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Westfield High School to Offer More Days in Person Published Every Thursday Since September 3, 1890 (908) 232-4407 USPS 680020 Thursday, February 4, 2021 OUR 131ST YEAR – ISSUE NO. 05-2021 Periodical – Postage Paid at Rahway, N.J. www.goleader.com [email protected] ONE DOLLAR Westfield High School to Offer More Days In Person By JENNIFER GLACKIN will be able to sit six feet apart, as per about the lack of in-person learning Specially Written for The Westfield Leader Centers for Disease Control and Pre- for younger students, asking if the WESTFIELD – Westfield High vention (CDC) guidelines. board had reexamined other possi- School will offer four days a week of In contrast, 75 to 80 percent of the bilities, such as half-day a.m./p.m. in-person learning for the third mark- elementary and middle school stu- cohorts, that were initially dismissed ing period, Superintendent Margaret dents’ parents chose in person, said during summer planning. That plan Dolan, Ed.D., announced at Tuesday’s Dr. Dolan, so those students will re- was originally dismissed as a viable Board of Education (BOE) meeting. main on the current cohort schedule. option because deep cleaning of each Parents and students were surveyed Classrooms are not large enough to classroom would take too much time on whether or not they would prefer accommodate the required six feet in between sessions, said Dr. Dolan. in-person or virtual learning, and only distance among students. Opening the Another parent suggestion was to 25 percent of the student body chose schools for more in-person days can keep students in cohorts but offer in-person. Because of the small num- “only happen when the numbers full-day, in-person learning for their bers, Dr. Dolan said, it is possible for work,” said Dr. Dolan, continuing to in-person, rather than the half-day in- all students from cohorts A and B who state that she will “absolutely” open person hybrid. Dr. Dolan said the want to, to attend in person four days the schools if the numbers work. health department has advised that per week for half-days. All students Parents called in with concerns eating with others is a “high -risk activity,” which makes lunch time planning difficult. Another suggested solution, sending students home for lunch and then back to school in the afternoons, will not work for many Photo courtesy of David Womelsdorf families, said Dr. Dolan. WINTER STORM COVERS WESTFIELD IN SNOW...The Westfield Fire Department illuminates the incredible snowfall “I hear your frustration as parents,” that started on Sunday and continued all the way through to Tuesday. said board president Amy Root. Ms. Root also stated that the current model is under “constant reassessment.” Dr. Dolan said that “I don’t mini- Tom Kean, Jr. Will Not Seek mize how hard it is” for children and parents to continue learning this way after doing it for a long time and that the teachers and the administrators Re-Election to State Senate “are trying to find the opportunities we can.” By REBECCA MEHORTER Jersey General Assembly’s Republi- cent, according to county election The board also addressed January Specially Written for The Westfield Leader can Leader, said Asm. Bramnick will results. 21’s school closure and subsequent TRENTON — Senator Tom Kean, be running for Sen. Kean’s Senate Sen. Kean first sought a seat in the remote day. A pinhole-sized hole in a Jr. announced February 1 that he will seat. His representative further said U.S. House of Representatives in pipe of the server room air condi- not seek re-election to the New Jersey Asm. Bramnick has been seeking sup- 2000, when he lost in the Primaries to tioner caused a slow leak of coolant, State Senate as the representative for port from various municipal chairs. Republican Mike Ferguson. He lost Paul Lachenauer for The Westfield Leader FLURRIES OF FAMILY FUN...Parents took a break from shoveling to bring eventually overheating and shutting the 21st District once his term ends in In a statement released Wednesday, in a race for the U.S. Senate seat in the their children out to enjoy the snow at Echo Lake Park in Mountainside this past down the newly installed unit and the 2022. Mr. Kean currently is Senate Asm. Bramnick said he has the sup- 2006 General Election to Senator Bob Tuesday afternoon. district servers. The issue did not Republican Leader. port of all three Republican county Menendez in a very close race. cause the district to lose any data, said “Public service will always be a chairs who make up the 21st District. Sen. Kean could potentially chal- Chief Technology Officer Brian part of who I am and how I live my He also said he has the support of all lenge Congressman Malinowski in Westfield Finance Comm. Auker. life, but