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Woodland Administrator to Provide Shared Services to Tabernacle Township After ‘Adverse Job Action’

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Existing Tabernacle Administrator’s Name Removed From Tabernacle Twp. Website Following ‘Administrative Leave’ Decision; Other Employees Subject of Rice Hearings

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

TABERNACLE—A “certain employee” of Tabernacle Township has been placed on “administrative leave” by the Tabernacle Township Committee.

It was not immediately clear, however, why the “adverse job action” taken on the night of April 4, requiring at least a “two-thirds majority vote” by a municipal governing body, was taken, with Tabernacle Township Solicitor William Burns later telling the Pine Barrens Tribune in an interview that he “cannot comment on any personnel matters.”

But that unnamed employee, he confirmed, “is still an employee of the township.”

Immediately following the adverse job action taken, the Tabernacle committee designated Woodland Township Administrator and Clerk Maryalice Brown, through a shared services agreement, as also the township administrator of Tabernacle Township.

The action came just a week after two other Tabernacle officials were the subject of virtual employment hearings around 11 o’clock at night, with the two employees at issue electing for their hearings to be broadcast publicly through Zoom.

And prior to the employment hearings that were held publicly, an executive session was held by the Tabernacle committee, and right before it commenced, Burns announced that “multiple employees” were given Rice notices.

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Friends of Cyrus, an Organization Whose Mission Is to Be a Provider of Choice and to Create a ‘Haven of Support’ for Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Is Opening a Second Facility in the Red Brick Tabernacle Schoolhouse That Was Itself Disabled by a Car Crash 3 Years Ago

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

TABERNACLE—It’s often been said that when one door closes, another opens.

In the case of the 13,000- square-foot, vintage brick schoolhouse at 180 Carranza Rd. in Tabernacle Township, the same door that closed quite unexpectedly in February 2019, when a car struck the building and rendered the Sequoia Alternative Program (since relocated) temporarily homeless, is now opening

again, only this time to a group whose needs are, in certain respects, even more pressing than those of the adolescents it formerly served.

The newly restored structure and surrounding 5.5 acre-tract is now in the process of being converted into the second facility to be operated by Friends of Cyrus, an organization dedicated to helping adult men and women with intellectual and developmental disabilities to harness their hidden potentials and become

contributing members of society.

The aims inherent in that process are ones that might be said to be a perfect fit for this formerly disabled building, the proposed purchase of which was originally contemplated by the organization about two years ago, only to be delayed by the intervening Coronavirus pandemic.

“We started the agency about 10 years ago because of the urgent need See CYRUS/ Page 5

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Pemberton BOE Faces Increasing Pressure to ‘Repeal’ District’s ‘No-Zero Policy’ Amid Reports of Students Not Turning in Work Mother of Four Declares Rule Is ‘Failure to Students of This School District,’ While Board Member Maintains It’s ‘Discriminating’ and Doing ‘Disservice’; Superintendent Says Minimum Score of 55 is Still Failing and ‘No Reward’

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—The Pemberton Board of Education is facing increasing pressure to “repeal” a policy which prevents Pemberton Township School District teachers from assigning district students a score lower than a 55 on any assignment, even if the pupils decide not to do them, cheat, plagiarize or skip class – one that has reportedly been in place for several years at the elementary level, but was recently extended to the high school level.

And now, one of the members of the ninemember Pemberton school board, Robert King, has declared that he “respectfully disagrees” with Pemberton Superintendent Jeffrey Havers’ position on the policy, all while the latter has remained steadfast in defending it thus far.

King, upon the Pemberton school board hearing more pleas from various individuals for the policy to be repealed, declared during the latest school board session on March 24 that such a policy is doing a “disservice to the students in the community” and that he believes “it is actually discriminating against the students who are actually trying to do the hard work.”

“And I think it should be addressed, because I feel we are doing the community and children a disservice,” said King at a prior Pemberton Board of Education meeting on Feb. 24, after a grandmother emotionally railed against the policy for some five minutes, at one point even

declaring as she pointed to those sitting on the board dais, “You guys need to stop this now!”

King pointed out that “right now,” under the current policy, a student can “just take a piece of paper, throw it in the trash, pull out a Gameboy” and still receive at least a 55 on an assignment, leaving teachers with “no recourse.”

This newspaper previously reported that some Pemberton district teachers had spoken at a previous Pemberton school board meeting about how some of their students were not turning in their assignments, or refusing to do them, as a result of the new policy.

“Whereas, if they (the students) go out and get a job, and say, ‘I am not going to do that; it is too hard,’ they (the employers) are not just going to say, ‘We are docking part of your pay,’ they will fire them,” King contended.

Havers, in his latest response to the policy concerns to date, maintained, in part, on Feb. 24 that a “specialist” from Adlai E. Stevenson High School, a “three-time National Blue-Ribbon School,” had put the idea to the Pemberton administration that the local school district needed to “talk about no zeroes.”

“That was what he thought was the number one thing we needed need to talk about, because in his eyes, if you don’t have a no-zero policy, that is the first thing you need to address,” Havers said.

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Uptick in Enrollment, Consideration of Consolidation Credited for More State Funding in Proposed Pinelands Regional Budget District Students May Be Offered Unique Opportunity to Take Part in Project Cousteau Center Hopes to Conduct Involving Filtering Contaminants from Bog

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

LITTLE EGG HARBOR—The Pinelands Regional School District will be receiving an unanticipated boost in its share of state funding for the upcoming school year, something that Business Manager Nicholas Brown has attributed to “an uptick in enrollment” and the fact that the district is currently studying the prospect of consolidating under its jurisdiction all the primary schools in the area it serves, thus conferring it with favored financial status under a recently enacted state law.

“This was great news for us – the first time since I’ve been working with the district that we’ve received a significant increase,” Brown asserted at the March 21 meeting of the Pinelands Regional Board of Education in introducing a proposed total budget figure amounting to $41,432,836 for the 2022-23 school year, calling for a total of $24,091,900 to be raised through local taxes.

That figure, he noted, would still represent an overall two percent tax levy increase for the residents of the district’s four sending municipalities, although the impact on the homeowners of Bass River Township, the only one of those in Burlington County, would actually be to decrease the average appraised household’s share by $128 under the state’s apportionment formula.

In an update on a separate topic, the attempt currently being made by the district to comply with a request from the state that a dam on its property be upgraded, Brown revealed that the Rutgers Universityaffiliated Jacques Cousteau National

Estuarine Research Reserve (JC NERR) has reached out to district administrators with a proposition that may soon provide Pinelands science students with a unique opportunity to take part in a project that researchers at the Tuckerton-based reserve would like to conduct in the vicinity of the dam.

