A division of Witherspoon Media Group 7 • TOWN TOPICS, PRINCETON, N.J. being in a minority of dis- each year’s budget takes Library Closes Early Board Announces Make-Up Days for Sandy; tricts still holding elections school officials away from For A Capella Night in April may make it diffi- time spent educating stu- The Princeton Public Li- April vs. November Election Debated Again cult for Princeton to get the dents. brary will close early on Fri- NJEA’s attention. Typically, Community input on the day, December 7 for a spe- to keep elections for new she suggested that this year, Princeton public school she reported, the NJEA re- election question is encour- cial Teen A Capella Night. and returning school board “we may be the only district children will be attending sponds to arguments that aged, and comments can be Beginning at 7 p.m., the an - members and budget ap- staying in April.” three additional days of November elections become made on school district’s nual event will feature vocal proval in April. The Board’s school in 2013 — February By opting to move to the “too political” by saying that website, www.princetonk12. groups from Princeton’s four discussion last week antici- 15, April 1, and June 20 — November general election most school boards are al- org. high schools and is open only to make up for days lost dur- pated voting once again on Princeton would save about ready “heavily political,” In other business at the to those students who attend ing Hurricane Sandy. the April-or-November ques- $40,000. The downside of and being run by local ma- Board meeting, Student the local high schools. tion at its next meeting, on that, according to some, chines. She said that NJEA , WEDNESDAY, DECE In the event of more Achievement Committee A Capella Night is co- December 18. As they did is loss of the municipal- regards the practice of stay - cancelled school days, the Chair Andrea Spall reported sponsored by the library and before, members of the ity’s ability to vote on the ing in April as “quaint.” Board of Education has on Princeton High School Corner House. Library and Board spoke to both sides year’s proposed budget, identified May 24, June 21, Citing the cost savings Principal Gary Snyder’s re- Corner House Staff will be of the issue. and an overshadowing of Some thoughts about and June 24 as potential and the fact that more vot- quest that asterisks indicat- on-hand to chaperone the Superintendent Judy educational concerns by make up days. ers turn out for the general ing levels of achievement event, which will take place Wilson offered some back- other elections occurring at In addition to approval election, Board member Dan be removed from students’ in the Library’s Community ground on the question, not- the same time. Ms. Wilson mb of these dates, last week’s Haughton spoke in favor of names on graduation pro- Room. ing that, for many decades, noted that only between moving the election to No- ER 5, 2012 meeting of the Board of Edu - grams. This event is free to attend. every public school district nine and eleven percent of vember, “if we really want cation included a discussion —Ellen Gilbert For more information, visit in New Jersey was required Princeton’s potential vot- to encourage democracy,” of annual election dates. www.princetonlibrary.org. Offered the choice once be- to hold April elections. ers usually participate in while Afsheen Shamsi, fore, the school board opt- Princeton was joined by theWednesday, April election, Decemberand that spoke 5, in 2012 favor of April elec- ed, by a five to four vote, about 70 other districts that the coming election will be tions, and focusing “solely our paper... kept April elections in 2012; the first time that Princeton on education issues.” Give the Kids in Your Life 75¢ at newsstands voters will be voting as one Mr. Haughton said that entity, rather than electing since recent budgets have the Gift of Live Theatre Borough and Township rep- been limited by a two-per- It’s a Gift They Will Cherish Their Whole Life! resentatives. www.towntopics.com formational Technology;cent Personnel; cap, the and loss of the Gift Certificates Available Our “I still believe that the Public Safety. community’s ability to vote community public has a right to vote on the budget “won’t make a sophisticated detailing each subcommittee’s responsi-on any partFuture of their consolidation tax bill, a effortslot of difference;by other it’s pretty The Little Engine That is Volume LXVI, Number 49 bilities, recommendations, and sincethe pro- we are up to 50 per- Could Earns Her Whistle Topics Princeton Task Force Prepares forcommunities “Day also standOne”much to pro a