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t"°lzranklin News-recorDcommunity Newspaper Vol. 22 No. 6 Twosections, 24 pages Thursday, February 12, 1976 Postage paid in Princeton, N.J. 08540 $4.50/year 15 cents/copy Budgets may push tax rate to $4.4 per $1 O0 Municipal School budget expenses up 3 per cent decrease by Brian Wood Park and Hillcrest Schools. Those ManagingEditor schools will open and close roughly one hour later. by Brian Wood Sehoal officials estimate that the (Seecomplete list of cuts below) ManagingF.,ditor budget they introduced Mondaynight will increase taxes on a homeworth ALTliOUGIi IIOARD MEMBElt For the first time in as manyyears as $40,000by at least $115 this fall, not AdolphKatz stressed that the budget is municipal officials can remember,the counting increases that are bound to still opento changeuntil Feb.23, little Franklin Township Council Tuesday come from the municipal and county will probablybe addedor removedto it. night introduced a municipal budget budgets. Most of the parents Mondaynight that is actually smallerthan last year’s, The $11.1 million 1976-77 tentative pleaded with the board to reinstate bat due to numerous financial budget is an increase of three per cent programsor find other ones to remove. pressures, the municipal tax rate may over last year’s, which was $10.8 One working mother objected to the still go up. million. The seheni district expects to change in school hours for Franklin Bya voteof 5-3, the counciltentatively receive.unly$502,318 in state aid for the Park and Hillerest. approveda $4.8 million budgetwhich is upcomingyear, about 80 per cent less "Whatabout the working mothers?", 4.6 par cent lower than last year’s. than what had been anticipated. she asked, "They wouldlose jobs that Township Manager Harry Gerken are worth more than the tax savings estimatedit couldadd $35 to the tax bill SOME100 PARENTSand teachers that might be gained." for a homevalued at $40,000. showedup atthe meeting in SampsonG. Another mother asked the beard to Smith School to hear the bad news, and reconsiderthe fate of the StokesForest TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the ,; they heard plenty of it. The heard program."If that is cut now, it cannot municipal, school and county budget, handedout a list of 47 items whichhave be put hack in later because we need townshipofficials foreseethe possibility been cut or trimmed under the current reservations for it. It seemslike you’re of the tax rate jumpingfrom the current budgetproposal that add up to just over cutting yournose off to spite your face," $3.90 per $100 of assessed valuation to one million dollars worth of programs. she said. near $4.4 per $100. That wouldadd a tax Although a few of the items were in- Other parents were suspiciousthat the increase of about $214 on a homeworth creases that had been recommendedby board had not looked hard enoughinto $40,000. the school staff, must of the programs administrative salaries for cuts and Judging from the comments made are "currently being enjoyed" by the Teddy DeVries questioned whether the Tuesday night, however, the council district, as shool heard memberHarry district mightbe tep-heavyin that area. mayreduce the municipal share of that Van Houtenput it. Those47 cats were Several board members, however, hurden even further, either by cutting madein the hopesthat the budgetwill be disagreed. costs or using moreof the townsurplus. accepted by the voters. "Althoughwe voted to introduce this The vote to introduce the budget was WILLIAM ZDEP POINTED OUT budget tonight, that doesn’t meanthat 7-2, with Barbara Francfort and that they had cut four tep-level this is the final budget," Councilman Margaret Scherbina casting the only positions, leaving 23 administrative Joseph Martino explained, "Those negative votes. After the meeting they slots left. "We’redefinitely not top- peoplethat voted against it will workto both said the budget should have been heavy," he commented.A. WasyD’cruz cut it and there are a numberof other out more. added that administrators have "direct council membersthat will cut it." affects" on students that manyparents HAROLDAND ELEONORA Stein- They know what "applause--applause"isallabout. (RandyPalmer photo) TIlE PUBLICWILL liAVE two more do not realize. COUNCILMANJohn Cullen chancesto air their viewson the budget Several parents suggested closing the and MayorRichard Messnerproposed documentFeb. 