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HEADLINERS: JANUARY 20, 2012 WEST WINDSOR & PLAINSBORO NEWS Officer Brian Jany, p. 14; South’s Alyssa Gilman, 16; Artist Sarah Yue, 25. WW-P Introduces Business Burdened by One As Graduation Requirement by Rikki N. Massand Smith says there would be two Clutter? Woman’s options for students. hanges to 2012-’13 high “Students could either take one Solution school program of studies, of the full-year courses or do a Cincluding a new graduation half-year, 2.5-credit course requirement that would incorpo- through Educere, an online course rate business education into the offering system,” Smith said. curriculum, will be voted on at the Business courses currently of- Tuesday, January 24, board of edu- fered by Educere, including In- cation meeting. vesting in the Stock Market, Inter- Martin Smith, the district’s new national Business, Personal Fi- assistant superintendent for cur- nance, Retailing, and Internet Mar- riculum and assessment, outlined keting, could complete the re- three main revisions at the board’s quired business education credits meeting on January 10. Starting at any point during high school. with the class of 2014 (current The second revision to the pro- sophomores) all students will need gram of studies has to do with the to take 2.5 credits — one semester controversial change to admission — in financial, economic, business criteria for high school honors and and entrepreneurial literacy as part AP classes. As planned, the pro- of a new state-mandated financial gram of studies for 2012-’13 will literacy program. WW-P currently clearly show the criteria for indi- by Euna Kwon Brossman your home or your office, can reap offers three full-year, five-credit vidual course listings with any nec- tremendous rewards mentally and Outside the Box: courses that would fulfill the re- nyone who has ever hiked Plainsboro resident Phyl- essary prerequisites, together with physically by giving you a sense of quirement. the minimum grades students in the woods knows it is so freedom that makes it easier to see lis Spiegel has declutter- much more difficult to see would need in the first semester of A and achieve your goals, according ed her whole life. Read where you are going if the trail is to celebrity personal organizer relevant prior classes. overgrown with brush and over- Karin Saldana. how she did it, page 30. Correction Smith presented a few examples of the revised draft copy, which is hanging branches obscure your vi- Saldana is a professional orga- Photo: Suzette Lucas The caption for the photo available to parents and students sion. Think how much easier it nizer who has organized homes that appeared with former on the district’s website. would be if your path were cleared and offices for high-profile and Councilman Charles Mor- For AP Math, the minimum first and you could see where you were celebrity clients on both coasts. 7 p.m. at the Princeton Public Li- gan’s op ed piece in the Janu- semester grade average would be headed. She will conduct a workshop at the brary, 65 Witherspoon Street. (See ary 6 issue was incorrect. In 80 percent for students in regular This is a metaphor for what hap- Center for Relaxation & Healing at below for more on Neilson.) his final vote on the InterCap geometry but 70 percent for stu- pens when you de-clutter your life, 666 Plainsboro Road on Saturday, Participants at Saldana’s work- project, Morgan voted no. dents in honors geometry. Smith and cast off the “stuff” from the January 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. shop are encouraged to bring a Earlier in the year he had cast Another organizer, Princeton- past that weighs you down like so a vote in its favor. much heavy baggage. Clearing out based Suzanne Neilson, will host a Continued on page 30 Continued on page 11 your personal space, whether it’s workshop Monday, January 23, at s handwriting a dying art? It’s a question that con- Tenner speaks on the importance of learning hand- cerned parents are asking increasingly as they see WHY CAN’T writing and why children should not be overexposed to Itheir children spending more time with keyboard technology at an early age at a panel on “Perspectives and touch screen and less time with pencil and paper. on Education,” on Tuesday, January 24, at 6:30 p.m. in Some educational experts argue that handwriting is JOHNNY WRITE? the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. an