Teachers, Pupils Shocked by Fatal Shooting of Young Girl
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ABERDEEN-MATAWAN PUBLIC LIBRARY ABERDEEN-,W TAW AW PUBLIC LIEfiARY H urwitz selected vice president at organizaton m eeting Brow n elected school board president By David Thaler Hurwitz was elected by a 7-2 votes. Several board appointments were the sub sistency of approach.” The board, he said, M A T A W A N Douglas Scott, who nominated Ms. Kisen ject of debate. had changed auditors in 1982 and again last Dr. Richard Brown was elected president wether, and Robert Hesse, cast the dissen Hesse and Michael Kidzus objected to the year, preventing the business office from of the Board of Education last night. ting votes. appointment of Greg Am er as the district’s' following through with recommendations Dr. Brown, who served as board president architect. from one year to the next. D r. Brown, a physician and an attorney, is in 1978, was elected by a unanimous vote at a township resident. Hurwitz resides in the Hesse contended that competitive quotes “The $800 difference doesn’t justify the board’s annual organization meeting. should have been obtained for the appoint changing auditors for the third time in three No other candidate was nominated. borough. The regional school board tradi ment, and Kidzus criticized Arner’s perfor years,” he said. Irving Hurwitz, who last week won a tionally elects its president from one municipality and its vice president from the m ance. The board, he added, conducted a three-year term on the board, was elected “ La s t ye ar, we saved $4,000 by going to “ thorough study” of auditors last year and vice president of the board. other. bid,” Hesse said. “ We don’t have to appoint “ found very little difference.” Ardis Kisenwether also was nominated Alphonse DeRosa, Ms. Kisenwether, and an architect at this meeting.” The board agreed to meet at 8 p.m. the for vice president. Although she accepted Hurwitz were sworn into three-year terms “I’m not happy with him,” Kidzus said. first and second Mondays of every month. the nomination, Ms. Kisenwether voted for on the board. All three won their seats last We had a lot of problems with Mr. Arner.” Accepting a recommendation by DeRosa, H u rw itz. week in the annual school election. Kidzus said that Arner was slow to re the board agreed to hold its meetings at the spond to requests for help with problems high school for the next three months. with the high school roof. The meetings will be moved to a different Teachers, pupils shocked “ We had to keep calling him,” he said. school every three months. As part of De Several board members, however, Rosa’s proposal, the board also will hold a praised Arner and Superintendent of public forum in a different school every Schools Dr. Kenneth Hall said that the ar three months. by fatal shooting of young girl chitect frequently had “ provided services For several years, the board has been without pay.” meeting in the administration building. By Judith McGee Feeney “She never gave us a problem,” Ms. Arner was appointed by a 7-2 vote. Hesse In other business, Dario Valcarcel re ABERDEEN Negrin said, adding that Tracy did not have and Kidzus voted against the appointment. signed as deputy superintendent of schools. Teachers and students at Lloyd Road a history of truancy. Bruce Quinn was reappointed board sec Valcarcel has been appointed superinten School are “ trying to recover” in the after “ You just wonder why this happens to a retary and business administrator, and Vin dent of the Glen Rock school district. He has math of the tragic shooting Friday of a child like that,” she added. cent DeMaio was reappointed board at been deputy superintendent since 1978. sixth-grade student, according to their prin “ We are trying to keep the children calm torney. Hall and Valcarcel had worked together in cipal. about the incident,” she said. “We had a Hesse and Kidzus objected to the reap the N . Hunterdon school district, before Hall A mass is to be offered this morning at St. meeting with teachers and discussed how to pointment of Seaman, Seaman, and Oslislo was appointed superintendent of Matawan- Lawrence Church, Old Bridge, for Tracy handle it, and teachers talked about it with as the district’s auditor, pointing out that Aberdeen. Valcarcel was appointed deputy Stephens, who died Sunday as a result of the the children. That seemed to helD.” another firm had quoted a fee $800 less than superintendent shortly after Hall arrived in incident. Surviving are her parents, Wallace and Seaman’s bid. the district. Children will be allowed to attend the ser Carol Stephens; a brother, Wallace Jr., and “Here’s