16 and Feb. 23 at Smith alternate high school, whichwould save using more of the budget surplus to School at 8 p.m. The board will vote $112,000,but the heard painted out that negateany municipal tax increase at formally on it Feb. 23 and then its fate based upon the numberof students they all. Mr. Cullensaid they "oweit to the will be up to the voters no March9. expect enrolled there next year, (74), public to do this type of curtailment." The Steins= active, artistic family Whilesome of the 47 items tentatively they will spendless per-pupil there than Mr. Cullen, CouncilmanAttilio Lab cut by the board seemminute in their in the rest of the district. tanzio and CouncilwomanDorothy affect on the day-to.day classroom Dr. Crandell reported that whenthe Maklaryvoted against introduction. by Peggy Roeske Arts Council six years ago. Andhe was activities, others pose more radical Phillips Schoolis closed, k-2 pupilswill William ltoward, the lone Democrat, The academy was started with ten Having left Hungary in 1938, Mrs. changes for the school system. SpecialWriter recently appointedvice president of the little girls, under the auspices of the Stein attended NewYork’s High School go to Kingstonand 3-6graders will go to wasabsent from the meeting. Some of them are: the dosing of Franklin Park school. School Board Dueto lossesin revenuetotalling over Delaware-Raritan Lung Association. Pine GroveArts Council. It movedto its of Musicand Arts. She studied ballet in She used to he a professional singer. Phillips Schooland transfer of students President Kenneth Langdon said the $700,000and mandatory or contractual They are Eloonora and Harold Stein, present quarters 3=/= years ago. SomeParis, and under Michael Merdkinin to Franklin Park and KingstonSchools, She’sthechorengrapherofTempleBeth wholive on SimpsonRead in Somerset. 300 students are now enrolled, and, NewYork. She sang profassinoally for school mightbe used for administrative expenseincreases of another $35%000, the eliminationof over 13 teachers anda offices, hut the board has not decided the council wasfaced with a budget El’s upcoming production of The Eleanora Stein Ballet and Arts according to Mrs. Stein, thousands of ten years, appearing in several coun- "Oklahoma." Andon Feb. 22 she will district-wide increase in the class size whatto do with the facility. "gap"ofa lmostone million dollars. The Academyis located at 610 Hamilton students have gone through the school, tries besides the United States. from 23 to 25 pupils per teacher, the largest single item the council usedto celebrate the tenth anniversary of her Street. Within its doors are taught Mrs. Stein teaches six days a week - She met Harold Stein whenthey both ballet academyin Franklin. transfer of 5th and 6th graders from MR.VAN liOUTEN at the end of the closethe gapwas the eliminationof 19 classical Russianballet, toe, character, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays, and worked for the same show business Middlebush school, the end of the municipaljobs earlier this year. tie is director of advertising and tap, modernjazz, acrobatics. Lessons after school and evenings during the companyin NewYork City. Mr. Stein meeting urged his fellow beard mere- promotion for Nassau Broadcasting in are also offered on various musical week. Her youngest pupils are three doesn’tdance, butheobviouslyadmires popular Stokes State forest project, a hers to increase the budgetto showthe (See BUDGET,page 13-A) Princeton. Hehelped foundthe Franklin reduction of 15 teacher aides and a instruments, years old, her oldest are adults, and she his wife. Whenasked howbe keeps up change in the schedules of Franklin (See SCHOOLS,page 13-A) has menand buys in her classes as well with her, be replied, "I don’t." "ITEACIIALLTIIEBALLETcIasses as womenand girls. myself," says Mrs. Stein. "I’m a per- A NATIVENEW YORKER, Mr. Stein fectiooist. Ballet is so demanding.It MRS. STEIN HERSELFbegan to studied Radio and Television at New The candidates involves rigorous training of the body. dance at age twoin Budapest. Her first York Univeristy and at Stanford ButI also wantthe peopleI teach to get teacher was Scmysn Truyanoff, who University. He worked for SESAC,a The school budget rid of their inhibitions, and to express had been AnnaPavlova’s partner with music licensing company,before joining feelings when they dance. I love the Russian Imperial Ballet. Now80 Nassau Broadcasting nine years ago. children, andthe relationship I establish years old, Prof. Troyanaff is a guest Here’s what they with my pupils is very important." teachel" at Mrs. Stein’s academy: (See STEINS,page 13-A) Here’s what has wouldcut out been cut Editor’s note: in’an effort to township school system then help Franklin residents wehad five years ago, but we Thefollowing is the completelist of cuts in the 1976-77school become familiar with the have the same amount of budgetas releasedby the boardof educationMonday night. candidates running for the teachers. If this is true, the I Therestill is the possibilitythat the boardmay make some ad- board of education, the News- place to cut is obvious.If this ditionsor subtractionsto the list beforeits final voteon Feb. Itecord this week begins a is not true, the place to look 23, dependingupon what type of responsethe proposed "Questions to the candidates" first for cuts is in instructional budgetgets from the voters. colunm, which will be run salaries. every weekuntil the eleetiou "I would estimate there March 9. Judging from the would he 40 teachers that responses given to the ¯ The elimination of all beard budgetedfield shouldbe eliminatedif that is trips K-12.