrew Goldsmith, in Hack-meister’s seventh period pre-cal-culus class, held back tears as hespoke to the board.

“Mr. Hackmeister made mathmy favorite subject. I alwayslooked forward to his class. He isnot only a teacher to me but agreat mentor. A couple weeks ago,I was going through one of thetoughest times of my life. He wasthe first person I saw every morn-ing, and every day he made sure Iwas OK and helped me through

it,” Goldsmith said.One by one, students echoed

their stories about a truly lovedteacher into the microphone. Allhad experiences of how “Hack”

helped them, whether on thefield, healing mentally or physi-cally, gaining strength in studiesthat challenged them or findingconfidence in themselves.

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through its Safe NeighborhoodBureau. At the May 23 PrincetonCouncil meeting, Lt. Chris Mor-gan, Safe Neighborhood com-mander, described a new pro-gram to foster familiarity be-tween PPD and students, staff and parents at Princeton HighSchool.

In an effort to expand outreachbeyond the school day, Safe Neigh-borhood partnered with the PHSathletic department to bring offi-cers around during practices and

games.“The idea behind [the pro-

gram] is to just continue the in-teraction with the students out-side the classroom, and (it) alsogives us the opportunity to meetsome of the parents,” Morgan re-ported to council. “So far we’vehad great feedback from every-one.”

Morgan said this expansionwill hopefully be just the begin-

ning of Safe Neighborhood hav-ing more significant involvementin the school community. As longas the program continues to re-ceive a positive response and besuccessful, the department will

look to join other activities be-yond school, such as the schoolplay or band practice.

“It’s been really helpful,” saidSafe Neighborhood SupervisingSgt. Chris Tash about attendinggames thus far. “The studentshave been great with it. We’vebeen to baseball, softball, trackand lacrosse games. The otherday, a student came up to us andsaid it was really nice seeing usthere.”

Tash explained the impetus to

start the program was not in re-sponse to any kind of issue orthreat at sporting events but sim-ply a measure to create a friend-lier relationship between kidsand police officers.

“When we show up to an athlet-ic event, we don’t want people tosay, ‘Hey, what are the cops doinghere?’ We want the kids to feelcomfortable seeing the officers attheir games supporting them,”

Tash said.The Safe Neighborhood Bu-

reau began when the PrincetonTownship and Borough depart-ments consolidated. Its main pri-ority is community outreach and

outreach to schools. The officersgive presentations to students ontopics such as drugs and alcoholand cyber bullying. They alsohost popular community-wideevents such as the recent WheelsRodeo or the summer favorite,Community Night Out, comingup soon at Community Park Pool.

In other news:• Council passed a resolution to

set up a pilot project for a valetparking system. Councilmembershad to choose the project location

from being on Spring Street orWitherspoon Street and choseWitherspoon in front of HindsPlaza. Open Door Valet Co. willrun the valet. Each car will pay$15 to be valet parked.

• Council voted unanimously infavor of a bond ordinance to im-prove the main sewer line alongparts of Snowden Lane and Van

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MON Y JUNE 6Continuing Conversations on Race:

Members of Not In Our Town, thePrinceton-based interracial and

interfaith social action group,facilitate these discussions ofrace-related issues of relevanceto our community and nation.Newcomers to the group areasked to arrive at 6:45 p.m.Princeton Public Library, 7 p.m.

Reading Treehouse 1 and 2: Thetwo groups gather to celebratethe final meeting of the year in a

session that includes readingsuggestions, fun activities and aspecial end-of-the-year surprise.Princeton Public Library, 4 p.m.

TUES Y JUNE 7Writers Room: Writers receive con-

structive feedback at these ses-sions, during which participantsread their work and membersoffer suggestions. Works read areusually less than 15 minutes long.The group is led by Loretta andFred Wish. Princeton PublicLibrary, 7 p.m.

Princeton Festival Lecture: PeterGrimes and Ellen Orford: Musical

Relations – Apocalyptic Out-comes. Stephen Arthur Allen,Rider University professor ofmusic and international authorityon composer Benjamin Britten,explores the characters PeterGrimes and Ellen Orford from theopera “Peter Grimes” and pro-vides insight to understandingBritten’s life’s work. PrincetonPublic Library, 7 p.m.

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Despite the outpouring of sup-port from Hackmeister’s stu-dents, the board resolved to ap-prove the personnel actions thatwould solidify his leave.

“It is unusual to disagree be-cause the [personnel] committeeis so robust,” Spalla said after themeeting. “We’re trying not to bethe rubber stamp.”

“In the short time in which wefound out he was leaving, we ob-tained 305 signatures,” said An-neFleur Hartmanshenn earlier inthe meeting. “This decision hasshaken our high school as awhole. We shouldn’t be pleadingfor our coach and teacher not toleave at the end of the year. It is

unfair to us and most of all tohim.”

Hartmanshenn wiped a tearfrom her face as she placed the pe-

tition on the board’s table.In other news:• Board member Fern Spruill

reported on behalf of the facili-

ties committee that the outsidesink at Johnson Park ElementarySchool, which previously testedpositive for lead, has been re-test-ed and is clean. She added thefaucets in the older wings of thebuilding are being replaced forsafe measure and will be retestedwhen finished.

