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Feasibility Study on Possible Consolidation of Pinelands Regional District with Elementary Schools in 4 Towns It Serves Due Out by Mid-Summer
By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer
LITTLE EGG HARBOR—In about three months, residents and employees of the Pinelands Regional School District, which comprises grades 7 through 12, can expect to receive an expert evaluation of whether the idea of expanding the district to put all the schools in the four municipalities it serves under one
administrative umbrella deserves an A, an F, or a grade somewhere in between. The possible consolidation of the Pinelands district’s high school and junior high with the elementary school districts of Little Egg Harbor Township, Tuckerton Borough and Eagleswood Township, all in Ocean County, and the Burlington County township of Bass River to form a K-12 entity is now officially in a preliminary stage of
consideration. But the advisability of any such eventual merger taking place is yet to be determined, and even if deemed a good idea, it has a long way to go before being put to voters of those communities and then actually implemented if approved. In the first of what he indicated would be many updates on a study now being made of the feasibility of such a consolidation, See PINELANDS/ Page 15
MEDFORD —A controversial tre e ordinance unanimously adopted by Medford 1/22/20 12:04 PM Township Council last October might be amended soon, having the potential to reignite controversy. Some of the changes that are said to be forthcoming have reportedly been requested by the Pinelands Commission, which conducts a review of all township ordinances to ensure compliance with the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) [given that part of the municipality falls within the Pinelands designated area]. The tree ordinance currently states, in regards to any required replanting of trees, that the “species of each newly planted tree shall be selected from the native species ‘Preferred Tree List’ of the Pinelands Commission. But the Pinelands Commission, according to Township Solicitor Timothy Prime, actually does not maintain such a list, but rather a “fact-sheet” about “native Pinelands plants and landscaping.” “So, we are going to adopt an amendment to include those provisions in the ordinance, instead of the Pinelands ‘Preferred Tree List,’” Prime said. Up to three trees may be removed every 12 months for any reason from an existing lot within the Township of Medford, which contains a residential dwelling, but no more than 10 trees may be removed, for any reason, from an existing lot which contains a residential dwelling within any five-year See FIREWOOD/ Page 9
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