Regarding the budget proposal, which still needs to have all its “nooks and crannies,” as Brown terms them, examined by the state and will be the subject of a public hearing on April 26 at 6 p.m. in the Pinelands Regional High School media center, the business manager made a point of emphasizing that the higher amount of anticipated state funding it reflects won’t necessarily carry over into the following school year.

“If we were to see enrollment flatten or stagnate, we could see reductions in state aid,” he cautioned, noting that the state’s new school funding formula could result in the loss of the entire amount of adjustment aid, which is not an insignificant portion of the district’s budget.

But as of right now, the meetings that district officials have been attending on the regionalization proposal are helping to move things “in the right direction,” Brown said.

(A bill that was passed in January has established a grant program to reimburse New Jersey school districts for costs they incur doing regionalization feasibility studies.)

In addition, Brown noted, efforts have also been made to facilitate savings in both the capital and maintenance reserve accounts, and to develop a fund balance as high as the See ENROLLMENT/ Page 10

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A Reporter’s Notebook Dear Readers, Our team has worked tirelessly to continue to inform you about the issues that matter most to you.

As Holy Week approaches, we’d like to thank you for your loyalty. May you find happiness, peace and contentment this Easter! Best wishes to you and yours. As is tradition, we will not be printing an issue on April 16 to allow our staff to safely enjoy this special time with their families. Our next publication will be printed April 23. Stay Safe, Be Well and Spread Happiness!

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The Pine Barrens Tribune’s Douglas D. Melegari spoke to Pinelands Regional High School’s Journalism class on April 5 about the role of a reporter, the fundamentals of journalism, and the First Amendment, as well as the importance of a local community newspaper, while also explaining the heroism of journalists abroad, including those currently in Ukraine, pursuing truth amid a war.

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Four Contenders File to Run for Open County Commission Seat That Judge Refuses to Keep Democrats from Temporarily Filling

By Bill Bonvie

Republicans vying to recapture the seat and thus at least have a presence on the five-member board they once controlled (when it was known as the Board of Chosen Freeholders) are Jeff Fortune, of Moorestown, the candidate officially endorsed by the cou nty Republ ican organization, and Valerie Gallagher, who gave a Moorestown address and also listed a post office box in Collingswood, and who is purported to be affiliated with GOP alternative 3rd District Congressional candidate Ian Smith, the Bellmawr gym owner who became known for defying Democratic Governor Phil Murphy’s pandemic restrictions on business in 2020 (and is now facing a DUI charge for refusing to take a breathalyzer test). Smith is challenging Republican Bob Healey for the 3rd District nomination.

The one statement obtained by the Pine Barrens Tribune on the controversy over the current vacancy came from County Commissioner Balvir Singh, in the form of an email, noting that, “We have a vacancy in a duly-elected Democratic seat” and that “our state laws defer to the respective party to appoint a Democrat to fill this vacancy until November’s election,” which “would have been the responsibility of the Republican Party had it been a Republican seat that had become vacant.”

“If the legislators meant to deny an appointment after 35 days mentioned in statute Title 40, or have a seat declared vacant for a special election, they would have said so and spelled out such process,” Singh contended.

“For now, Republicans should try focusing on winning the seat fairly in the November election rather than waste courts’ time.”

Also vying on the primary ballot to replace county Sheriff Anthony Basantis, a Democrat who announced in February that he would not seek re-election, are two Democrats, James Kostoplis of Bordentown and Glynn “Lee” Eckert of Mount Holly, and Republican Mike Ditzel of Medford.

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MOUNT HOLLY—Four candidates, two Republicans and two Democrats, will compete in the June 7 primary election for the seat left vacant on the Burlington County Board of Commissioners when former member Linda Hynes, a Democrat, left in January to become a Superior Court judge, according to information filed with the county board of elections by an April 4 deadline.

In the meantime, another Superior Court judge declined to rule on a lawsuit brought by county Republicans claiming that county Democrats could no longer appoint someone to the vacant commission post on a temporary basis because a Feb. 19 deadline had already passed, saying a decision in the matter may have to wait for an actual appointment to be made, according to a report on the hearing.

The magistrate, John E. Harrington, is also reported to have cast doubt on the validity of any such deadline, citing the 2002 New Jersey Supreme Court decision that allowed then-incumbent U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli to be replaced on the ballot in October by then former Senator Frank Lautenberg.

Any decision on a tentative appointment to Hynes’ former seat on the currently allDemocratic Board of Commissioners will reportedly be up to County Democratic Chairman Joe Andl, who has not responded to attempts to contact him as of this newspaper’s press time.

When reached by phone, the vice chairman of the county Democratic organization, Evesham Township Deputy Mayor Heather Cooper, said Andl was the only person in the party who was in a position to offer any information on a potential replacement for Hynes.

The contenders for the post in the upcoming primary are Democrats Allison Eckel, who ran for the state Assembly last year and is reported to be Andl’s choice, and Mount Holly Mayor Jason Jones.

Two Motorists Die in Southampton Collisions During March SOUTHAMPTON—Two motorists, one from Medford Township and the other from Bridgeton, were killed in collisions on Southampton Township roads during the month of March, New Jersey State Police have reported.

The most recent fatality, according to Sgt. Philip Curry of the state police Public Information Unit, was that of Medford resident Mark Spang, 67, whose Chevy Silverado was traveling east on Church Road on March 30 when it was struck on the driver’s side by a Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling south on Eayrestown Road shortly before 8 a.m.

Curry said the cause of the crash remained under investigation.

In an earlier accident on March 11, Daryl Akers, Jr., 62, of Bridgeton, was behind the wheel of a Jeep Patriot traveling northbound on Route 206 at 6:13 a.m. when it was struck by a GMC Silverado traveling south that a preliminary investigation indicated had crossed the center line. Akers was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver of the GMC, who was not identified, was taken by air to a local hospital with serious injuries.

The latter crash also remains under investigation.

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(Continued from Page 1) for qu al ity s er v ic e s for adu lts w ith developmental disabilities,” says its CEO, Kamelia Kameli, who cofounded it after she became aware of the lack of what she considered an “appropriate” program to address the problems that her own autistic and nonverbal son, Cyrus Esmi, faced once having reached maturity.

Kameli and a partner, Daren Singhani, who serves as the organization’s board chai r man, subs e quently obt ai ne d authorization from the state Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) to operate a training facility in Delanco Township that had room for about 20 DDD-approved and Medicaid-financed developmentally disabled adults. In 2018,

the program was moved to a larger building on a 10-acre site at 175 Tuckerton Road in Medford Township that could accommodate nearly three times as many participants.