a chance where we can save He has been primarily responsible for per vices and arrive at school late today, ac a sister, Lori Ann, both at home; her pater $800,” Kidzus said, adding that the low bid sonnel. cording to Principal Helen Negrin. nal grandfather, Wallace G. Stephens, and der, Armour S. Hulsart & Company, “ can do “We’ve been together a long time,” Hall “We’re trying to recover from the whole her maternal grandparents, George and E l just as good a job.” said. “He’s a fine administrator. He will be thing,” Ms. Negrin said. “ It’s so sad.” eanor Vanderbilt, all of Old Bridge. Quinn said that he was “ looking for con m issed.” Also scheduled for today is a probable cause hearing on charges of aggravated manslaughter against a seventh-grade stu dent in connection with the incident. Tracy, 11, of West Concourse, died at 1:53 a.m. Sunday. She had been connected to a life-support system at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, until her death. Tracy was shot in the head about noon F ri day at the Brookdside Avenue home of the boy who has been charged, according to police. Confidentiality laws prohibit police from identifying the 13-year-old boy or describing the event, Monmouth County Prosecutor John A. Kaye said Monday. The boy was charged with aggravated assault after the shooting, but the charge was changed to aggravated manslaughter during arraignment Monday in Family Court, Freehold. The boy cannot be tried as an adult because he is under 14, Kaye said. He has been held at the County Youth Detention Center since his arrest Friday, police said. At the probable cause hearing today, Superior Court Judge Jahies Coleman is ex pected to decide whether he should be re leased to his parents or detained, Kaye said. Tracy and the 13-year-old boy were truant from school and were with two other boys and a girl at the time of the shooting, police said; no adults were present. Tracy reportedly took two handguns reg istered to her father, Wallace C. Stephens, to the boy’s house. She was shot with a .38 caliber revolver. A neighbor who heard the gun shot called po lice at 11:58 a.m. The children were not arguing when the gun discharged, police said. Local detectives Kenneth Wicklund and S. Gary Dickey and detectives from the county prosecutor’s office are investigating. They are continuing to investigate how children obtained the weapons, Kaye said Monday. Police recovered both guns from A bird in the hand the scene of the incident, he said. Ray Piatkowski enjoyed the Chicken Fry sponsored Monday by the one of many people who supported the fund-raising fry, which is Neighbors described Tracy as an energet Keyport Kiwanis Club at the Ye Cottage Inn, Front Street. He was sponsored annually by the club. (Photo by Les Horner) ic, happy M atawan schools C o t e , C o x c l a s h M atawan to take over Home & Garden pass m uster: 5 in H olm del: 8 railroad station: 9 section starts on 17 Page BI-2 THE INDEPENDENT April 11, 1984 Municipal portion of tax levy going up 5 cents MAUNDY Hazlet approves $4.8 million budget THURSDAY HAZLET clude maximum penalties of ed the committee for the oi- The municipal portion of up to 90 days in jail and a dinance. the local property tax rate $1,000 fine.” he said. 8:00 P .M . will increase by 5 cents Committeeman Gilbert W. ‘‘I counted three under a $4.8 million budget Bennett said that police automobiles with overdue in that was adopted Wednesday would use some discretion in spection stickers that have The enduring & inspiring music of John W . by the Township Committee. issuing summonses and em been laying idle in the Peterson’s cantata “ Hallelujah! What A phasized: “You make the streets for several months No residents spoke at the Savior!” will precede the service of the public hearing. fine small and people won't now, on my way over here,” “ It is a relatively small in- pay attention to it. I’ve seen he said. “This will help the Lord’s Supper. police as well as the Road rease for the services and no-parking zones ignored All are welcome to share with us in this because the fine is only $10.” D e p t.” dedication of township spiritual experience! employees,” said Mayor “ The township is set up for He asked for clarification Paul Stallone. “We went small driveways and few of the fine that emergency through everything penny by garages,” said Richard parking areas be designated penny to keep the rate sorger, 1 Clover Drive. for cars during snowfalls. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH “What about those people 232 M ain Street dow n.” “ Places like shopping with kids and three or four The budget is within the centers or schools that would Matawan, N .J.