outmoded form of communication that should go the between the hand and the brain and is a skill too impor- Joining Tenner will be media and technology enthu- way of the goose quill pen. Others staunchly advocate tant to abandon: “States and school districts thinking of siast Suzanne Carbonaro of Rider University, and Car- for it, arguing that more classroom time be spent teach- eliminating handwriting teaching — cursive or italic — oline Phinney, founder of the Princeton Waldorf thethe junction junctioningwhere wherethis very valuable learning tool in our nation’s should at least make it possible for a minority of moti- School. To participate, contact Janie Hermann — jher- the artsschools. and Are the latter antediluvian Luddites holding vated teachers and students to learn the skill, and track [email protected] or call 609-924-9529, ext. the artsfast and to a bygone technology? 228. The fee is $25, with a reduced rate of $7 for stu- communitycommunity meet meet the results. I’ll bet that [handwriting] can be a key to a Not so, says Princeton-based historian of technology healthier approach to education and life,” says Tenner, dents and seniors . and culture Edward Tenner, who has researched the who recently spoke on the subject of “Handwriting af- In the West Windsor-Plainsboro District, handwrit- evolution of handwriting from the Middle Ages. Ten- ter Gutenberg” at the Plainsboro Public Library, where ing is still being taught at the elementary level and some ner is an independent writer, speaker, and blogger on he found the majority in support of keeping handwrit- new wrinkles are even being introduced. Janet Bowes, the unintended consequences of innovation. ing in the school curriculum. To his surprise, “the chil- assistant principal at Town Center Elementary School Tenner claims that preserving cursive handwriting is dren and teenagers seemed to be as overwhelmingly in Plainsboro, says that “there is a very interesting ap- far from a sentimental activity. He argues that hand- pro-handwriting as their elders.” writing exercises profound and significant connections Continued on page 12 WW-P’S FREE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER WWPINFO.COM West Windsor-Plainsboro Letters: Take a Smarter Approach to Traffic 2 High School North presents Town News: Animal Control Agreement 13 What’s Happening When, Day by Day 18 Summer Camp Open Houses 19 Police Reports 29 Classifieds 31 Spring Registration March 1-4, 2012 is now open! FOLLOW WWPINFO ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER FOR TIMELY UPDATES SEE AD PAGE 20 SEE AD PAGE 32 ISSUE DATE: JANUARY 20, 2012 NEXT ISSUE:FEBRUARY 3 2 THE NEWS JANUARY 20, 2012 JoanJoan Eisenberg Eisenberg Office:RE/MAXJoan 609-951-8600Joan Greater Eisenberg Eisenberg Princeton x110 Office:RE/MAXMobile:609-306-1999Princeton 609-951-8600 ForrestalGreater Village Princeton x110 Mobile:[email protected]:Princeton 609-951-8600 Forrestal x 110Village Views & Opinions [email protected]:Mobile:609-306-1999 609-951-8600 x 110 Jeremax@aol com www.JoanSells.comMobile:609-306-1999 [email protected] To the Editor: Road into a gridlocked “parking Owner/Sales lot” at rush hour when we will have Associate A Rare Gem VILLAGE GRANDE VALUES Real Traffic a perfectly good new parking lot for commuter traffic to queue in? Solutions Needed Since we are past the point of debating a Transit Village being he addition of a new parking located at the train station, we are Tlot at the old dump/mulch site Richard K. Rein left with imploring our planning Editor and Publisher only emphasizes the need for real- officials to apply long-term solu- istic traffic circulation solutions. tions to the site’s weaknesses and Rikki N. Massand My concern is that in an attempt to their effects on the larger region. Municipal News create convenience for commuters Vaughan Drive needs to be a major Lynn Miller entering and exiting the proposed connector between Washington Community News Editor lot the planners are losing sight of Road and Alexander Road and not the bigger picture. The roundabout Jamie Saxon merely an access Features Editor that replaced the road to high-den- “T” intersection sity housing and Sara Hastings on Alexander Closing any existing shops. West Special Projects Road has provid- roads is ill advised and Windsor must Craig Terry HIGHTSTOWN: 4BR, 2.5BA, Custom built Colonial - 23 Yrs old! 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