Those participants either live in group homes that are also maintained by the organization or reside with their families, where they are offered in-home support services, and are accepted into the program based on individual assessments “if we feel we can serve them properly,” Kameli told the Pine Barrens Tribune in a recent phone interview.

The Tabernacle facility, she said, which is scheduled to have a formal opening in a month, will operate five days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and be overseen by an experienced director, supervisor, clinical coordinator, administrative and direct support professionals. After being properly equipped and getting clearance from the state, the second location is

expected to bring another 50 participants into the organization’s program who will receive training in various disciplines ranging from basic self-sufficiency skills (e.g., personal hygiene, laundry, cleaning) to more advanced vocational proficiency to prepare them for employment in the wider community, with a special emphasis on horticultural and gardening skills.

In support of that particular aspect of the program, a greenhouse that will allow participants to grow commodities like cucumbers and tomatoes is now being planned along with six raised planting beds for the cultivation of flowers and herbs and the installation of two chicken coops where the participants can be assigned responsibility for the care of as many as 18 hens and the collection, washing and packing of eggs.

“Our farm-fresh eggs,” Kameli noted, “will eventually be offered to the public at a little organic egg stand” maintained by participants, as well as being sold along with produce, herbs and flowers grown on the property at local flea markets and farmers markets, including one that may be set up at the facility itself.

“These individuals have so much to contribute,” she maintained. “We’d love to work with local businesses and farmers to create integrated employment or volunteer opportunities in the community where they can work, learn and live purposeful lives.”

In addition to daily living skills, recreation and prevocational training, the program offers community-based activities and outings to area parks, restaurants, malls, zoos, libraries and museums.

The creative potentials of the participants are quite literally illustrated by one of the Medford facility’s participants, Marco Fiordimondo, whose oil paintings and watercolors, which Kameli described as “good enough to be exhibited in an art

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gallery,” are now on display at his group home, with plans in the works to offer some of them for sale to the public in the near future. (The legendary artist Vincent Van Gogh, for one, is thought to have suffered from Asperger’s disorder and “significant behavior problems,” according to one account on the Internet.)

Another Medford program member is a young musician by the name of Ian Burke who sings, accompanies himself on the guitar and does karaoke, at the group’s birthday parties and holiday celebrations (which are an intrinsic part of the organization’s recreational agenda). Burke, who also paints, is characterized by Kameli as “an undiscovered artist of many talents.

But that sort of attention to both the individual needs and varying abilities of the participants is one of the things that distinguishes Friends of Cyrus, which describes its mission as being “to create a haven of lifetime support options for individuals with developmental disabilities,” with a focus on “fostering independence, dignity, privacy, choice, and individuality.”

Kameli’s adopted son Harley Blight, 27, with whom Cyrus now lives and who also has a developmental disability, is one example she cites of how the program can help its participants achieve a measure of independence. Blight who, unlike Cyrus, possesses verbal skills, has shown himself to be “quite capable of going out with his coach to a job site, and is currently being trained to become a farmer’s assistant,” she said.

On the other hand, the participants also include some individuals who are prone to “really challenging behaviors,” which can be complicated by the inability to verbally communicate, and whom other programs for the developmentally disabled may decline to accept for that reason, according to Rob Graham, the organization’s community See CYRUS/ Page 11

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(Continued from Page 2) Jennifer Sutto, both a teacher and parent, while recognizing she was in “the minority” during the Pemberton school board’s Feb. 24 session, defended the “no-zero, 55-policy” during the meeting in remarks that followed the grandmother’s declaration, contending assigning a student a grade of 55 “is not doing them a favor” and that “grades should reflect a student’s mastery of content, not be used as a means to punish someone with a zero.”

Sutto, however, pointed out that the Pemberton district is currently using an “eight-point scale” versus a “10-point scale” used by many other area school districts in the grading of students.

As a result, a student who earns a grade of a 64 in the Pemberton district currently “fails,” she said, whereas in the neighboring Lenape Regional High School District, a student with that score “passes.”

“I ask that you convert to this 10-point scale to even the playing field for our children,” Sutto declared.

The grandmother, during the Pemberton school board’s Feb. 24 session, held up a white chart that she created, which contained the grades she compiled of both her 7th grade and 11th grade granddaughters.

The 11th grader, she noted, had 29 total assignments entered into an online gradebook platform for the marking period at issue. Of that number, seven of them are what she called “missing assignments.”

Under the “no-zero policy,” her 11th grade granddaughter was still given a grade of a 55 for each of those missed assignments versus a zero.

Had the 11th grader not been given 55 scores on the missing assignments, according to the grandmother, she would have earned only 2,013 points, but instead accumulated 2,393 points.

“Take 2,393 and divide that by 29 assignments, and she has an 82,” the grandmother pointed out. “… But when I zeroed-out the missing assignments, because she shouldn’t be getting a grade for them, because she didn’t do them, that total was 2,013, and when I divided that by 29, I came up with a 69.4.”

Havers, in previously defending the nozero policy, pointed out that the Pemberton district had such a policy already “in practice” at the elementary level “for years.”

“I have been fighting this school district since my granddaughter has been in kindergarten, and they are always telling me, ‘Oh, … this is the way we do things.

This is a way so ‘No Kids Are Left Behind.’’

Well now it is not, ‘No Kids Left Behind’ anymore, it is, ‘Every Kid Succeed That!’”

(The ‘No Child Left Behind Act’ is a federal law that was enacted in 2002 that updated the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, effectively holding schools accountable for student outcomes, according to Education Week, www.edweek.org.)

The grandmother contended that she “researched” which of the other area school districts “in the state” were “doing this 55-thing,” and “called” a number of schools in the area, including ones in both Burlington and Camden counties, as well as the neighboring Southampton Township School District.

“And guess what they told me everybody?!” she asked. “They don’t do that! They don’t have that! It is zero! You earn a zero, you get a zero!”

The grandmother maintained that when she researched the No Child Left Behind Act, she “accidentally” came across an item stating, “the state says the schools get to set their standards in how they grade their kids.”

“Well, guess what?” she asked as she

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“If that is the case, you guys better get your act together!”

T hat latt er st at e ment from the grandmother solicited clapping from meeting attendees, all as she further declared, “As a parent, I do not want my child passed on because she is getting these lower grades.”

The grandmother then read a note she claimed was written by her 11th grade granddaughter, making the point that students like her can still “pass” if they “do nothing.” “‘If we fail, we know, no matter what, we are going to pass,’” said the grandmother in reading the written note aloud for the Pemberton school board and district administrators to hear. “‘So, why put in the work, get it right and learn if we are just going to pass anyway?’”