• The board approved the fol-lowing retirements to go into ef-fect July 1: Lynn Bridge, specialeducation teacher, Princeton

High School, after 10 years of service; and Joan Levin, instruc-tional assistant, Riverside Ele-mentary, after eight years of serv-ice. The board thanked both of these individuals for their effortson behalf of students, parents,staff and community membersover their years of service in thedistrict.

• Superintendent SteveCochrane gave an update on twodistrict-wide searches for a hu-manities supervisor at Princeton

High School and for the principalat Riverside. Three finalists out of 85 applicants were interviewedfor the humanities supervisor po-

sition. A recommendation will bemade at the June board meeting.

Seven finalists were selectedfrom the 175 principal applicants

by a district-wide search commit-tee. Cochrane interviewed the fi-nalists and will make his presen-tations in June to the Riversidestaff and parents as part of thesearch process. Cochrane hopes arecommendation will be made atthe June board meeting.

• Cochrane discussed the possi-ble creation of an Office of Diver-sity and Outreach that could ad-dress and be proactive in reach-ing out to students and communi-

ty members to ensure each stu-dent is maximizing their preK-12educational journey opportuni-ties in the district. He hopes to in-corporate this into the strategicplan come fall.

• Cochrane gave the followingoverview of the Princeton HighSchool graduation plan for Mon-day, June 20. Option A: Frontlawn tradition at 5:30 p.m.; OptionB: If it’s raining but not too hot,the ceremony will be held in thegym with extra seating through-

out the school for live screening – a 20-foot diameter ceiling fan hasbeen installed in the gym to helpmitigate high temperatures; Op-tion C: If raining and excessivelyhot, the ceremony will be post-poned until 10 a.m. the followingmorning.

• The board approved the ap-pointment of Princeton Health-care System to provide an Em-ployee Assistance Program,which includes confidential em-ployee counseling services forstaff members and their benefici-aries.

• The board approved the re-newal of Nutri-Serve’s five-yearcontract to provide food servicemanagement to Princeton PublicSchools.

• The board approved Extraor-dinary Unspecifiable Servicescontracts for health benefit cover-age to employees.

The next meeting of the Boardof Education will be June 14 at 8

p.m. in the Board ConferenceRoom at Valley Road.

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and engineering skills from eachstudent. In their science classestaught by Janet Gaudino andWilliam Merritt, the studentsstudied motion and energythroughout the year. Students de-signed the boats, engaged in labactivities, conducted series of ex-periments to test the proposed de-signs and finally selected their en-gineering design committee – made up of none other than theirpeers.

“You learn to work with peoplewho are different than you,” saideighth grader Darby Shaw.

Once the test results werefound, the kids moved forward toembark on the construction of their regatta racer underSkalka’s guidance.

“Creating these boats required

an understanding of physics,buoyancy, Archimedes principle,”Skalka said.

During the constructionprocess, each class electedSTEAM project managers – a va-riety of the popular acronym“STEM” – who advised their

teammates in Science, Technolo-gy, Engineering, Art and Mathe-matics. These STEAM managersworked to support the sailingteams in everything from artisticdesign to marketing to paddleproduction.

Jessica Johnson, a student inGaudino’s seventh-period class,said, “Teamwork makes theDreamwork. We get to work withall our friends and become inde-pendent with our peers.”

Eighth grader Olivia Anderson

said, “I have never been more cre-ative because I'm usually not a cre-ative person. Because I was put onStyle and Design team, I discov-ered a different side of myself.”

Skalka had the ambition tohost a regatta at JW four yearsago when he attended a confer-

ence and observed a high schoolthat had incorporated the projectinto its curriculum. He ap-proached the administration, gotsupport from Merritt and Gaudi-no and got the support of theschool system. The regatta, in itssecond year, receives fundingfrom the Princeton EducationFoundation.

The finalists in the race werethe Oreos, the Iron Patriot, theRocketeers and Tiff the MagicDragon.

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Re-elect Jenny Crumillerto Princeton Council

I am writing to endorse JennyCrumiller for re-election to thePrinceton Council. In the past fewyears, there has been significantdevelopment in my neighborhoodthat concerns me. Being new toan understanding of Princetonpolitics, I asked my neighbors foradvice. They all told me that Ishould contact Jenny Crumilleras she would be able to offer mepractical advice on how to re-spond. Following their advice, Ireached out to Jenny and foundher responsive and helpful in ad-dressing my concerns.

Going forward, I believePrinceton has serious issues weneed to address. One of these thatwe see all around us is the ubiqui-tous teardowns of small houseswith replacement mansions that

are changing the charming smalltown feel of Princeton. Othersthat concern me are the increas-ing traffic with its impact onwalkability and the ever-increas-ing property taxes and reducedaffordability of houses.

I know there aren’t easy solu-tions to these problems, but withJenny’s record on the town coun-cil, I am confident that we have acandidate with the experience toaddress these. If you believe inmaintaining the quality of life inPrinceton that makes this a greatplace to live, vote for Jenny Cru-miller in the upcoming Demo-cratic Primary on June 7.

