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edford residents made their voicesheard throughout 2014.

Citizen feedback helped to drive ayear-long debate regarding zoningordinance changes for the Route 70commercial district. Residents alsooffered their input on topics such asbackyard chickens and deer fences.

In some cases, residents voiced their displeasureto council and the board of education on topicsranging from a township managers resignation tothe end of traditional mid-term and final exams atShawnee High School.

A number of the debates will continue into 2015.Before jumping ahead, lets take a look back at thebiggest stories in Medford from 2014.

Route 70Medford Township officials entered 2014 with the

task of reexamining the Route 70 business corridor.

The goal was to relax some of the restrictions alongthe state highway to attract new businesses.

Theres a prevailing philosophy to make Med-ford more accessible to businesses, Mayor ChrisBuoni said.

The process began in late January as the plan-ning board held a public input session to garnerideas for what residents wanted to see happen toRoute 70. What ensued was a debate betweenwhether Medford needed to make changes or if it

should keep the status quo.Tony Tolerico, a principal for Medford Ford, said

changes had to be made not only to attract new busi-nesses, but also to keep existing businesses in thetownship.

What we need is an attitude adjustment, Toleri-co said. We're not in the 1950s. In the 35 years I'vebeen here, I've never seen a new business aside fromthe CVS.

On the other side of the spectrum stood resident

Looking back on the happenings of Medford

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CLOCKWISE, FROM BOTTOM LEFT: Reid Uccello hits a ground ball to second base

for the Medford 8U Renegades during a sectional tournament in July. Woodford CedarRun Wildlife Refuge senior educator Erin Kiefer shows off a red-tailed hawk in January.

Children at the Medford-Vincentown Rotary Clubs Easter Egg Hunt take off running at

Freedom Park on April 12. Leslie Sharp and her grandson Isaac McVay stop by

Freedom Park to play during a sunny September morning. Shawnee High Schools

Class of 2014 marches into their graduation ceremony on June 20. Liza Barr of

Shawnee High School looks for an open teammate in a South Jersey Group IV playoff

game against Eastern High School May 19. Police officer Joseph Canuso sits with K9

Rio. Rio became the departments newest K9 in 2014. Nikola Williams of Shawnee

grabs a rebound in the Renegades 57-37 win in the South Jersey Group IV champi-onship in March. Molly (front) and Chase (back) take a much-needed break from play

time at the Freedom Park Dog Run in July. On the afternoon of July 31, the Pinelands

Library was transformed into a chocolate factory as Willy Wonka paid children a visit.

Girl Scout Rory Gras sews a holiday stocking during a charity sewing event at Cattells

Sew Vac and Sewing Academy in November. Medford VFW Post 7677 commander

Scott Lambert and post sergeant Jack Sweeney lay the VFWs wreath in front of the

veterans memorial at the Medford Memorial Community Center on Veterans Day.

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Jerry Gray, who appeared atmany public meetings aboutRoute 70 in 2014, speaking outagainst development each time.He said the township placed re-strictions because residents did-nt want big box stores and largeshopping centers.

People were pretty clear they

didn't want that kind of develop-ment in the township, he said.

The result of the first meetingwas the formation of a subcom-mittee to break down all zoningregulations and make changes tothe ones hampering businessgrowth.

The subcommittee submittedits list of recommendations tocouncil during a special planning

board meeting in July.Among the recommendations,

the subcommittee suggested in-creasing the maximum size ofbuildings from 35,000 square feetto 100,000 for commercial use and120,000 for medical and industrialuse.

Medford Township plannerScott Taylor said many existingbuildings along Route 70 are al-ready larger than 35,000 squarefeet.

That would make those sites

that were non-conforming in con-formance in regard to buildingsize, he said.

Other changes included re-duced buffer zones to make busi-nesses more visible from Route70.

While Gray again spokeagainst the changes, resident Jef-

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Stephen Arthur Edgerton, 86,died peacefully at his home inMedford on Tuesday, Dec. 16.