The grandmother, in declaring that the situation is “ridiculous,” explained how the policy was impacting the standing of her 7th grade granddaughter, maintaining that her granddaughter’s grade of an 81 percent in English, “should be” a score of only 64, while in Math she should only have a score of 18 instead of a 61.

“You are teaching her Algebra, when she can’t even do addition and subtraction,” the grandmother said. “This is nuts! This is a failure on your part to teach our kids what they need to know!”

Despite the latter granddaughter “not learning in this district,” the grandmother contended that “you guys refuse to send her elsewhere,” as well as “refuse” to provide the services needed for an Autistic child.

“And I am not talking (just) about my grandkid,” the grandmother declared. “I am talking about every schoolkid in this district. Because every kid is getting a 55, not just a special needs kid. Every kid! And it needs to stop! And you guys need to stop this now! Figure it out for these kids! This is ridiculous!”

A mother of four kids attending the Pemberton board’s Feb. 24 session also decried the policy, and in pointing out that the Pemberton Township School District “presently advertises” that it is among “Nationally-Recognized Schools of Character teaching important core values like responsibility, perseverance and integrity,” maintained that “this policy mocks the very standards you encourage our students to follow.”

“Th is policy is in fact stifling the educational potential of every child in this district,” the mother added. “It directly interferes with the education, care and attention that our outstanding teachers provide to our students. It is certainly not an accurate reflection of the learning development of our students.”

The mother contended that such a policy that “boosts” the score of an otherwise “struggling” child has the capability of “hiding the deficit” and “pushing” one through to the next grade level, instead of “providing the help” that is needed “to succeed.”

“This policy is a failure to the students of this school district,” she declared. “What about the child working hard for every (score) she gets? This policy dismisses his (her son’s) hard work and that of his other classmates by allowing others to pass by doing nothing. Where is the incentive to do your best? Where is the reward for hard work?””

She added that if her child does not do his assignments, “then he should get a zero,” and that she is of the belief that “our children can do the work.”

“Our children can excel,” the mother declared. “They do not need a policy to facilitate the percentage cushion. What they need is support! What they need is for you to teach them that they can do hard See REPEAL/ Page 7

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(Continued from Page 6) things! What they need is to be encouraged to show you what they can do! Every single student within Pemberton is remarkable and amazing; they each have a path and a purpose.

“As a parent of children in the Pemberton district, I am asking you to repeal the 55-policy.”

That latter line again drew applause from numerous other parents and teachers sitting in the audience.

But Sutto, in asserting that she is “going to be in the minority tonight,” told the Pemberton school board on Feb. 24 that she “fully supports the no-zero, 55-policy.”

Her rationale, she explained, is not only

that Pemberton uses a grading system with an eight-point interval, and “grades should reflect a student’s mastery of content, not be used as a means to punish someone with a zero,” but once a student is given a zero on an assignment “is impossible to overcome.”

She pointed out that if a student had earned a 90 on three assignments, but then got a zero on another, their average for the marking period would drop to a 68, or “take (that person) from a B to a D.” “Is that an accurate reflection of (their) ability?” she asked.

Sutto then pointed out that if a student had earned a 90 percent on three assignments, but then got a 55 instead of a zero on a fourth assignment, it would only “drop (that person) from a B to a C.” And, in the latter scenario, Sutto pointed out, it would only require a student to earn “two more 90s to overcome” the drop, versus

13 such assignments that would be needed with a score of 90 or above to bring a D back up to a B. “We shouldn’t be in the business of setting students up for failure or using grades as a form of punishment for someone who makes one mistake that is almost impossible to overcome,” Sutto declared.

Sutto added that a “no-zero policy” has been “adopted in districts across the country for this reason.”

“That leads me to my main concern,” she said, before explaining that both her niece and nephew currently attend the neighboring Lenape Regional High School District, which is on a “10-point grading scale.”

Lenape Regional students, she pointed out, earn a grade of a “B” if their marking period average falls anywhere between an 80 and 89, but in the Pemberton district, a student earns a “B” only if their marking period average falls anywhere between an 83 and 91 due to the latter using an “eightpoint scale.” Another nephew, she pointed out, attends a school in North Carolina that also uses a 10-point scale.

“This means my nephew at Seneca can earn an 81 average in his Math class and have a GPA that reflects he is a B student,” Sutto said. “However, a student in Pemberton, who earns an 81, will have a GPA that reflects they are a C student.

“Where our students are competing with students across the country to get into trade schools, why are we putting them at a disadvantage by skewing their GPAs by putting them on this eight-point scale?” she asked. “And, when looking at students who may struggle academically, a student who earns a 64 average at Seneca (a high school that is part of Lenape Regional) passes, but a student with a 64 in Pemberton fails.

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converted to this scale?”

Sutto called on the Pemberton school board to have the Pemberton district “convert to this 10-point scale to even the playing field for our children,” which also drew audience applause during the Feb. 24 board session.

Havers, in responding to Sutto’s call for the Pemberton district to convert to a 10-point scale, noted that when he went to both grammar and high school, a 10-point scale was the one used for his classes.

“I didn’t go to college right away, because I didn’t make some good choices, but when I got done college, and got my first teaching job, I said, ‘What happened to that 10-point scale?” Havers said. “Many schools have gotten away from that 10-point scale, probably because of concerns of grade inflation. Many colleges also don’t use a 10-point scale; it is a challenge.”

Havers added that he “shared” Sutto’s “sentiment,” and called the use of a 10-point grading scale a “very interesting concept,” but asserted, “I don’t know exactly what to do to be honest with you.”

“But I think a ‘no-zero’ is a step in the right direction,” the Pemberton superintendent added.

Havers, after listening to what Sutto had to say about the “no-zero policy,” declared that she “did an excellent job of explaining something that I maybe didn’t previously do an excellent job of explaining,” with the Pemberton superintendent previously maintaining in response to concerns about the no zero-policy that “there are many books” that have been published with “a lot of different philosophies,” indicating that one of them discusses the “no-zero policy” to provide for a fail-safe for struggling students, so that if they score a zero on an assignment(s) during a marking period, they still have a chance at passing their class.

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(Continued from Page 1) T h e Tab e r n a c l e gove r n i ng b o dy unanimously decided on April 4 to take the adverse job action against an employee via a resolution, with Burns reading the measure aloud, noting that the unnamed employee was “discussed in executive session.” The action, he said, entails “administrative leave” that is “unpaid,” beginning “effective immediately.”

It was noted in the resolution read aloud that the “certain public employee” was “preliminarily noticed on March 30, 2022,” of the potential that their employment would be discussed by the Tabernacle governing body and acted upon.

