Matawan Joint Free Public Library 165 Main St. Birmingham orders veteran cop suspended KEYPORT “ We went through procedures to bring him He was examined at Bayshore Community Kappy, Red Bank, an orthopedic surgeon. On Councilman Jam es Birmingham told the back,” Birmingham said. “We sent him a Hospital and released. March 21, Kappy said in a letter to Borough Council Monday night that he was telegram last week at his house in Keyport “They had a negative report on him,” Birmingham that Nadler could return to ordering Chief of Police William Geiger to urging him to come back to work, but no Birmingham said. work if he were given light duty. The doctor suspend Sgt. George Nadler indefinitely and answer. We also sent him a certified letter estimated that within three months, Nadler According to the hospital report, Nadler formally charge him with being absent asking him to return to work by April 10. He could resume his full duties. sprained his right knee but there was no without authorization. told the chief he was going to Florida, and According to Birmingham, no written permanent damage. The suspension was to take effect yester­ didn’t leave an address.” report had been received from Nadler’s day. Birmingham stated that Nadler took A full hearing by the police committee will physician. According to Birmingham, who is police several sick days and nine vacation days in be granted to Nadler after he returns. “ If it w as up to m e, I would fire h im ,” commissioner, Nadler has been on sick leave December and January. During that time, Birmingham said. “ You can’t run a police with pay since Jan. 12, his last day of work. Nadler sustained an injury to his right Nadler returned to work periodically. department that way.” Nadler is reported to be in Florida and all knee Dec. 24 after falling on a broken step at In January, Birmingham said he sent Nadler is a veteran of 23 years with the efforts to reach him have failed. police headquarters. Nadler to be examined by Dr. Edmund Police Dept. THE I n d e p e n d e n t ☆ . ^ ☆ The Weekly Newspaper Vol. 8 NO. 23 Wednesday, April 12, 1978 20 Cents M ataw an board approves Valerie Ernst of Marlboro, a student in Peter Hoff’s clowning class at the Matawan shift of sixth, ninth g rad es Student Enrichment Program, shows her juggling style, Juggling is just one of the skills the students learn in the class. (Photo by Dave McGrath) MATAWAN “ It’s got to be a team effort,” Hall said. period schedule, “consisting of English, transfer of the freshman class will have on Eighth-grade students will be graduated “Teachers have got to be involved.” mathematics, social science, science, phys­ the district’s m u s i c and athletic pro­ from the regional school district’s two A high school teacher said she supported ical education, two electives, and a lunch grams...Preliminary f i n d i n g s a re that middle schools in June, but they won’t be Hall’s plans for next year but wanted to know period. changes will have to be made.” S tudents le arn to clow n entering the high school in September. what he planned to do about this year. According to the report, only three It appears that “the middle school The Board of Education Monday night “ I was cussed out by a 10-year-old who got subjects now offered to freshmen will not be interschool program will take second place unanimously approved a proposal by Dr. in the building last week,” she said. available to ninth-grade students in Septem­ in preference to freshman programs,” the in enrichm ent course Kenneth Hall, superintendent of schools, to Hall said efforts would be made “ to tighten ber. The courses are business arithmetic, report states. eliminate double sessions at the high school control” of the high school for the remainder personal grooming, and fashion. There is sufficient room in tiie middle and in September by transferring the ninth grade of the year. Ninth-graders will be able to participate in elementary schools to house the sixth and By Dave McGrath things like pull handkerchiefs from their to the middle schools. In a related move, the The team teaching system will be retained exttra-curricular activities at the high ninth grades, the report states. ABERDEEN sle e ve s.” sixth grades will be transferred from the at the middle schools and extended to the school, Hall said. In response to a question, The five elementary schools, according to Most school children are familiar with the “ I also like to tell jokes,” he said. “ But I’m middle schools to the elementary schools. ninth grades, Hall said. The sixth grade will he said that transportation would be pro­ the report, have a combined capacity of 3,575 “ class clown,” but few may know that