TjE WESTFIELD LEADER • mo tor* Serving Westfield Since 1890 JO3 00 c o LSPS 6I02Q .NINETY-EK-'S g ..I, NO. 39 Saond Oui Pouw Paid WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1988 Published g •1 W«ir*id. H.J. Every Thursday 24 Pages—30 Cents O > ... i of Education Straw Poll Boarder Situations Emerge Support Proposed Expense Cuts At Zoning Board Meeting J! A straw poll .e >>y tin Board council actions, Board President school Principals, Samuel Hazetl Three applications dealing issued. The appeal of Walter and Susan of Education a. is 1 uesday night Susan Pepper congratulated all and Eugene Voll, Dr. Smith with boarders and other unique Richard Knapp, one of the Brand, owners of 204-206 Lenox regular meeting supported pro- who had worked on trimming the outlined a plan for the team occupancy situations in West- three applicants testified that he Ave., faced boarder-related dif- posed budget alterations current- budget. "The town should be pro- teaching that would buffer the field, came before the Board of felt the re-zoning of the house to ficulties with their application for ly being considered by the Town ud," she said, "that both the sixth graders' entry to the middle Adjustment at Monday evening's two-family would upgrade the permission to use a three story Council. Council is required to council and the board are work- school. meeting. present status of the home. He building as what the board reduce the 1968-89 school budget ing together for the benefit of Rather than have this group in testified that he or one of the described as a "residential town and schools." The carried over appeal of as a result of its defeat in the the established departmentalized Simcox, Knapp and Kaczmarek, other owners would occupy the hotel." April 5 election. Board Vice President, John system, the approximately 180 to convert a one-family dwelling house at all times. Currently, all The Lenox Avenue structure is The suggested measures to Toriello, described the process sixth grade pupils would be in a into a two-family home was three owners reside on the currently occupied, according to reduce the tax levy include mak- the council used to arrive at its program of groups of four denied. The house, located at 421 premises while the structure Mr. Brand, mainly by corporate ing a $200,000 debt service pay- figures and said he was "im- teachers who would perform as Kimball Ave., currently has a undergoes extensive renovations employees hoping to relocate to ment during the 1990-91 school pressed and heartened by the an inter-disciplinary team. certificate of occupancy (CO.) inside. the area. Fully furnished apart- year rather than the 1969-90 council's efforts before reaching The students' days would con- allowing three boarders in addi- The applicants sought the use ments with linens and a house- school year; and the following their conclusions." sist of a morning academic tion to a family. The town code variance in order to meet local keeping service provided, made cuts: $50,000 from the elemen- Dr. Smith, superintendent of block, including English, social only allows two boarders per one- fire code regulations, as the pre- board members question how to tary computer program; $15,000 schools, stated he "would compli- studies, math, reading and spell- family house; the board could not sent house contains two kitchens, categorize the eight-unit from the staff account (a half- ment the way the council went ing; the remainder of the day determine why a CO., discor- one of which is illegal. building. time physical education teacher about this task - in a very profes- would be devoted to subjects such dant with the town code, was Arthur Attenasio, attorney for James Flynn, attorney for the reduction) and $5,000 from sup- sional way they showed concern as music, languages and physical the applicants, said that the two- applicants, presented an af- plies; plus applying $30,000 of for both taxpayers and education. family use would not be discor- fidavit provided by the previous fund balance, educators." Teachers would instruct in the f Report Cards dant with the rest of the neighbor- owner, which stated that the These suggestions total a In regular business at Tuesday subject of their particular hood. Board members, however, premises had been occupied as $300,000 reduction in tax levy night's meeting, Dr. Smith strength and all would additional- To Be Issued stated that alledged two-family far back as the 1940s by a number which will be voted upon by the delivered his superintendent's ly teach spelling. One guidance Report cards will be issued to houses in the vicinity of the ap- of tenants. council in its April 26 meeting report on plans for the sixth counselor would be assigned