Immediately following the Tabernacle committee’s April 4 decision to place an employee on administrative leave, a second resolution was approved by the Tabernacle governing body, this one “authorizing execution of a shared services agreement with the Township of Woodland, for the provision of shared services,” and in that measure, read aloud by Burns, who also serves as Woodland Township’s solicitor, it was stated that “Tabernacle recognizes it is in need of township administrator services for its residents.”

“Whereas Woodland Township is able to provide township administrator services to the Township of Tabernacle,” said Burns in continuing to read the resolution aloud. “And whereas the Township of Woodland wishes to begin providing township administrator services to the Township of Tabernacle. …

Now, therefore be it resolved that the governing body of the Township of Tabernacle hereby endorses a shared services agreement with the Township of Woodland for the provision of township administrator services.”

The second measure was then approved in a 5-0 Tabernacle committee vote. Following the approval, Burns asserted, “just to be clear, this is for a shared services agreement for the provision of administrator services.”

“The term of the agreement will be three years,” he added. “From tomorrow, both townships have a 60-day termination clause, meaning they can cancel the contract with 60 days’ notice, and the fee for shared services will be paid from Tabernacle directly to Woodland.

It will be $4,000 a month, or $48,000 a year.”

Brown was then introduced during the virtual April 4 Tabernacle meeting by Tabernacle Mayor Samuel Moore III, who declared, “welcome aboard.”

“I just wanted to thank the mayor and committee for the opportunity, and I am looking forward to it,” Brown said.

That was the end of the special Tabernacle committee session, originally called to order to discuss the prospect of a future new municipal complex and possible related land acquisition, with Burns revealing during it that the 19acre parcel the governing body is interested in purchasing “for the potential relocation

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“Through the discussion, the (Tabernacle) township professionals have been tasked with performing some due diligence to ensure that the property is suitable for purchase and development,” said Burns, noting such work includes title and appraisal work.

An address had not been provided the week prior when the governing body’s intent was revealed during another Tabernacle committee session.

An agenda for the special April 4 Tabernacle committee meeting did not list both the resolution authorizing an adverse job action, nor the one authorizing the execution of the shared services agreement. Rather, they were added on to the agenda following a lengthy executive session, and also after public comment had been held for the evening.

The day following the passage of the resolutions, though what if any connection the two measures have to each other remained unclear as of press time, the name of Casey English, who became the Tabernacle administrator this past November following the retirement of Douglas Cramer (who held the post for two decades prior to English), was removed from the Tabernacle Township website as municipal administrator, and replaced with that of Brown.

“The committee, nor I, can comment on pending employment matters,” Burns told this newspaper in a later interview when queried about the situation. “All I can tell you is that the committee decided to place a certain employee on administrative leave and enter into a shared services agreement with Woodland for the provision of township administrator services per a resolution.”

The solicitor also told this newspaper that “per the committee’s action on Monday, the certain employee is on administrative leave, but she is still an employee of the township.”

Burns said that “he does not believe” there is any investigation taking place.

W he n f u r t he r qu i r e d ab out why English’s name had been removed from the municipal website as Tabernacle’s municipal administrator, Burns replied, “Maryalice Brown, via the shared services agreement, is performing administrator services on behalf of Tabernacle Township.”

It was on March 30 that the Woodland Township Committee added a resolution onto its agenda, also read aloud by Burns, approving the shared services agreement on its end. That immediately gave rise to questions about English’s employment with Tabernacle, with resident Terry Sheerin asking at the time if English is “no longer the township administrator of Tabernacle, or is our clerk just going to assist her.”

Woodland Mayor William “Billy” DeGroff began to answer the question, stating, “My understanding is she is …,” before he was abruptly cutoff by Burns, who advised “not to comment on personnel matters.”

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“So, are we are sharing services out of Chatsworth, or out of Woodland Township?”

Sheerin asked.

“Pursuant to the resolution that was passed, Woodland Township would be providing the services to Tabernacle Township,” Burns replied at the time.

Burns, in the later interview with this newspaper, when asked about what hours Brown would be working in Woodland versus Tabernacle, replied, “It is a shared services agreement, and because it is, she will continue to perform both functions as township administrator in Tabernacle and in Woodland at the same time.”

“Ms. Brown has a significant amount of experience in performing the role of township administrator,” Burns added. “Moreover, her hours, with the addition of this task through the shared services agreement, have been expanded. Actually, it is beneficial to both towns, because Woodland will have access to an administrator/clerk for an extended period of time, and it is beneficial to Tabernacle as there is a potential savings through the shared services agreement and they have the benefit of a shared township administrator.”

Burns, when asked why Tabernacle chose to enter into a shared services agreement with Tabernacle for municipal administrator services, replied that it was because of the “close proximity of the towns,” the “similarities between the two towns,” and due to “Maryalice having reduced hours of work and having the bandwidth to take on additional responsibilities.”

“It was mainly because of the geographical proximity and general similarities between the two towns,” Burns emphasized. “Woodland being the ‘Capital of the Pines,’ and Tabernacle being the ‘Gateway of the Pines.’”

This newspaper previously reported on the search for a Tabernacle municipal administrator last year, with a now-former committeeman, Joseph Barton, calling on his then-colleagues to establish a subcommittee to review the current workload of township personnel, in light of a package of ordinances that had been proposed creating new positions, including that of an “assistant municipal administrator.”

Barton’s recommendation, however, was turned down because of an urgency to hire, and the assistant municipal administrator position was never filled, according to Burns.

Officials previously discussed difficulty in filling several municipal positions that were open last summer and fall.

Burns, in the interview with this newspaper, pointed out that the shared services agreement for township administrator services “is a shared services agreement between Tabernacle and Woodland,” and “it is not a shared services agreement between Maryalice and Tabernacle.”

“The $48,000, or $4,000 per month goes directly to Woodland Township, pursuant to the shared services agreement,” he

emphasized. “It is paid directly to Woodland.”

When asked if Brown’s salary has been increased as a result of the agreement, Burns replied, “The governing body of Woodland has not done anything to increase her salary at this point.”

The action taken on April 4 followed a March 28 Tabernacle committee meeting, in which it was revealed that “multiple” Tabernacle employees, including those identified as “TB” and “EK,” were sent Rice Notices.

It was just after 11 p.m. on March 28 when the Tabernacle committee emerged from a very lengthy executive session and asked “TB” and “EK” if they were on the telephone line and wished to have their employment hearings conducted publicly.

