School Board, Public Debate Bond Issue Plan
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OF MILLBURN AND SHORT HILLS Founded in 1888 Volume 108, Number 22 Thursday, June 2, 1994 40 Cents School board, public debate bond issue plan that it does not address the needs report, approximately half-a-dozen A Board of Education decision On-the subject of the physical of the middle and high schools. members of the publi'||||iticized on the form its school facility plant, Ms. Lewis-Busch spoke of a “The well (of money from many expansion bond issue will take has leaking roof, “old and inefficient” various aspects of the plan— from taxpayers)," she continued, “is not been pushed back at least until windows and boiler problems the proposal construction of a new bottomless.” Ms. Gruska said-it June 20 and possibly later. which cause “some rooms to elementary school in Gero Park, “was not feasible” for the board to Last month, in opening discus become suffocating and others the failure of the board to use or “go back and back" to the public sion on a $26.75 million proposal frigid.” sell the 35,-acre Oakey tract and the by the school board’s property The PTA president said the high with additional bond issues and property IjMfirnittee’s planned committee, Bennett Wasserman, school’s current enrollment was that what was needed was a fiscal meeting this week with the Board ly sound plan providing necessary chairman of that group, had 731 and would be in excess of 800 o f Education’fe fe g M : relations and well-located school- facilities. expressed hope that his com by 1999. ^^^fflttee (the latter group is She urged that the final proposal mittee’s recommendation would be The middle school’s PTA presi made ■ private citizens, rather be “flexible” in order to meet.the ratified by the full board at its June dent, Barbara Gruska, termed the than board members). future needs of the school district'. 6 meeting. property committee’s proposal “an Board member Abby Kalan During the nearly hour-long m sl Tuesday night, however, Mr. expensive, short-term solution” (to questioned the wisdom on "the Wasserman said the proposal the growing student population) in cussion on the property committee property-:commiftee meeting with would be the subject of public dis the public relations group before cussion at the board’s meeting next the board had made its decision on week—June 6—and his committee Dents’ county fight K&E proposed bond is.sue and said was hopeful the board would hold she-would “prefer to see the board a special meeting on June. 20 “for use the resources of its members. ” the purpose of taking any addi Ms. Kalan -||jntinued that the tional public comments and possib heads primary vote board members “have the respon- ly taking a vote at that time." |s 0 « j | to understand the proposal Funds raised through the bond Polls for Tuesday’s primary Mayor Cooper is running with M is i^ '-o u t” and jragjt the non- issue proposed last month by the election—a vote which will decide incumbent Essex County Sheriff elected members of the public rel|3 • f t 1 property Iji®mmjkTee were Democratic and Republican Party Armando Fontoura, and Nancy -tions (Jornmittee did gbjtjj have a earmarked for the construction of a candidates for the U.S. Senate and Sivilli, a West Orange attorney. similar responsibility D-DAY VETERAN —Hal Parness, a South Mountain1 . In contrast to the split in the The board member’s remarks Road resident and a veteran of the D-Day landing, new elementary school- which the House of Representatives, four would be located in Gero Park, Essex County offices and a seat on Democratic Party, the Republican drew a rebuttal from a public rela,j rodeBa the lead car in Monday's Memorial Day additions and/or alterations at the the Township Committee—will be county primary is virtually a no tioris’cornmVuee member,,ffathiji: parade. At his side is Mrs. Parness. Wyoming, Glenwood, Hartshorn, open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. contest affair with the GOP orga ■ Seidm an, who ‘s'aid s h S ^ ^ H Deerfield and South Mountain With candidates .for the Senate nization ticket facing only token “exception^to^ws. Kalan Schools (the latter school is leased and House facing only token or no opposition. Heading the Repub merits: .... ..... to a day care center through the opposition, most interest in the lican organization rapket is “The public needs to understand l^Day —‘Too busy Verona’s James Treffinger, the the plan,” Ms. Seidman said. "I 1997-98 school year, but would outcome of Tuesday’s voting lies think if it takes tb e P p lic relations then return to board control) and in the Democratic Party races for party’s candidate for Essex County alterations at the Education Center. county offices. 