Steve was born on May 8, 1928,in Plainfield,Ind., to Josephand ElsieEdgerton. Hegrew up in thesmall town ofColumbiana,

Ohio, on thefamily farm,and stayed

just longenough to de-cide he wasnot a farmerby inclination.He graduated fromOlney Friends School in Bar-nesville, Ohio, in 1946, and earnedhis bachelors of science degreein physics from Earlham Collegein 1950. He later received a mas-ters of education and superviso-ry certificate from Temple Uni-versity. Steve came to the eastcoast to work at the Quaker sum-mer camp, Camp Dark Waters,during college. He was the inter-im director for Nina and WilbertBraxton for two summers andthen took over full directorship ofthe camp in 1961. For the morethan four decades Steve was in-volved with Camp Dark Waters,he created a loving and acceptingplace for campers and staff to

play, learn, work and grow togeth-er in ways that changed thou-sands of lives for the better. In asimple, natural setting, Steve fos-tered a sense of freedom and har-mony that was truly transforma-tive. He was director and owneruntil a group of former campers,staff and other friends of thecamp purchased the camp fromhim in 2001 and formed a non-profit organization.

Steve was a gifted teacher anddeeply committed to experiential

education. He taught high schoolscience, mostly chemistry, for 41

years. He taught for two and ahalf years at Westtown School, 15and a half years at Penn CharterSchool, 10 years at WillingboroHigh, and his last 11 years atMoorestown Friends School. Hefounded and directed the progres-sive, alternative CommunityCamp School in Philadelphia fortwo years. He served as head ofthe science department at PennCharter, Willingboro High andMoorestown Friends, and he re-ceived several teaching awards.

Steve employed a sense ofdrama and excitement to teach

others. Many former students re-member him jumping from theground to the top of his desk inone leap to demonstrate the wayelectrons jump from their groundstate to higher energy levels, orperforming an explosive thermitereaction in the lab.

Photography and woodworkingwere two of Steves main creativeoutlets. His interest in the designsof noted woodworker GeorgeNakashima is visible in the beau-tiful wooden furniture Stevecrafted. His love of nature shapedhis interest in photography. Healso loved fast cars, particularlyold BMWs. He was a great musicenthusiast and introduced manypeople to his favorite blues, jazzand rock artists, especially bluesmusician Taj Mahal. Steve had astrength and vitality that was evi-dent to all who knew him, as wellas a quiet, but engaging sense ofhumor.

A loving and affectionate par-

ent and husband, he is survivedby three children, Cinda andScott Edgerton with ex-wife Mick-ey Edgerton, and Alice Edgertonwith his current wife, Mary AnnBacon.

He will be greatly missed by somany whose lives he touched.

A memorial service will beheld at Medford Meeting House,14 Union St., Medford, NJ 08055on Jan. 3 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made toCamp Dark Waters Campership

Fund or the Camp Dark WatersLegacy Fund.

EDGERTON

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frey Lucas supported the recom-mendations, saying the addition-al tax ratables would outweighany negatives, such as increasedtraffic.

There are very good ratablesin large buildings that don't nega-tively impact traffic, Lucas said.We already have buildings thatare over 100,000 square feet.

The planning board elected tosend the recommendations tocouncil for its input.

Council then gave its feedbackto the planning board. The recom-mendations have not been actedon as the calendar turns to 2015.

Township manager resignsVisitors to the Aug. 5 Medford

Township council meeting were

stunned as township managerChris Schultz abruptly resignedprior to the start of the meeting.

Schultz submitted his resigna-tion during an executive session.He left abruptly after the execu-tive session was convened and didnot appear at a public meeting inMedford again.

Questions were immediatelyasked as to why Schultz resigned.On June 24, Medford Townshiphired Verita LLC to conduct aworkplace investigation.

Buoni said information from

the investigation would not be re-leased, citing employees rights toprivacy.

New Jersey state law protectspeople's private rights, Buonisaid. People have asked for therelease of that document. It's notgoing to be released. It wouldn'tbe appropriate.

TOWNSHIPContinued from page 2

please see COUNCILMAN, page 6

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Dog licenses are due for renew-al Jan. 1 to Jan. 31. The licensemay be purchased at the MedfordTownship municipalbuilding, Mondaythrough Friday from 8:30a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Dog license fees are $12 plus anadditional $3 for any dog that hasnot been spayed or neutered.Proof of rabies vaccination is re-quired and must be valid untilNovember 2015 to acquire a 2015dog license.