Tabernacle Code Enforcement Official Tom Boyd (who also serves as Tabernacle’s building inspector, construction official, sub-code inspector and plumbing inspector, as well as holds posts in Southampton and Woodland townships), apparently “TB,” and Tabernacle Land Development Board Secretary Elaine Kennedy, apparently “EB,” replied that they would.

“What are the set hours of the position,” asked Committeewoman Kimberly Brown in the first question posed to Boyd.

Boyd replied that, “generally, it is starting around 6 to 6:30 and then basically putting in eight to nine hours somehow during the day, and somedays it is 10,” and when asked a follow-up question by the committeewoman if the Tabernacle Construction Office “still had evening hours,” Boyd answered, “We do not.”

“What happened to the evening hours?” a ske d Com m it t e ewom a n Na nc y K. McGinnis, to which Boyd replied that “they were eliminated with COVID.” McGinnis then declared that she thought “it was time to go back to the evening hours.”

After Kimberly Brown declared that “she can’t imagine” Boyd does inspections at 6 or 6:30, the code enforcement official replied that the committeewoman was “correct,” and that he does “paperwork and computer work” during that time.

Committeeman Mark Hartman asked Boyd if he is mandated to “clock in” or “has a timecard,” to which Boyd replied, “No, I don’t.”

That led McGinnis to ask, “What time does the office open,” to which Boyd replied, “The office is open from 8 to 4.”

“On Monday through Friday?” asked McGinnis in another follow-up question, to which Boyd replied, “That is correct.”

McGinnis also quired Boyd as to when the Tabernacle Construction Office previously held its evening hours, to which Boyd replied, “open till 6 on Monday.”

“Maybe Tom this predates you, but I thought we had hours later than that – I thought we had evening hours that went to 7 or 8 o’clock in the past,” Kimberly Brown asserted.

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Studies show that Americans spend billions on Easter candy, making this holiday the second biggest for treats — after Halloween, of course. We will eat more than 16 million jelly beans — enough to circle our planet three times.

(Put another way, they could fill a jar the size of a nine-story structure.) Some 70% of purchased Easter candy is chocolate.

The first chocolate eggs were made in 19th century Europe. Today, Cadbury makes more than 1.5 million creme eggs a day at its Bournville factory in England — and an astounding 500 million a year.

If you piled up their annual production of these Easter treats, they would be taller than Mount Everest. More than 75% of Americans think you should start with the ears when eating a chocolate bunny.

EGGS AND BASKETS

Eggs are a symbol of fertility, and have long been associated with spring.

Baskets are more than a utilitarian way to collect eggs; they represent the nests that serve as a cradle for new life. The

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first mention of a rabbit hiding eggs arrived in 1680. (Dutch settlers who landed in Pennsylvania brought the bunny tradition stateside in the 1700s.)

Nearly 80% of Americans are said to dye or color eggs, and most of them hunt for eggs, too. Nearly 80% put together or buy Easter baskets, the National Confectioners Association reports.

HISTORY

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon on March 21 (the traditional start date of spring) or thereafter. This Christian holiday was named after Eostre, the Ango-Saxon goddess of fertility, dawn and light.

She was honored at festivals held each spring, highlighting the modernday blending of pagan traditions and Christian holidays. Springtime is also associated with rebirth, which dovetails with Christian history.

Pretzels were once part of the Easter tradition, because the twists were said to resemble two arms that are crossing in prayer.

About 60% of U.S. citizens will visit family and friends this Easter, according to the National Retail Federation. Most of them will eat ham, in a tradition that dates back to the days when the wintertime curing process would culminate around this time of the year.

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with scavenger-hunt clues or miniature gifts. Fill out the rest of the basket with personal items that complete the visual package. The best part about crafting is that the love and care shines through in every small gesture.

FORGET THE BASKET

Visit an area farmers’ market to find homegrown food choices, then place them all in a vintage basket that’s perfect for the season. Choose fruits, vegetables and other locally grown items that boast bright colors to give the basket an Easterappropriate appearance. Complete with an assortment of crackers, nuts and cheese to taste — then add some vibrant bows or glittered ribbon to finish everything off in style. Snacks and fresh foods like these can liven up any Easter basket, but remember that these choices should be specifically tailored to your friend or family member’s taste.

The best way to liven up the Easter basket is to ditch the basket entirely — and it also provides an opportunity to personalize in a way that the traditional woven variety simply can’t. Fill up a garden wagon, sand bucket or rain boot. Decorate them for the season, or to match someone’s favorite hobby, sports team or band. If you have a large group of cousins and friends coming over, consider filling the kiddie pool with goodies instead. Or turn over an umbrella; you’ll also have something you can reuse for those April showers.

For the hardier types, consider a dumptruck Easter basket, or a baseball hat.

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EASTER EGG BOUQUET

Here’s a cool twist on the traditional floral bouquet: Place a circle of eggs along the bottom of the basket, then create layers of eggs above them with skewers or wooden rods of different heights.

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explanatory. Participants put an egg in a spoon, then try to balance it as they run.

The first person to get to the finish line with their egg still balanced in the spoon wins the race. If you want to make it more interesting (and more messy!), try unboiled eggs — or small water balloons.

HOW MANY JELLY BEANS Fill a clear glass or plastic jar with jelly beans, then have family and friends try to guess how many are in there.

Whoever gets closest the actual figure gets a special Easter prize.

EGG TOSS EGG SCAVENGER HUNT

Liven up one of Easter’s oldest traditions, the egg hunt. Give everyone a particular color or pattern to bring back. Another twist on this old favorite is to put numbers or letters on plastic egg halves, then see who can create the most matching pairs.

BUNNY BOWLING Arrange store-bought chocolate bunnies in the yard as if they’re bowling pins. Use a tennis ball or, if your grass is particularly thick, a baseball as a miniature bowling ball — then see who can knock the most down.

EASTER TREE Pick a small tree or bush in the yard, and decorate it with homemade ornaments and figures made from construction paper.

Top it all off with string, bows, flowers or even strings of lights.

EGG-AND-SPOON RACES This favorite activity dates back more than a hundred years, and is self

Speaking of messy fun, this one involves tossing a raw egg back and forth. First, divide everyone into two lines that are a set distance apart. Begin tossing with a partner, going back and forth. Take one step backward after each successful egg catch. Keep going until only one duo is left with an intact egg.

Plastic eggs are a tidier option. If it’s a particularly warm Easter, try small water balloons.

ART PARADE Have the kids collect their best Easter art or the egg with their favorite design, then hold it up during a small neighborhood parade that anyone can join. A group of older children can serve as judges for the most inventive and most enthusiastic participants.

BUNNY HOP Pass out pillowcases, then line everyone up for an Easter twist on the old-fashioned burlap sack races of your youth. The first bunny to cross the finish line is the winner.