'Executive, His dinning mates are committee to work'with the board to be frightened’ No funds in the property com The county’s Democratic races Rocco Malanga for sheriff and to spread the word, better start usirfgjhe committee.” mittee’s proposal are presently are highlighted by the increasingly Marion Creeco for register. “We were too busy to be fright targeted for additions or renova bitter campaign being waged Garabed “Chuck” Haytaraffi| .I© i Sell^BfiRSid she wBH “incensed” that the property. -c^gS ened, but if we were frightened of tions at either the middle school or between Thomas Giblin, a former now the Republican P^ g s leader anything, it was of being pushed the high school—a point which Freeholder and former County in the State Assembly, is all but1, Kmj&yi had u n S y ® ^ ts proposal back into the sea.” Mr. Wasserman conceded Tuesday Surrogate who is how chairman of unchallenged in his bid to secure lastSron^f w ithou»^«^^M y mg wiffi1mffiu.bljh£ relations c^nfl Too busy to be frightened was night was the subject of much of the Essex Democratic Party, and the GOP nomination tor the U Herman “Hal” Parness, a resident the criticism of his committee’s Cardell Cooper, mayor of East Senate. Incumbent Senator Frank m'ttee—rthffijt that was the' wrong of 8 South Mountain Road for May report. Orange. Lautenberg is expected to have as way to,go." more than 30 years. Exactly 50 Mr. Wasserman said members of Both men have attempted to <jfH easy a time in the Democratic pri board member, Corinne years ago this Monday, Mr. Par the property committee had been tance themselves from former mary for the Senate nomination as a^S^wB^ported ^^^^^Sght ness was among the 156,000 “inundated” with calls from Executive Thomas D ’Alessio who, M r. Haytaian has in the Repub (h'a't .<-ou]Pi Jn'tf'-^Tppcirt; (t'Jjei property, proposal, 'in. Allied troops who landed on the parents pertaining to the needs on earlier Xus year, was convicted in lican contest. Normandy coast on D-Day. the secondary school level. As a j|SS-. District Court on charges of ■(^either Republican nor Demo Its' present iyhd\e*fKfdid.negdtive doin' Mr. Parness’ unit, the 214th result of those calls, he continued, extortion and money laundering. cratic, candidates for the two seats Military Police Company, was the board architect, Richard Shive, A nd, W m --recent weeks, the’ in the House of Representatives |m i|® fro m ' many elements of' the attached to the 6th Engineers Spe had been instructed to meet with campaigns of both men have taken which represent the township are piSlrejfcrofcuding ®pnentar> cial Brigade for the invasion and the principals of the high and mid on racial overtones. challenged. ' saic* was in the second wave of forces dle schools and “start to examine M r.^fblin, a resident of The primary electioff will also The board member then she believed that p P ^ S i^ p W . t h e to land on a sector o f Omaha possible additions. .that might be Montclair and president B g the serve as the nominating vefttcLeMoi: Beach designated as Easy Beach added to the (original) property past 18 years of the 5,000-member Republican and Democratic candi n e w s.tu J H'B’uM J IbUT “accommodated'wi|lffifjp|Mg a- Green. The 214th was a combat committee proposal. ” union of stationary engineers, is dates ftor the Tow nshi^CTimV unit trained in traffic control and Mr. Wasserman then said: seeking the Executive, nomination mittee. Unchallenged in« f i l ® l | an~g~iUajMW propats ,o'iiiimncV'V phifositph'J assault landings. “As of today, we are still assess on a ticket that includes Newark incumbent Elaine Becker in the that ■ ^ m y A p t’F^ihtiesrTmuNl’ Although he has not spoken ing the needs of both sites (and) Councilman Henry Martinez ;fojy GOP primary; Elizabeth Hujl- faces much of the invasion during the we encourage and welcome the sheriff and Newark Teachers no challenge in her bid t<|gj|cure exist past 50 years, his memories of that public’s thoughts, concerns and Union president Carole Graves .foi? the’Democratic Party’s Township clementdrv :k day remain fresh. register of deeds and mortgages. Committee nomination. ’’tuJeVp'ii'm\ A lsj 1 jilCo At dawn of June 6 , Mr. Parness, opinions regarding these .-said. then a second lieutenant, and his facilities." The flftjfa rd^ m ember' ia lis'o'i Jsifg V Mr. Wasserman’s" invitation for unit began climbing down the nets gested that tnSfcinth grade be comments on the needs of the high Steinberg names strung from the side o f the trans I r J S w ^ f r o m the high sJTjpgfo port ship which had carried them and middle school drew a quick |reffl|mrig"thdt buil&mgWiUsyfojV response from the executive boards across the channel and into the Sojfyriuect'on Page 2 landing craft which was to take o f the ■ parent-teacher associations year’s school units them to the beach.