Licensing may also be complet-ed by mail by using the form lo-cated at www.medfordtownship.com

For more information, call(609) 654-2608 ext. 328 or 334.

A late fee of $15 will be chargedfor licenses purchased after Jan.31.

Free rabies clinicplanned for Jan. 10

A free rabies clinic for bothdogs and cats will be held on Sat-

urday, Jan. 10 from 9 a.m. to noonat Cranberry Hall, located behindthe Medford Township Municipal

Building on Main Street.Dog licenses may also

be purchased at the ra-bies clinic from 9 a.m. to

noon inside the municipal build-ing.

Moms Club to hostpreschool fair

The Moms Club of MedfordAres is hosting their annual Pre-school Fair on Wednesday, Jan. 14from 10 a.m. to noon at St. PetersEpiscopal Church in Medford.

The event will include schoolsand day care centers from Med-ford and surrounding towns.They will be available to answerquestions so parents can shop fora daycare or preschool in one lo-cation.

The event is done as part of theMoms Clubs community out-reach. The event is free and opento the community.

Renew dog licenses by Jan. 31

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ost of us are lucky enough to

spend the holidays with our

loved ones. Most of us are

lucky enough to be able to give and re-

ceive presents, to put a home-cooked

meal on the table and to sit back, relax

and enjoy whats important in life.

There are many, though, living righthere in our state of New Jersey, who

are not as lucky as we are. And these

are the people who need our help the

most.

So as we are about to put 2014 behind

us and enter a New Year, lets all re-

solve to give back more in 2015.

We like to think of ourselves as giv-

ing people, but compared to the rest ofthe country, thats just not the case. A

study released last week by the Corpo-

ration for National and Community

Service and the National Conference

on Citizenship found that 22.4 percent

of New Jersey residents volunteered

their time in 2013.

That ranked us near the bottom,

45th, in the nation. Utah topped the list

at 44.6 percent.

The study found that 1.45 million

residents volunteered a total of morethan 206 million hours of service. The

stats counted only non-paid work as

volunteering.

Millennials in our state ranked even

lower, at 49th overall, with only 17.3

percent of the age group volunteering

in 2013.

The good news is that it doesnt take

much to change this trend. Volunteer-

ing doesnt have to take up all of ones

free time, and it doesnt have to includebig monetary donations. Volunteering

can be as simple as pitching in at a

soup kitchen, coaching a Little League

team or collecting trash at a public

park.

With volunteering, doing a little can

go a long way. What may seem as not

much to most of us can have a huge

impact to someone else.So while youre compiling your list

of To Dos for 2015, add giving back to

the community by volunteering.

in our opinion

Lets resolve togive back in 2015For the New Year, we could all give some of our time to lend a helping hand

Share your thoughts

Do you volunteer, or do you plan to volun-teer in the New Year? Share yourthoughts on this, and other topics,through a letter to the editor.

Schultzs resignation took effect on Aug.19. He received three months pay as part ofthe separation agreement.

Residents were skeptical as to why thetownship was paying Schultz for threemonths since he voluntarily resigned.Buoni said state law required the munici-pality to pay an outgoing township manag-er for at least three months.

In almost every circumstance, he wouldbe paid for three months, Buoni said.

Resident Mike Panarella expressed

doubt toward this, saying he felt Schultzshouldnt be paid after he left his position.

If someone voluntarily leaves their po-sition, they shouldn't be paid, Panarellasaid.

Council appointed township clerk

Katherine Burger as the interim townshipmanager on Aug. 12 and began to interviewcandidates for a replacement. Burger re-

mains the interim manager entering 2015.Councilman Randy Pace resigns

Medford also saw the resignation of acouncilman in 2014 as Randy Pace left of-fice with his family moving to Tennessee inOctober.

A council member since 2011, Pace saidthe move away from Medford broke hisheart. He refused to take credit for manyaccomplishments council made during histerm, instead crediting the community.