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EGG Coloring IDEAS

Everyone is familiar with the timehonored tradition of vinegar and food coloring when it’s time to dye your Easter eggs. Why not liven things up this year? Just remember to clear the area before starting, since there’s bound to be a mess. Create a paper barrier between your coloring ingredients and any countertop — especially if you have one with a porous surface.

TEMPORARY TATTOOS

Here’s a quick way to personalize your Easter eggs: Temporary tattoos feature most any design or character, and they provide a nice distraction for kids while dinner preparations continue.

It’s durable and fun — and won’t create a mess or stain anything like dyes can.

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Prepare the usual primary dye options, but then have little ones dip their eggs in multiple bowls to see how they combine into new colors.

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For a more polished decor idea, experiment with various hues of the same color. Line them up for an ombre effect, or mix and match for a look that’s both bold and cohesive.

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Cut and paste craft paper to your hard-boiled eggs and they transform into birds, flowers or a bunny. Pre-cut designs for younger children.

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You actually don’t have to use dyes at all. Vegetables like beets, blueberries, spinach, red cabbage and dill seeds are natural substitutes. You’ll save money, and they actually give eggs a deeper, richer color when you’d done.

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What’s more glitzy than glitter? Just be aware that creating this look outside is probably the best idea. Scattered glitter tends to stick around long after the holiday.

Bouquets of flowers and potted plants are simple gifts that show you care. Tulips, lilies, daffodils and hyacinth flowers are classic Easter blooms.

Find these by visiting your local garden center.

A BOOK

Give your little one a collection of Easter stories or a book starring a bunny.

If you want to buy a gift for someone who loves baking, a cookbook is a great option.

A BOARD GAME

Pick out a board game that features rabbits, chickens or eggs. A game with an egg-hunting or seek-and-find concept is also suitable.

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Easter-themed tableware is sure to please. For example, you could give your loved one a cute rabbit mug or a set of pastel egg cups.

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(Continued from Page 8) out that the evening hours were intended for residents “who couldn’t come in during the day.”

“That is correct, and when COVID came along, those hours were removed from the night and just added on to the day,” Boyd noted.

Kimberly Brown also inquired whether someone else was working in the office when Boyd was not present, to which the latter pointed out there is someone, and “it is no different than if I was out doing inspections.”

That led to McGinnis asserting that she “just had one more question,” before asking, “How many hours a week do you work in Tabernacle?”

“It varies,” Boyd replied. “Some weeks are 35, and some weeks are 45, and there has been weeks it has been 50.”

McGinnis continued the grilling of Boyd, asking if he had a “set schedule,” to which the construction official replied, “No ma’am, I’m in at 6 to 6:30 and then whatever it takes to get the job done.”

“If you are asking, I am working from 6 to 2, or 8 to 4 – no, it is not that,” Boyd declared.

McGinnis also inquired of Boyd whether his Tabernacle office is “open everyday during typical business hours throughout the year,” to which he replied if his assistant is not present, “it would not.”

Moore then asked if anyone else on the Tabernacle committee had questions for Boyd, but McGinnis continued to pose questions, including asking if he maintained “people’s inspection” records or “people he passed and didn’t and stuff like that.”

“Yes, we do,” Boyd replied.

Moore than again asked if anyone else had questions for Boyd, and McGinnis noted at that point she had “one more question.”

“I heard there is a lawsuit against you

(Boyd),” she said. “Is that true, Tom?” The construction official replied that he “had no idea what you are talking about,” leading McGinnis to declare, “I guess it is not true, then.”

But then Boyd inquired of McGinnis, “Are you talking personally, professionally?”

McGinnis replied that she “heard there is a lawsuit against you by a resident,” but that she “didn’t know if it was true or not,” and concluded that “I guess it is hearsay.”

Boyd was asked no further questions, and no explanation was offered for the questioning.

Moore then asked if any of the governing body members had questions for Kennedy, and after an extended pause, Kimberly Brown said she would ask her a question “so she feels like someone is asking her something.”

“Other than Land Development Board secretary, what is your other position?”

Kimberly Brown asked.

Kennedy replied she also serves as Tabernacle’s “records manager.”

“As records manager, and former acting clerk, have you been able to provide all of the certifications of funds for the 2021 resolutions?” asked Committeeman Robert Sunbury.

Sunbury noted that the certifications were requested by current Tabernacle Township Clerk Everett Falt.

“What are you talking about?” quipped Kennedy.

Sunbury clarified “certifications of resolutions for 2021,” prompting Kennedy to assert, “I’m not following you.”

“Sorry, I don’t understand the question,” Kennedy added.

Sunbury maintained that “supposedly when there is a resolution that requires financing,” there is a “certification required to be attached to the resolution.”

Kennedy, in response, said such a document would come from Rodney Haines, Tabernacle’s chief financial officer.

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Kennedy replied that the “new clerk has not asked me for any of those records” and that she “doesn’t have them physically,” adding “they are somewhere in the Clerk’s Office.”

“OK, well if you could assist him in confirming those records exist, the committee would appreciate it,” Sunbury declared.

Kennedy then asked if Falt “had a list” and, “What’s going on here?”

“Assist him please!” said Sunbury in a very firm matter. “Work with Everett, please, on that issue!”

The employment hearings then concluded.

“Mr. Burns, does the committee have to take action with respect to the discussion in executive session or the open discussion?”

Moore asked.

Burns said that no action was necessary unless the Tabernacle governing body wanted to take action.

“Nothing has to be ratified,” he said.

But as Moore moved to adjourn the March 28 Tabernacle committee meeting, McGinnis asserted, “I just want to confirm that Mr. Burns has been directed to draft an ordinance requiring employees to turn in expenses monthly.”

Burns replied that it was “his understanding” that the Tabernacle committee wanted him to put together a “policy to be included in the personnel manual with respect to mileage.”

Sunbury asserted, “that is what I asked for – a policy.”

Earlier in the March 28 Tabernacle committee meeting, when there was a discussion about a bill’s list that had been submitted, Kimberly Brown pointed out she was “looking at a mileage reimbursement from July to December” listed.

“I am just wondering why it was (for) so long (ago) and for last year’s budget?” she asked.

“We are in March now, and we are getting

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one from July till December.”

English was asked by Moore for an explanation, but did not answer. He then asked Haines to explain. Haines said the reimbursements are “for Mr. Boyd for six months’ worth of mileage reimbursements.”

“I do not have an answer as to why he did not submit those prior to, but it was signed off on by the administrator,” Haines added.

Kimberly Brown asked if there was a “time limitation” in place for such reimbursements to be submitted.

