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INSIDE THIS ISSUEReferendum Dec. 11
Residents will vote on school
referendum. PAGE 3
Special to The Sun
TOP: Vehicles line up at the Robbinsville Fire Department Saturday, Nov. 10 to donate to theHomefront/Trenton Rescue Mission Drive. ABOVE LEFT: St. Gregory the Great is currently un-dertaking a substantial hurricane relief effort through Nov. 25. The parish will serve as the Dio-cese of Trenton's regional drop-off site for donations in Mercer County. ABOVE RIGHT: Residentsorganized a donation drive at Robbinsville High School for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Groups organize numerous fundraisersTeen musician named
Student of the MonthBY KATIE MORGAN
The Robbinsville Sun
Robbinsville resident KaralineRosen, 15, knows how to rock.Rosen has been attending theSchool of Rock in Princeton formore than five years, and wasgiven the Student of the MonthAward in October.
Rosen sings and plays key-board and bass guitar. She fre-quently performs in concerts atthe School of Rock, both as a soloartist and alongside other musi-cians.
Shes always working onsomething, or rehearsing forsomething, said Karalines
mother Cindy. There are four
concerts to choose from each year.Right now shes doing arena rockand folk rock. Shell rehearse forthree months and then perform.
Rosen said attending theSchool of Rock has helped her tobecome an individual.
At school, most of the girls myage are like, sporty, she said.There are a select few in thedrama department or the choraldepartment, but thats it.
Rosen said her music classes atthe School of Rock encouragedher to gain wider knowledgeabout music history, and experi-
Special to The Sun
Karaline Rosen, 15, right, takes lessons and performs at the Schoolof Rock in Princeton. She also volunteers there, helping younger stu-dents. She was named Student of the Month in October.
please see ROSEN, page 7
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Robbinsville residents will votein a school bond referendum Dec.11. The Classrooms for Kids Ref-erendum, a proposed solution toschool overcrowding issues fac-ing the township, requests ap-proximately $18.9 million in up-
grades and space extensions forboth Sharon Elementary Schooland Pond Road Middle School.
At a public information sessionheld Nov. 12 at Pond Road MiddleSchool, Superintendent SteveMayer reiterated the importanceof the referendum.
We find it important to look atwhat good districts do, and adoptpractices to help our students
thrive and achieve, Mayer said.With the overcrowding inSharon and Pond Road schoolscomes a sustainability issue. Weneed to move forward to meet ourcurrent needs and the needs ofthe community into the future.
The New Jersey Department ofEducation establishes instruc-tional capacity standards that cal-
culate appropriate core facilityand classroom space. The currentenrollment at Sharon ElementarySchool is 897 students 18 percenthigher than the state instruction-al capacity standard of 760 stu-dents.
At Pond Road Middle School,the 1,111 enrolled students exceed
please see TOWN, page 8
Residents to vote on
Dec. 11 on Classrooms
for Kids Referendum
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Robbinsville Cross Country Champions are, from left, Dan Milo, ZachMichon, Christian Roberts, T.J. Hastie and Parth Mandrek.
The freshmen on RobbinsvilleHigh Schools cross country teamcontinued their outstanding sea-son with both a team winand a freshman course recordduring the Mercer County Cham-
pionships at Washington Cross-ing State Park in Hopewell Town-ship.
The five-member team of ZachMichon, Dan Milo, ChristianRoberts, Parth Mandrekar, and
T.J. Hastie took the team title inthe freshman boys race, with Mi-chon, Milo and Roberts taking thefirst three places, respectively.
In the varsity race, freshmanRichie Kasper set the RHS fresh-
man course record with a time of17:34.
The group of six also won thefreshman race in the prestigiousShore Coaches Classic inHolmdel on Oct. 6.
Cross country freshmencontinue strong season
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6 THE ROBBINSVILLE SUN NOV. 21-27, 2012
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The holiday season has arrived.
And that means that many
good-hearted people and organ-
izations will be gathering food, cloth-
ing, toys, money and other items for
those less fortunate.
At The Sun, we want to help make
your event as successful as possible.
But to do that, we need your help.
Many retailers count on Black Fri-
day to help put their business in the
black for the year. If holiday sales are
strong, they have a good overall year. If
sales are soft, they struggle to get by.
The same theory can hold true for
nonprofits and other groups that de-
pend on the publics generosity during
the holiday season to see them through
the rest of the year. People, naturally,
are more giving during this time of the
year. So, in the coming weeks, youllsee bell-ringers, donation drives and a
lot of other efforts to help those in
need.
We salute everyone who holds a
drive to help those in need. But we also
want to help make those efforts as
grand and successful as possible.
To do that, we need to know about
your event well in advance (at least two
weeks is best). We need to know what
types of items you are trying to collect,
who will benefit from the drive, and,
most importantly, how people can get
involved to help you.
Email is the best way to send us this
information, and youll find our news
email address throughout this paper.
Then, after we get your information,
well take it from there. Well get it into
the paper and let everyone in town
know what it is you are trying to ac-
complish and how they can be a part of
it.
The recent storm has made giving
this year more important than ever.
Many families are still struggling with
the economy. There always are people
in need.
Let us help you to help them. Send
us your event information and lets
make this a big donation year.
in our opinion
Holiday helpersIts the season to help others; let us know about your fundraiser or drive
The need is there
From devastating storms to an econo-my that still isnt humming along, theneed for donations this holiday periodis strong. Tell us about your fundraisingeffort or donation drive, and well telleveryone else.
