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o o> Today, Tomorrow, Saturday o r- o >-1- - < "> CH P Z •-« • o< o •.»«•• _J a: _l « Hi o >- (SI UJ THE WESTFIELD LEADER The Leading and Most Widely Circulated Weekly Newspaper In Union County EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR _ No. 25 Second Class Pottage Paid Published at Weitfleld, N J. WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1976 Every Thursday 28 Pages—15 Cents Holy Trinity to Close Million Cut in State Aid High School in June Holy Trinity High School recommendation to close closing and Ihe distribution May Raise Taxes 55 Points will close at Ihc conclusion Ihe facility. The Archbishop of Ihe sludenl body are of Ihe current school year in said his decision was "based outlined in Ihc board of June. upon Ihe compelling education's recommend- For the 1976-77 school With this cut in state aid, per $100. lendent Howard Tomlinson missioner informed local Archbishop Peter L. Ger- evidence of declining ations. year, Westfield public the tentative 1976-77 school At a special meeting learned that Westfield's school districts that they ely of Newark has accepted enrollment, increased schools car.expecl to receive budget proposed by the Monday which was called by share of state aid will drop will have to pay one-fourth a recommendation by the operating costs, mounting Monsignor Murphy staled nearly one million dollars Board of Kducation would State Education Com- from $1,251,560 which the of the state's share in the Archdiocesan Hoard of parish subsidy, and overall he understood ihe Arch- less in stale aid than the raise the school lax rate 22 missioner Fred G. Burke, state promised for the 1975- mandated employee pension Kducation that Ihe school be operational indebtedness." bishop's anajysis and ac- school district anticipales percent or 55 points, from Westfield School Superin- 76 year to $286,668 expected plan. In the past, employees cepted his decision and receiving during Ihe I975-7I; S2.5S per $100 or assessed tendent Laurence F. Greene in the 1976-77 school year. paid 50 percent of the closed. The Archbishop In announcing his decision made his decision known urged all of his parishioners sclioni term. properly valuation to $3.10 and Assistant Superin- Furthermore, the com- pension funds with the state with regret, Gerety praised also to accept Ihe decision picking up the other half Monday morning in a letter the dedication of religious to the people of the parish. and to unite lo meet Ihe Next year, employees will and lay faculty members, challenges lhal lace Ihe Uoard to Meet continue to contribute 50 Msgr. Charles Murphy, parents, and students in parish. percent and local school pastor of Holy Trinity, and a contributing to (he school's No Plans to Trim At RJHS Tuesday districts will have to pay 25 representative group from nii-year tradition of Holy Trinity High School percent of the state's share. the parish met with Gerety educational excellence. opened in 1»2:! and reached The Westfield Hoard of In Westfield, this amounts to Sunday night to discuss the an enrollment peak of app- Education will hold its $3:10,343. school's fate. The school's students will roximately 45(1 in lilliB. The School Budget Now regular February public After carefully reviewing be placed in other nearby school closing will have no meeting at K p.m. on With the "give and take" all the information sub- Catholic secondary schools el feel on the parish Reacting to the state's ihe Westfield Hoard of Edu- sion plan ($330,343 in Tuesday, in the auditorium situation presented by the mitted lo him, Gerety said, according to family elementary school, which "give and take" of state aid cation, at its open com- Westfield) and the legality of Roosevelt Junior High stale. Westfield ends up he could find no reason to preference. will continue to serve its which leaves Westfield mittee of the whole meeting of Ihe state's cutting an School. owing $43,675 I the dif- reject Ihe school board's The specifics of the school student Ixidy of Ml. "owing" the state $43,075. Tuesday night, agreed not to anticipated $117,000 in state ference between the $286,668 Expected to be on the expected in state aid and the make cuts at this time in its aid for atypical education agenda is a first reading of proposed tentative $13 and transportation costs $330,343 which the local seven proposed policies school district is now United Fund million school budget for 2) the board will send a dealing with: ad- next year. mandated to pay into the Parents Ask Archbishop letter to legislators urging ministrative operations, state's pension fund for "Whisker Away* Vice President Thomas F. them to act promptly to school district annual school employees). Sullivan, who