2020-05-09 - The Toms River Times

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TheTOMS RIVER Times Vol. 16 - No. 2

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Athletes Mourn As Spring Sports Sacked

Jobs Cut, Sports Kept In Toms River Schools Budget

By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – With scores of parents concerned that the district would cut extra-curricular activities or make them pay-to-play, there was some relief that these activities will be included in the district’s $252 million budget for 2020-2021. However, with this comes a cut of dozens of positions. The total budget will be $252,338,909. The amount of this to be raised in taxes will be $173,369,274. This is an increase of $8,852,772 over the 2019-2020 amount of $164,516,502. For Toms River residents, with the average home value of $275,164, the average bill will be $3,385, an

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─Photo courtesy of the Rivas Family Toms River South’s Max Rivas (left) hoped for a productive senior season. However, he was robbed by the coronavirus pandemic. By Chris Christopher girls softball. There remainder of the ac- Frank, who leads the OCEAN COUNTY - will be no lacrosse. ademic year because state in career wins There will be no home There will be no track of t h e w id e s p r e a d (894-302) at the helm runs. There will be no and field. There will be death and destruction of the Indians. “The strikeouts. There will no boys tennis. There wrought by the coro- kids worked so hard be no goals scored. will be no golf. There navirus pandemic. His to get to this season There will be no assists. will be no boys vol- decision resulted in (practice for spring T here will be no leyball. the cancellation of the sports began March 6). sprints. There will be There will be no high season prior to the first Whoever figured there no throws. There will school sports in New game of the campaign would be a pandemic? be no aces. There will Jersey this spring as for most teams. Every 30 days, they be no birdies. “It’s tough,” said 42nd- (the New Jersey State Gov. Murphy closed There will be no base- schools to in-person year Toms River South Interscholastic Athletic ball. There will be no instruction through the baseball coach Ken (Sports - See Page 6)

Local Parks Reopen For Passive Recreation

By Chris Lundy OCEAN COUNTY – Like birds migrating, people f locked to local parks again as soon as they were re-opened, glad to finally have a change of scenery. And what scenery! T h e f i r s t we e ke n d that parks were open had gorgeous weather, sunny and just the

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r ig ht t e m p e r a t u r e. Many – but not all – pa rk s we re op e n for passive recreation. This means hiking, bi k i ng, wal k i ng or other activities that you can still do while social distancing. Drew Chabot was happy to let his 21- m o n t h - ol d s o n , Landon, f inally get out and run around in

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a park again. “I was here the day before they closed the parks, and I only saw one person, who was being respectful and we kept our distance,” he said. Most people seemed to be doing that, too, on that first day. Some fol ks had masks. Some didn’t. Of the ones who didn’t, they

mostly appeared to be from the same household. People spoke about some of the measures they’ve had to endure throughout this pandemic. “My father is in his 80s, so we’ve been keeping it tight for his safety,” said Charles Draper of Toms River. He was pushing

a baby in a stroller while his son Charlie walked with his wife, Kristyn. They said it was good to f inally get out. They were with Gary Filippone of Barnegat, who was also pushing his baby in a stroller. “The thing I miss is the coffee shops, the little stores. I know a

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Foundation To Help Fund Toms River AfterSchool Activities

By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – In the wake of a large reduction in state aid, a foundation is being created to help make sure that extra-curricular activities are still funded. Councilman Terrance Turnbach said he is creating a non-profit that will likely be called the Toms River Education Foundation. He’s also been asking people to join as directors. The hope is that this foundation will be in place within a month or two. “The purpose of the foundation is essentially to secure resources through fundraising and grant applications that could be utilized to ensure that all students have the ability to participate in extra-curricular school activities,” he said, stating that the foundation will “raise money privately to bridge the gap.” The recent state funding formula, called S-2, redirected aid away from districts that lost student enrollment, like Toms River, because they were considered by the state to be paying too little for their own education. Naturally, districts like Toms River disagreed and joined with other districts in a (Foundation - See Page 10)

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