after thoughtful discussion 16 district Republican municipal 2022 once congressional lines are Mr. Auker said this seemed to be “a with my family, I have decided not to chairs, including Andis Kalnins of redrawn with the information gath- fluke,” as the equipment came from a seek re-election for the State Senate Cranford, J.D. Bryden of ered by the 2020 Census. His cam- Discusses 2020-2021 Budgets reputable manufacturer and installer. in the 21st Legislative District,” Sen. Mountainside, JoAnn Neylan of paign did not respond to a request for The leak began overnight and sent Kean said in a statement. Westfield and Steven Blaufeder of comment about whether or not he will By REBECCA MEHORTER County Open Space tax levy (0.65 per- email alerts to Mr. Auker and his A representative of Republican Jon Garwood. be running for Congress. Specially Written for The Westfield Leader cent). CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Bramnick, who serves as the New Earlier this year, Democrat Joseph Sen. Kean has served in the State WESTFIELD — The Westfield The town adjusted for “a lot of un- Signorello, who serves as Roselle Senate since 2003 and prior to that Town Council Finance Policy Com- knowns” in its 2020 budget, which was Park’s mayor, announced his inten- served in the State Assembly. He cur- mittee gave a budget presentation on finalized in April, Ms. Habgood con- Garwood Prioritizes tion to run as the Democratic nomi- rently serves on the Higher Educa- January 28 to go over the budget pro- tinued, with the assumption life would nee for the 21st District State Senate tion Committee, Legislative Oversight cess, the results from the 2020 budget have returned to normal by September seat. Committee and Select Committee on and goals for the 2021 budget. Council- at the latest. She said the town reduced Pedestrian Safety All candidates have until Monday, New Jersey Transit. Sen. Kean has woman Linda Habgood, who chairs the spending by 1.3 percent, despite a 2.32- April 5, to file their petition to run. sponsored legislation to expand the finance policy committee, said the an- percent increase in non-discretionary By JULIA BONAVITACOLA “It’s simply pedestrian warning signs The election Primaries will take place scoping and penalties of hazing, per- nual budget presentation started three costs, in anticipation of revenue losses. Specially Written for The Westfield Leader with LED beacons at the bottom of on Tuesday, June 8, and the General mit schools to count virtual/remote years ago to help residents better under- In fact, the 2020 budget projected a GARWOOD – In its third meeting of those, and as you approach as a pedes- Election will take place on Tuesday, instruction as part of the 180-day stand the process and ask questions $1.2-million (or -6.3 percent) decline the year, the Garwood Borough Coun- trian, you manually hit the button… so November 2. school year, expand students’ access about the town’s spending. in revenue because of losses in parking, cil reviewed two new reports about that crosswalk is lit up with beacons so In November, Sen. Kean lost a nar- to technology for school and require Ms. Habgood began the virtual meet- court and construction fees. Ms. improving infrastructure and education people who are driving know that there row race for the U.S. House New a declaration of the Code Blue alert ing with a pie chart showing the amount Habgood said the plan was to use the surrounding pedestrian safety. is someone at the crosswalk,” Chief Jersey District 7 seat to Tom when the National Weather Service of the tax collection that actually goes town’s surplus to manage revenue losses Mayor Sara Todisco opened the Wright said. Malinowski. The closeness of the race predicts temperatures of 32 degrees toward the municipal budget. Although and lower tax rates. meeting by saying that the distribution These beacons are going to be in- and the slow counting of mail-in bal- Fahrenheit or lower. $178,194,999 was collected in taxes, The town’s surplus, Town Adminis- of safety vests for pedestrians to wear stalled in six different locations, with lots left this race undecided for nearly “When he leaves office next Janu- only $28,538,574 goes to the munici- trator Jim Gildea said, “is used for a around town has been going well. There one intersection getting two pedestrian two weeks. Congressman Malinowski ary, Tom Kean, Jr. will have repre- pal tax levy (approximately 16 per- rainy day” to avoid layoffs and cuts in have been 100 vests distributed to resi- beacons. These intersections include received 54.63 percent of the vote, sented his North and Central Jersey cent). Of that, much is “eaten up” by services. Surpluses are generated “by dents of Garwood so far.
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