given t from what the the bud- Town Planning Board Hears With “day one” of consolidationHOLIDAY fast cesses through which they reachedcent their of thereport, local suggested property Mr. get Tefko. is going “When to they be.” Ms. Wil- Sat. Jazn. 26, 2013 @ 2 & 4 p.m. tax,” said Board President approaching, the Princeton Transition recommendations, the report provides a go through this process,son there’sand Ms. a lotCox that countered 7 Tim Quinn, defending April by saying that maintaining Thumbelina Board Adds School Days Testimony, Discussion Task Force hosted an informational “town basis for “what should be on participants’ elections. “It’sthey an can exercise learn.” in the public budget vote (i.e., Sat. Feb. 16, 2013 @ 2 & 4 p.m. Lost to Sandy . hall” meeting on Monday evening at the radar screens” after January democracy.”1. Transi- keeping the April election) is Of Arts and Transit Plan MENU A “Guide to Municipal Offices” distrib- Charlotte’s Web at Princeton Public Library. is now availabletion Task Force subcommittees includedMr. Quinn pointeduted at the out Monday that “risky,” meeting because listed the when a bud - Sat. April 20, 2013 @ 2 & 4 p.m. Sight Unseen, 1991 Arguments for and against Princeton Boards, Commissions and Committees;a particularly well-qualifiedContinued get on is Page voted 8 down, it goes to Obie-Winning Drama, 20 Center for Governmental Research Tickets only newspaper based in Princeton, NJ. Each issue of candidate for the Montgom- the governing body. Dorothy The Town Mouse $ University’s plan to move the Dinky sta- Communications; Facilities and other As- Theatre Intime . (CGR) President Joe Stefko presented ery school board was defeat - Bedford seemed to support 10 each View onlinesets; at Infrastructure and Operations; In- & The Country Mouse or purchase tion as part of its $300 million Arts and history, an overview of the 100-plus page docu- ed in November because the keeping an April election by Sat. April 27, 2013 @ 2 & 4 p.m. rich Led by Ruth Ochs, Transit plan continued at a meeting of the excitement of the presiden- suggesting that the Board all 5 shows and ment described by Chairman Mark Freda region’s www.olivesprinceton.com tial election overshadoweduniform as PHS tookwouldn’t on defending “want statethe public Cinderella get 15% off! the Community Orchestra Regional Planning Board last Thursday. as the Task Force’s “almost nal” report. an opportunitychampion for the com and- undefeatedto have the Ramapo impression” in that explores Performs Mozart and and call todayn; a to nal place PHS your Boys’ order Soccer Shares State Title Sat. June 1, 2013 @ 2 & 4 p.m. The board is hoping to wrap up discus- Topics The current version,cgr.org/princeto in its entirety, is avail- It didn’t look like Chase Ealymunity was goingto get tothe know championship her. the game Board at Theis “cavalier” College and Town Brahms in Tribute to sions of the nal site plan for the project Giving Perth Amboy as an 23 able online at to be able to help the Princeton High boys’ of New Jersey.budgets all the way up to Westminster’s Phyllis before consolidation goes into effect on report is due to be completed by the end example, Mr. Quinn also ex- the two percent cap. “We’re Orders must be placed by Wednesday,soccer December team 19th. last week as it pursued the 609-570-3333 • www.kelseytheatre.net Alpert Lehrer . January 1. pressed concern aboutLooking “the pale usually and wan somewhat as he warmed below,” up, personalities, of this year. Group III state title. Mercer County Community College presence of outside groups” she observed. Pick-up or Delivery Ealy was hoping to come off the bench. “I sports, Opposition has been expressed not so 1200 Old Trenton Road arts, Sparked by Superb Mr. Stefko hasMonday, been a December project manager 24th between 7 a.Them. and sophomore 3 p.m. mid elder’sand “outsidetempera- money” that Ms. Cox worried, however, came into the game with the expectation news, much for the plan itself, which would bring have “tried to undo the ac- West Windsor, NJ 08055 local Efforts from Polansky, and consultant on consolidation and tran- that time spent promoting of playing as much as coach would play ture spiked to 104 as he was hit with a culture, Helmstetter, PU Women’s a complex of performance, rehearsal, and sition since 2010 (“I still love to come to tion of duly elected board viral illness and woke upmembers.” in the hospital me,” said Ealy. Basketball Finally Breaks37 other spaces to the campus, but for the re- Princeton,” he joked on Monday). The re- on Wednesday, the day PHSNoting was thatfac- she is the“I couldn’t last handle as much as I normally Rutgers Hex .