It wasnt as much as what I did as it waswhat the community wanted to do, Pace

said. The community made the most sig-nificant change in electing new faces.

Buoni praised Pace for being upfrontand honest about his opinion during meet-ings, even when he disagreed with othermembers of council.

He had the dedication and the steadfastcommitment to finding out what were theactual facts, Buoni said.

With Pace resigning less than a monthprior to the general election, council wastasked with appointing a replacement toserve in his place through the end of 2015.They selected Brad Denn, a lifetime Med-ford resident and certified public account-ant for Padden Cooper LLC. Denn joinedFrank Czekay as the second CPA on coun-cil.

One of the most important things we dois look at the budget, Buoni said. It neverhurts to get another set of eyes.

Denn said serving on council was some-thing he had considered doing in the past.

He looked back to his time as an EagleScout as an inspiration to run for council.

I always wanted to served the commu-nity, he said. When Randy Pace said he

COUNCILMANContinued from page 4

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Medford classroomgoes chrome

A fifth-grade class at KirbysMill Elementary School took theuse of computers in the class-

room a step further in the fall asit became a pilot class for a Oneto World classroom. The class isusing Google Chromebooks fornearly all of its schoolwork dur-ing the 2014-15 year.

Kirbys Mill Principal MarkDamon said the premise was toget students on the computers allday instead of only once a weekin technology class.

Students are very excited togo to tech lab, Damon said. Whyare we limiting devices for onehour per week?

Andrew Reuter, the instructorfor the class, conducts all the les-sons and assignments on the com-puter. Students use Google Docsto submit their assignments.

Other features and apps wereimplemented to enhance theclassroom experience. One ofthese is Google Hangouts wherestudents can do homework to-gether or communicate with each

other while at home.The idea behind the One toWorld classroom was to get stu-dents acquainted with technologyas it is becoming a main tool usedin many workplaces today.

Its something we need, itssomething we cant live without,Damon said. Its necessary.

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The following information wasprovided by the Medford Town-ship Police Department.

On Saturday, Dec. 20, MedfordTownship Police responded to aresiden-tial bur-glary to a

home lo-cated onthe 300block of Church Road.

During the course of the inves-tigation, police determined thatunknown actors forced open afront door and stole an undis-closed amount of property whilethe homeowner was at work. Thebreak-in occurred between 9 a.m.and 9 p.m.

Police are asking for anyonewho noticed any unusual or sus-

picious activity in the area to con-tact detectives at (609) 654-7375 orthe anonymous citizen tip line at(609) 714-0302.

WE NES YDEC. 31Parachute Play: Ages 2 to 4. 10:30

and 11 a.m. at Pinelands BranchLibrary. Come for a half-hour of

parachute games and play time.Must be accompanied by a care-giver.

THURS YJAN. 1New Years Day: Offices and

libraries closed in observance ofthe holiday.

S TUR YJAN. 3Minecraft: Ages 5 to 17. 2 p.m. at

Pinelands Branch Library. Come

to the library for an afternoon ofMinecraft on the Xbox 360. Testyour skills against other playersas you participate in open playsurvival mode.

MON YJAN. 5Kids knitting club: Ages 7 to 16. 4

p.m. at Pinelands Branch Library.Knitters of all levels can join thisfour-week series. Bring a project

or pick one out at class. Begin-ners should bring size 10 knittingneedles. Yarn will be provided.

Council reorganization meeting: 7p.m. at Public Safety Building.

This Medford Township councilmeeting is for its annual reorgan-ization.

Helping Hand grief support: Fellow-ship Alliance Chapel, 199 ChurchRoad. 7 p.m. Call 953-7333 ext. 309for information.

TUES YJAN. 6Kids can cook: Ages 4 to 6. Noon at

Pinelands Branch Library. JoinMiss Niki or Beth Ann fromShopRite of Medford for some

kid-friendly cooking. Children will

sample new food while learningabout cooking, measuring, nutri-tion and sharing.

Jane Austen Her Life and Time: 7p.m. at Pinelands Branch Library.