Bill Hare

School, county budgetshave bigger tax impact

I’m surprised by all the com-motion over the municipal budg-et this year. Sure, I don’t like a tax

increase any more than anyoneelse. However, I have to give ourtown councilors and staff a lot of credit for keeping 2016 expensesto a 1.2 percent increase. Mean-

while school taxes will be up 2.8percent for the 2016-17 schoolyear, according to the districtwebsite.

My 2015 tax bill indicates thatmunicipal taxes including libraryand sewer charges were only 22.2percent of the total. School taxeswere 47.4 percent and MercerCounty 28.3 percent. Open spaceaccounted for the other 2 percent.

Looking back at older bills, Isee that the municipal tax rate for2015, including the library, was up

just 0.2 percent from 2010-2011, thefirst tax year after property reval-uations. The school tax rate wasup 11.2 percent, and the countywas up 11.8 percent. I live in theformer borough, so these percentchanges may not be the same asfor former township residents – who since consolidation have re-ceived free garbage pickup thatthey did not have before.

Both jurisdictions held munici-pal tax rates flat for the last few

years before consolidation. In2013 and 2014, consolidation re-sulted in lower municipal taxesversus 2012.

The point is – since at least2010, apples to apples, municipaltaxes have increased much lessthan school and county taxes.

As in Lake Woebegone, our“children are all above average.”We love them and want them toget a great education. But let'sfocus on the drivers that have themost impact on our tax bills – school and county budgets.

Rather than a process whichuses percentage increases fromlast year, I would like to see a“zero based budget” similar tothat used by the most successfulcorporations and nonprofits.What services are truly neces-sary? Which positions result fromthis analysis, and which positionsmay no longer be necessary? Arewe purchasing goods and services

as efficiently as possible? Whenwas the last time large budgetitems such as insurance, mainte-nance, technology, supplies andmajor outsourced services were

put out for bid?Let’s give credit to our town ad-

ministration and council whohave done the best job keepingour taxes in check.

John Heilner

Vote Leticia Fragafor Princeton CouncilOne of the reasons we decided

to live in Princeton is of thetown's international character.The range of different accentsyou can hear is immense, and itmakes you smile when you real-ize where everybody comes from.

The fact that this year LeticiaFraga is running for the Prince-ton Council is further evidence of this town's diversity. I believeLeticia's contribution to the coun-cil would be crucial. She hasshown her hard work in her dif-ferent roles through the years.

On the Human Services Com-mission, she has fought to make

sure everyone's rights are guaran-teed. At the library, she hashelped issue Mercer County IDcards every other Thursday. Sheis focused on helping all individu-als access housing, advocating forthe need to have paid sick daysand advocating for the environ-ment.

Last but not least, she blends inwith the community whether sheis biking, face painting or stand-ing against salary theft. These arethe reasons that make her thecandidate I most respect.

As a good Latina, Leticia willlisten and work kindly with thistown and she will support thosewho contribute with their veryneeded labor that makes our townappealing and dynamic. There-fore, I encourage all Princetoni-ans and Latino Princetonians toregister and vote for her in theelection for council on June 7.

Liliana Morenilla

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Or ShortlyThereafter.

“The CDC has had scientists inSouth and Central America andput together a causal relation-ship. The studies were publishedin the New England Journal of Medicine,” said Jeffrey Grosser,Princeton health officer. “Nowthe state will be setting up a reg-istry for individuals born to Zika-infected mothers. This will mostlikely be something we continueto deal with from a public healthperspective, and I think it willchange from advising pregnantwomen to not go to infected areasto taking precautions right herein Princeton.”

In a letter to local health de-partments, the NJDOH and other

leaders and doctors in disease re-search programs, wrote: “The re-

search into this link is prelimi-nary. The [Pan American HealthOrganization] is reporting a possi-ble risk of microcephaly and fetalmalformations in pregnantwomen during the first trimester.As such, it is prudent for pregnantwomen and women of childbear-ing age to avoid mosquito biteswhen residing in or visiting areaswhere Zika may be present.”

To help Princeton residents re-main as informed and as safe aspossible, Grosser and his depart-ment began distributing about1,000 door hangers throughoutPrinceton, particularly to areaswith low lying and stagnantwater and where homes are clos-er together. As Princeton ap-proaches peak mosquito season,the door hangers will tell you how

to keep mosquitos at bay.“The door hangers are a tech-

nique that Mercer County Mos-quito Control has used. We wantto empower residents to clean uptheir backyards,” Grosser said.“Each door hanger will havechecklists that renters, homeown-ers and property owners can do toprotect themselves. It comesdown to the residents. This par-ticular species, we find, does notfly very far from the breeding site,so as long as there’s minimizedstanding water, there will be lessof a chance for a localized out-break.”

While the hangers do not speci-fy any details about Zika, thevirus served as the impetus forGrosser and his team to mitigateany possible localized outbreaksof Zika through mosquito preven-tion.

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