As part of Robbinsville resident JaredMillers Bar Mitzvah Project, he is organiz-ing a fun run/walk. This is to help raisemoney for the Special Olympics Athletes.
He chose to do this because he is an athletehimself and loves to run. He believes thateveryone should have the opportunity toenjoy sports.
Jared is a seventh grade student at PondRoad Middle School who participates incross-country, track and other sports. In-
stead of running to the mall on Black Fri-day, run around the lake to help raisemoney for the Special Olympics Athletes.
This event will take place at Town Cen-
ter in Robbinsville on Friday, Nov. 23. Therace will start at the gazebo at West LakePark. It will be a fun way to get in some ex-ercise after your Thanksgiving feast. Youcan either walk or run on the paved patharound the beautiful lake. There is a mini-mum donation of $10 per participant, in
cash or by check written out to SONJ. Allof the proceeds will go toward the SpecialOlympics Athletes. Extra donations arewelcomed. There will also be door prizes
for the participants only.If you are planning on attending theevent, please email us at [email protected] so we know how manypeople plan to be there. The participant feeis $10 per person, and can be paid by cashor check made out to SONJ.
There will be important informationsessions on Monday, Nov. 26, at SharonSchool at 7 p.m. This town hall style meet-
ing will include discussion about the fu-ture of the school district, specifically re-garding the need for a successful referen-dum on Dec. 11.
Robbinsville residents are very aware ofthe impact a strong school system has on
our home values and the success of ourchildren. Many of us chose to live in Rob-binsville because of the unique opportuni-
ty to raise our children in a safe and friend-ly community where they will receive atop-notch education.
As a school district, our mission is tocreate opportunities for every learner byproviding a strong academic foundation in
a safe and personal environment. Thismission is threatened because our K-8 fa-cilities are no longer appropriate for the
number of students that are currently en-rolled.
Investing in education is a value that weshare. Please plan to attend this session tolearn about how we can move forward to-gether.
Robbinsville resident plans Black Friday Fun Run
Information session on Dec. 11 referendum is Nov. 26
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the state instructional capacity of
914 by 22 percent.A demographic study conduct-ed in 2009 estimated that plannedand newly built housing develop-ments in the township could re-sult in an additional 238 students
enrolled in the district schools by2015.There is a big sense of ur-
gency here, Mayer said. Theovercrowding is getting worseevery year. The incoming fourth
grade will not fit in Pond RoadSchool next year. We need to ad-dress our current reality and pre-pare for the future.
The proposed upgrades andrenovations at Sharon School in-clude the construction of a two-story, 24-room addition and agymnasium. Upgrades would becompleted on mechanical sys-tems, kitchen facilities, lightingand flooring that have not beenrenovated since 1958.
The less-extensive plan for the
Pond Road Middle School in-volves expanding the multipur-pose room and adding four to fiveclassrooms using existingspace in the schools media cen-ter.
This plan is both responsibleand proactive, Mayer said.Weve heard the communityloud and clear and weve put to-gether a set of projects that we be-lieve honor this communityscommitment to education, and
our commitment to be responsi-ble with your tax dollars.A previous referendum that
proposed construction of a newschool and estimated costs near$40 million was voted down in2010. When the floor was openedfor questions at the Nov. 12 meet-ing, one resident asked whatwould happen if the new referen-dum did not pass.
This is Plan B, said Board of
Education Vice President CarolBoyne. Plan A, the last referen-dum, was what was educationallyright for the children of this dis-trict. That was thrown out twoyears ago. This is the bare bonesplan. These are not wants. Theseare needs.
The presentation at the meet-ing included a graph that estimat-ed the tax impact of the referen-dum. According to the Rob-binsville Tax Assessor, averagehome value in the township is
$385,000, which would result in amonthly cost of $16.03 per house-hold.
Due to a state mandate whichrequires the annual school budg-et to be capped at a maximum in-crease of 2 percent on the tax levy,all of the districts operatingcosts, increases in faculty mem-bers and program enhancementsmust be accommodated within avery tight budget, Mayer wrotein an email to residents on Nov.
14.There will be another townhall-style information sessionheld on Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. at SharonElementary School. The referen-dum will take place Dec. 11. Vot-ers who wish to vote by mail mustrequest a mail-in ballot beforeDec. 4, or hand deliver a Vote byMail application to the MercerCounty Clerk before 3 p.m. onDec. 10.
NOV. 22
Thanksgiving Day: RobbinsvilleTownship offices and libraries areclosed in observance of the holi-
day.
NOV. 25
Calvary Chapel Mercer Countyworship service: 11 a.m. everySunday at Robbinsville PondRoad Middle School. Contempo-rary and non-denominational
Christian service. Visit www.wel-cometocalvary.org for moreinformation.
Lifetree Community Church: 10a.m. every Sunday at Sharon Ele-mentary School, Robbinsville.
Robbinsville Seventh-day Adven-tist Church: Sabbath school at9:30 a.m. Worship service at 11a.m. 2314 Route 33, Robbinsville.
NOV. 26Passport to Fun II: 3:30 p.m. at
Robbinsville Branch Library. Par-ticipants will explore a differentcountry each week, eitherthrough writing, art or cooking.Grades four to six. Registrationrequired.
NOV. 27
Toddler Story Time: Ages 2 to 3,accompanied by an adult. 10 a.m.at Robbinsville Branch Library.
Registration required. Call (609)259-2150.
Storybooks in Action: Ages 2 andolder. 2 p.m. at RobbinsvilleBranch Library. Come watch theanimated version of a storybookand make a craft. Online registra-tion required.
CALENDARPAGE 8 NOV. 21-27, 2012
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