conducted the nullify the transfer by the report, professional staff From 75 Goal meeting in Ihe absence of governor of an obligation for salaries (administrators,! According to the new To Reconsider Decision President Clark S. Leslie, state pension funds, and evaluating of professional funding, under a Supreme received an informal con- 3) the board will continue staff, communications with Court decision of May 1975, Announcing contributions sensus agreement from to study and refine the staff and community and there will be no more lo dale are "closer lo our Richard ,). Dursee, looking for handouts ... wo centive has been arbitrarily diocesan Board allegedly l)oard members that: planned educational budget observation and evaluation minimum state aid. Last goal than in the past seven president of Holy Trinity are approaching the Arch- taken away. based its findings on 1) The board's lawyer will for Westfield students. of non-1 enure teachers and year, Weslfield received years," the United Fund of High School Parents Guild, bishop in the role of "The Parents Guild takes declining enrollments and be asked to check the The board has until Feb. student discipline. nearly a million dollars West field appealed to all has announced that a second workers, specific exception to the increased operating costs of legality of the state's 24, its formal public Copies of the agenda will ($938,306) ' in formula or Wcsllielders to return every meeting is being requested "From July 1. 1975, a total letter from the Archbishop Holy Trinity High School. If mandate that local school hearing, to finalize a school be available for the public to minimum slate aid. outstanding pledge card with Archbishop Peter L. of $40,200 exclusive of tuition which was received by Vlial yardstick was to h« districts pay 25 per cent of budget for 1976-77. The see at the board office, 305 The new state funding l>cfore the l-'eb. 20 deadline Gerely in order to discuss has been raised through the Monstgnor Murphy, pastor upplieii to every Catholic ihe state's share of the prn- tentative $13 million school Elm Si., on Monday af- stipulates that school and bring the I»75 campaign his recent decision con- efforts of parents, faculty, of Holy Trinity in which Ihc I continued on pane 4) it employee's {ten- (Continued on page 4) ternoon. districts, such as WestCieWJ, lo ;i successful conclusion. cerning the parish high alumni and supporters of Archbishop was quoted as 1 will receive only 63 Ms per- "If lho campaign falls school. An answer to this Ihe high school. There art saying, he could find no Candidates to Draw cent of anticipated stale aid short again, the board of request has been asked for hard cold dollars and cents reason lo reject the school's in mandated transportation trustees of the United Fund by tomorrow. Dursee put into Ihe parish account. board recommendation lo Ballot Positions costs and 75 percent ot They are not figures which close the facility. On the Betty Kopf Sixth must cul hack its agency stated, "We feel the meeting anticipated state aid in allocations and the agen- on Sunday night with the arc future plans. A like contrary, there is absolutely Tomorrow Night atypical or special educa- cies, in turn, must curtail Archbishop did not fully amount before June !il) is a no valid reason advanced, at tion costs, also mandated by services for li)7B" stated explore the facts of the reality. It is however, most leasl lo the present time, by Ihe state. difficult to keep up Ihc cither the board or the Arch- Today is the deadline for Mrs. Hetty List, general recent Archdiocesan Hoard In School Bd. Race school board candidates lo Monday's meeting was campaign chairman. of Education recom- enthusiasm of parents and bishop to justify (he action Vowing lo change (he (he first time school ad- supporters when the in- taken lo date. The Arch- learns people of diverse system which needs to be file nominating petitions (Continued on page 4) mendation. We are not pattern of community points of view, I believe she restored lo (he first ranks of with Westfield Board of ministrators and school apathy which "reacts to its will be an asset lo a school educational circles." Education Secretary, board members learned school system only in For six years Mrs. Kopf Howard Tomlinson, to be from state department of crisis." civic leader Hetty Residents to Pay More for Play? Kopf today announced her (Continued on page4) (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 4) Westfield residents will for adults from $4 to $5, it players, and not for other schedule for public works candidacy for the Weslfiold pay more lo play this year if was explained that a survey recreational areas, could be hourly employes in record Board of Education.