to students in Westfield/s two junior plicants' house might be illegal The Brands are seeking eight- and by the Board of Education in grade classes in the scheme of each team of four teachers. high and six elementary schools and should be investigated. tenant status in order to meet fire a. special session on April 27. reorganization. Efforts have been made, accor- 'on Wednesday (April 27). Board member James code -standards. The building In concluding her report on the Assisted by the junior high ding to Mr. Voll, to achieve Students at Westfield High Kefalonitis noted that the size of presently contains six apart- balance and diversity in each School will be issued their report the apartments was in violation ments and two lofts, each with a (Continued on teit page thli uctlon) cards on Thursday (April 28). with living space requirements in kitchen; the basement is partial- Westfield. Member Jean ly finished and contains a ninth Sawtelle added that the ap- kitchen, but is not used. The plicants had imposed the hard- Brands wish to expand one of the ship on themselves, as they had ground floor apartments by Changes in Budget Could Produce known the zoning status of the utilizing the basement below it. house before its purchase. The board agreed to carry over $300,000 Reduction in Tax Levy Board denied the variance 5-1. (Continued on last page this section) Members of the Town Council met Monday night as Finance Committee and Tuesday night in conference to consider reduc- Echo Lake Park Is Site tions in the Board of Education operating budget for 1988-89. The council is required to make cuts in the proposed budget as a Of Concrete Canoe Race result of its defeat at the polls on April 5. Council's deliberations were assisted by a professional audit, Non-believers will have the op- engineering students at the Uni- Input from the public by mail and phone and input from the portunity to see that concrete versity of Illinois built the first . members of the Board of Education.- M really does float Sunday, April 24, concrete canoe. Since that time, , The proposed efforts to trim the budg*t will be formally-voted when the New Jersey Institute of students from colleges across the upon during the Town Council meetingj;on April 26. Technology's Student Chapter of country have become active in According to members of the school board, the process was the American Society of Civil the design, construction and rac- marked by co-operation and goodwill and showed equal concern Engineers, gather with students ing of these canoes. Concrete for taxpayers and educators. Said School Board President from similar schools throughout canoes of all shapes and sizes Mayor Raymond W. Stone proclaims the week of April 24-30 as "Drug Susan Pepper, "the relationship between the two groups (town have been developed and tested. Awareness Week" In Westfield. Pictured with the mayor are the country, for their annual Con- and school) is very, very fine." crete Canoe Race. For a well-designed canoe, a Chemical People Task Force/P.A.N.D.A. co-directors Nancy The suggested total reduction in the tax levy of $300,000 was proper hull is essential. The hull Walbert (left) and. Betty List. According to the Union County derived from proposing to make a $200,000 debt service pay- Board of Chosen Freeholders, the design can be obtained through ment during the 1990-91 school year rather than the 1989-90 event, which is co-sponsored by the use of empirical analysis, school year; and the following cuts: $50,000 from the elemen- the Department of Parks and models, conventional canoes or tary computer program, $15,000 from staff and $5,000 from sup- Recreation and NJIT, will be previous experience. When build- "Drug Awareness Week" plies, plus applying $30,000 of fund balance. held in Echo Lake Park, in ing a concrete canoe, a wooden Councilman W. Jubb Corbet, chairman of the town finance Mountainside/Westfield, from 8 form is constructed, around To Educate Parents committee released the following statement in view of the a.m. until dusk. Men and women, which the concrete canoe will be budget cuts: both students and faculty will cast. After the mold is con- "During the course of the review process, the town finance participate in this light-hearted structed, it is tightly wrapped Westfield Mayor Raymond W. and teens develop these skills committee met four times with the school board represen- with plastic to keep the canoe's Stone recently signed a pro- during the two-hour workshop." affair which will test the skills of tatives. We also had the town auditor review the proposed the soon-to-be engineers. In order steel reinforcement and concrete clamation designating the week In addition, the P.A.N.D.A.