This presentation focuses on thelife and career of Jane Austen.Trish Chambers includes the lim-ited roles of women duringAustens time, her portrayal ofsociety in her six major works,how personalities of her heroinesdeveloped over the span of hernovels and how her personal lifeis reflected in her writings.

Medford-Vincentown Rotary Clubmeeting: 6:30 p.m. at MedfordLakes Country Club, MedfordLakes. For more information visit

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The entire program was paidfor through the schools fundingand not through a separate itemin the district budget. The districtcould look at expanding the pro-gram in future years.

Medford schools addextended kindergarten

A new program gave parents

an option to keep their child inschool for a full school day.The school district launched an

extended kindergarten programat each elementary school in thefall. The district established apartnership with the YMCA ofBurlington and Camden Countiesand Camp Ockanickon to run theprogram.

Superintendent Joseph DelRossi said the program would notbe a full-day kindergarten class,but rather consist of a learning

session to support the skills stu-dents learn during their regular,half-day class.

This is a program that will notbe introducing new skills, DelRossi said. There will be commu-nication between our departmentand the provider to support ourexisting curriculum in kinder-garten.

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The sooner we build a founda-tion with our kindergarten stu-dents, the better off theyre goingto do in first, second, thirdgrade, he said.

Township launches new websiteMedford Townships website,

www.medfordtownship.com, got anew look in June.

A redesigned website with new,

interactive features launchedafter months of development.

The biggest addition was the

ability for residents to contact thetownship through the citizen re-sponse program, which allowsresidents to report water mainbreaks, potholes and other publicworks issues.

If youre driving around, youcan take a picture, upload it, andyour GPS will upload your loca-tion, said Beth Portocalis, assis-tant to the township manager.

The township also promotedfeatures it included in the old

website, such as online bill pay-ment.Some people dont know you

can pay your tax and sewer billsonline, Portocalis said. Weretrying to structure it and bringthat forward.

The township also began livestreaming of meetings at the Pub-lic Safety Building. Verizon in-stalled a camera and audio sys-tem during the spring. Live

streaming began in June forcouncil meetings and was laterexpanded to zoning and planning

board meetings.Archived videos of meetings

included a breakdown of theagenda where residents couldskip ahead to any part of themeeting they wished to view.

If theres something con-tentious on the agenda, you donthave to go through the two-hourtape of the council meeting, youcan click on that thing and itll besynched up, Portocalis said.

Lenape district ditchestraditional midterms, finals

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I think wed be doing our stu-dents a disservice, parent LeighAnn Erlanger said at the districtsboard of education meeting inOctober.

The districts new assessmentswill align with changes made inthe districts curriculum over thepast five to six years. Superin-tendent Carol Birnbohm said theold assessments were still beingused up until last year and didntalign with what the students werelearning. The focus of the cur-riculum revolves around problemsolving, critical thinking and ap-plying the learning material to

real-life applications.Kids are going to have to pre-

pare for this and have to be re-sponsible for what they learn,Birnbohm said.

Some parents felt the districtwas getting rid of the exams inlieu of the PARCC exam. Birn-bohm said it was not the case.

PARCC wasnt the impetus forthe elimination of midterms andfinals, she said.

Deer and chicken talk

comes to council

It was an animal house at somecouncil meetings in 2014 as dis-cussions about deer netting andbackyard chickens took centerstage.

Confusion on clarificationabout fencing ensued in thespring when residents com-plained homes in Medford had

erected deer netting. If classifiedas a fence, the deer netting wouldnot be in compliance with zoningordinances. However, there wasno clear definition of whetherdeer netting could be considereda fence.

Taylor did an investigationinto the matter and reported tocouncil in August his recommen-dations. He asked council to con-sider allowing deer netting ashigh as eight feet in front yards.

The netting would have to be athin, black mesh and attached topoles.

Its similar to the netting yousee at a Phillies game, he said.

Pace and Buoni both felt the re-strictions should be scaled back,saying residents should have theright to build a deer fence as longas it is on their own property.

Why shouldnt I have the rightto defend my property from thatdestruction? Because my neigh-bor says I dont like the way it

looks? Buoni asked.Czekay said the township

should be careful with looseningrestrictions, saying residents notin compliance with zoning regu-lations can always go to the zon-ing board for a variance.