“Should we have a policy in place so that this would be done in a timelier manner, so we are not working backwards?” Brown asked.

Haines explained “there is no timeframe” in place and “basically that budget stays open until the following year.”

“As long as there were legitimate expenses against that year, and were incurred in that year, they can be charged back,” he said.

Kimberly Brown pointed out that it “just seems odd it is nine months later.” McGinnis said that “it should be done monthly so we can keep track better.”

“I was going to say the same thing, there should be a policy where 30 days after the close of the month expenses should be submitted, unless there is an exceptional reason,” Sunbury said.

Burns, in the later interview with this newspaper, when asked if the administrative leave matter was related to the hearings of March 28, including those involving Boyd and Kennedy, replied that he “cannot comment on any personnel issues.”

When asked if the public should be concerned with what’s happened, he maintained, “The public should not be concerned.”

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Breaking down how that money is apportioned, the business manager said 60 percent of the district’s revenues currently come from local taxpayers, 33 percent from state aid, and the rest from other sources, including surplus funds. As for expenditures, 55 percent of the budget pays for the salaries of the teaching, administrative and support staff, and another 20 percent for benefits, with transportation costs being the next biggest line item at 8 percent. Another 5.5 percent goes for things like health benefits, property and casualty costs, with tuition owed to other districts, accounting for 3.5 percent, mostly in the form of payments to county-run vocational schools.

Attempting to summarize the obligations that all the anticipated funding has to cover, Brown pointed out that the district’s two large school buildings themselves comprise almost 375,000 square feet, which he called “a significant amount of space that has to be treated, cooled cleaned and maintained.” In addition, he said, the outdoor acreage of the campus has to be maintained and a total 269 full-time staffers need to be paid.

On the subject of the dam, which is located in a bog area off Giffordtown Road behind the high school, Brown said he had submitted an application to the state Division of Dam Safety for funding in the amount of $750,000 to rehabilitate the structure and should know by the end of April whether it had been accepted. He also said district

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“So, we’re pursuing multiple angles in trying to find a suitable resolution,” he maintained.

In the meantime, he told the board the JC NERR had reached out to the district in regard to a new project involving the testing of water on the site and has proposed installing a filter developed by its own students on the culvert where stormwater enters the bog, with the aim of removing any potential contaminants it might contain.

“What is exciting about this project is that they’ve offered to work with our science department so our students can be a part of the project,” Brown said. “I think that is a really awesome real-world application of environmental science study that is going to happen right in our back yard.

“I don’t know how many high-school students in the state of New Jersey have dams on campus, but they can be quite a learning opportunity for everybody.”

In other business, Superintendent Dr. Melissa McCooley announced that the high school Thespian Society, at the conclusion of a recent performance of “The Sound of Music,” had raised $1,600 for a nonprofit organization that is providing direct aid to the orphans of the current conflict in Ukraine – a figure that was doubled and rounded out to $3,500 by “an anonymous and very generous donor.”

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“One of the things we specialize in is behavior management,” Graham explained.

“We have a director of clinical services, who is a board-certified behavior analyst, and who runs a team of clinicians that work to develop a behavior plan in individual cases with the goal of mitigating those challenging behaviors as best they can.”

According to Kameli, the Friends of Cyrus program follows an “individual plan of care” for each participant and provides “very intensive training” to its staff, with direct support professionals given responsibility for getting to know specific individuals to whom they’re assigned, and knowing how to address whatever behavioral challenges they may present. That way, she contended, “we can adjust staff ratios accordingly to accommodate the needs of every single person in the program”—an especially important consideration on outings.

One point on which she wanted to be very clear is that the staff is not qualified to diagnose any medical or psychiatric illnesses or prescribe any sort of medication, as it does not include a doctor or nurse.

“However, if the individuals are on medications that have to be administered during service hours, we’ll be happy to do so,” Kameli said. “No one is going to be disqualified because they’re on a medication.”

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(Continued from Page 7) “I will also say there are plenty of stories, of students who got zeroes, and subsequently shutdown because they are thinking it is impossible for them to ever pass,” said Havers previously. “And they are going to sit in the classroom for the rest of the semester knowing they can’t succeed. So, it is philosophy.”

The Pember ton super intendent, in doubling down Feb. 24 on his previous remarks, pointed out “if a kid gets a 55, they fail,” further declaring, “There is no reward!”

“You are not rewarded with a failure,” he said. “The challenge is – and forget the 90-kid or the kid that gets a 100 and they can pick their grade up – what about a “C” student? What about a kid in which the best they can do is a 75? There are plenty of kids – every teacher out here knows them – working the best they can, and the best they can do is a 75. If that kid makes a mistake and gets a zero, do you know how many 75s they would have to get in order to get back up to a C-minus? 29! What about motivating that child?!”

The Pemberton superintendent then indicated that a child would be demotivated if they were told they had to earn such a score 29 times to bring their grade back up to a “C.” Havers noted that “an interesting video” recently shared with him made the point that “in reality, a zero is like the letter ‘K.’” “If every 10 points was a letter, we would be giving a kid not an ‘F,’ (but rather) a ‘K,’” declared Havers of the video.

A f t e r K i n g t o l d t h e P e mb e r t o n superintendent during “board comments” on Feb. 24 that he “respectfully disagrees” with him over the policy, and offered his

explanation as to why, Terry Maldonado, the second-longest serving member of the Pemberton board who chairs its Policy Committee, asked if Havers would like to respond.

The Pemberton superintendent declined, with King, prior to that question being asked

by Maldonado, offering to talk about his position “a little bit more” and “explain more of my reasonings.”

W h i l e H ave r s , ot h e r Pe mb e r t o n district administrators, Maldonado, and Pemberton School Board President Tom Bauer did not raise the no-zero policy at the Pemberton board’s March 17 and March 24 meetings, Nancy Myer, a teacher at Pemberton Township High School, raised the “glorious-55” policy again during the latter session.

“Yet again, I had a student just the other day say to me, ‘Mrs. Myer, do you realize that student sitting there is going to get a 55 and I am working my darndest for my 58?’” the high school teacher recounted. “I said, ‘I know honey, there is nothing I can do about it. But trust me, you will pass. I will make sure you pass. You will be OK.’” Myer, who spoke about several other grievances during a March 24 Pemberton board session, asked the public body to “please look into these things.”

Havers, however, did not offer any additional comments on the policy itself following Myer’s March 24 remark, but rather, after it, King spoke up again during his board comments, declaring that such a policy is doing a “disservice to the students in the community” and that he believes “it is actually discriminating against the students who are actually trying to do the hard work.”

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