there not the funniest all the time; sometimes my Before the board voted on the proposal at be given a traditional elementary school vided for the students. students. Enrollment in 1978-79 is projected is a class for clowns. friends outdo me.” its meeting Monday night, Hall and Assistant program, he said. “ We think we have a unique program for at 2,768 students, including the sixth grade. “ Clowning” is a course offered to young­ “ I’m the leading joke-teller in my school,” Superintendent Robert Kish answered ques­ According to a feasibility study of the ninth-graders,” he said. The two middle schools, Lloyd Road and sters in the Matawan Student Enrichment boasted Glen Polliner of Spotswood. tions from an estimated 75 teachers, ninth-grade shift, released Monday night, the According to the feasibility study, “ There Matawan Avenue, have a combined capacity Program Saturdays at Lloyd Road School. He was also the leading juggler in the students, and parents. middle schools will “operate on an eight- is no certainty at this point in time the effect (Continued on P a g e 4) The instructor is Peter Hoff, a graduate of class, spending a substantial portion of the Asked if there will be a graduation the Ringling Brothers Clown School and class showing off his style. ceremony for the eighth grades this year, Coverage reduced, premiums soar director of a small theater company. Todd Endreson, 11, of Aberdeen, said he Hall said, “ Yes, there will be a graduation During a 10-week semester, Hoff exposes wanted to be a clown since he was five years for the eighth grades.” his students to a variety of clowning old. He was inspired by his twin sister, A few minutes later, Hall said it has not techniques, including juggling, balancing, Randi, who also is in the class. been decided whether to continue the School board w ants insurance probe unicycling, and parading. “ She was always a clown,” he said. practice of holding graduation ceremonies “Make-up is their favorite,” he, said. Vaierie Ernst of Marlboro came to class the eighth grade after 1978. By Dave McGrath pay an additional $9,000 in premiums. “ They make the costumes themselves, and dressed in a Charlie Chaplan-type costume, Several members of the audience asked ' H ^AZLET V| Morales suggested the board file com­ each week they get a little more com­ complete with moustache, and felt com­ whether the high school would continue to be The Board of Education Monday voted to plaints with state agencies, ask for investiga­ plicated.” pelled to identify herself further by gender. crowded after the ninth grade is transferred. file complaints against insurance companies tions of insurance company practices, and The unicycle instruction is handled by “ I’m a girl under here,” she said. “ It will be tight,” Hall said. “ There is no with the state Dept, of Insurance and Dept, of write letters to other boards and municipali­ Hoff’s teenage brother, George. “ I like being a clown,” she added. “ I like doubt about that.” Consumer Protection and to request an ties informing them of “ apparent collusion” “ He’s my apprentice,” Hoff said. being wierd.” Without the ninth grade, enrollment at the investigation of insurance company prac­ of the companies. In warmer weather, the class works “The Matawan Student Enrichment Pro­ high school is projected at 1,350 students, tices by both the state and U.S. attorneys “ If all the companies are doing it,” he said, .utdoors, he said, because it is a free gram is a Saturday school which gives the Hall said. The functional capacity of the general. “then they are propagating their own 'tmosphere. ' children things they don’t ordinarily get in building is estimated at 1,100. The action, according to board member policies at a greater premium to them­ “ The essence of clowning,” Hoff said, “ is the regular classroom,” Hoff said. Several related developments may also Joseph Morales, is a result of the board’s se lv e s.” ensing the humor in yourself and making it “ Being a clown is a vocation with me,” he alleviate crowding at the high school, Hall problems in obtaining liability coverage. “ They’re ripping off the public for a lot of universal. ” said. “ I feel it is the work I was supposed to said. The board, he said, has two types of money,” he added. The first part of the class had the students d o .” The superintendent said he plans to liability coverage—a base policy, for regular The total cost for liability insurance this practicing cartwheels, tumbling, and parad­ He seemed to get as much enjoyment from establish an alternate high school for claims, and an excess policy for claims year is $11,500 for $1.3 million in coverage, ing—walking in a funny manner.