A group of residents fromTaunton Lake spoke out againstany changes, saying deer nettingin their neighborhood would neg-atively affect property values.

The deer netting discussionwas eventually tabled until Sep-tember, when council decided toform a subcommittee to examinethe topic closer. Some residentsexpressed their displeasure aboutthe discussion being dragged outfor so long.

I'm just really confused as towhy this is still an issue, resi-dent Kevin Sparkman said.

The subcommittee did not re-port its findings back to councilprior to the end of the year.

Meanwhile, residents came to

council in May with a proposal topermit backyard chickens. Thetopic came about when theKosick family from Tamarac was

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cited for illegally keeping chick-ens in their backyard. The familywas forced to remove the chick-ens from their property.

Jennifer Kosick said the town-ships ordinance only applies toagricultural properties, not resi-dential ones.

Theres a lot of people withbackyard chickens, she said.The only reason Im here is be-cause I have cranky neighbors

that complained about it.A group of residents opposingany changes said chickens createexcessive noise and can spreaddisease. Brian Dunham spoke outagainst chickens at multiplemeetings.

Buoni felt the topic was impor-tant, calling it a property rightsissue.

For every case you makeabout a chicken, you can make acase that dogs should be banned,he said.

While there was much discus-sion on the matter, council did notchange its ordinance on chickensprior to the end of the year.

Township joinsMain Street New Jersey

Medford Township is hoping toenhance Medford Village by par-ticipating in a program calledMain Street New Jersey. The pro-gram is designed to provide re-sources to improve municipali-ties downtown areas.

Council elected to join the or-ganization after debating themerits of the program duringmeetings in November and De-cember. Buoni was skepticalabout the program at first, sayinghe felt it would be potentially re-dundant.

It seemed like a lot of initia-tives and goals are similar towhat our (economic developmentcommittee) does, he said.

Portocalis encouraged councilto join the program, saying itwouldnt cost the township any-thing and would provide benefi-cial resources to enhance Med-ford Village.

You would not have to have apaid staff member, but you wouldbe able to participate in the tech-nical assistance and networkingopportunities that are availablefrom the program, Portocalissaid.

Denn was on board with theidea from the beginning, sayingthe program provides a numberof resources to the township.

It seems to me if we join this,the state is going to give us a tool-box of things, he said. If wedont do anything with them, wedont do anything.

Buoni changed his stance afterspeaking with Mike Pagnotta,chairman of the EDC.

He felt it was worthwhile froma support standpoint, Buoni

said.

Township regulatesdonation bins

Representatives from Goodwillcame before Medford Townshipcouncil in March asking for acrackdown on an influx of unso-

licited donations bins in the town-ship.

Council crafted an ordinancesimilar to the state statute.

Under the ordinance, donationbins had to be registered with thetownship for $25 on private prop-erty and were banned from mu-nicipal property.

I say we move forward withthe ordinance that mirrors thestate statute, Czekay said. Wecan also talk about re-doing the

zoning rules with donations binsso that we can further restrict.Pace was the only member of

council not on board with theidea. He spoke out against the ad-ditional regulations from the be-ginning and voted no when the or-dinance was up for second read-ing. He doubted the townshipsability to properly enforce the


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Medford Township schoolsspent a great deal of 2014 gettingready for the PARCC test. The

new standardized test for stu-dents in grades three througheight will debut in the spring.

To help the district prepare,classes at Medford Memorial Mid-

dle School and Chairville Elemen-tary School participated in thefield test last spring.

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was a good way to gauge howready the district was to adminis-ter the test. An online tool wasmade available to the district toevaluate its infrastructure readi-ness.

Its showing districts whetherthey are ready for the field testand the PARCC test, Olson said.

The district was up-to-datewith technology prior to 2014.Olson said the district hadplanned ahead to update Internet

access, computer availability andother necessities for the exam.The school district feels it has

prepared students as best it couldheading into the first test in 2015.

All school districts want to tryand make programs successful,Olson said. You want it to be suc-cessful and done well because youwant your students to be success-ful.

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