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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.

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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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Special to The Sun

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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Princeton, NJ 08542

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The Sun is published weekly by ElauwitMedia LLC, 20 Nassau Street, Suite 26A,Princeton, NJ 08542. It is mailed weekly toselect addresses in the 08691 ZIP code. Ifyou are not on the mailing list, six-monthsubscriptions are available for $39.99. PDFsof the publication are online, free of charge.For information, please call 609-751-0245.

To submit a news release, please [email protected]. For advertis-ing information, call (609) 751-0245 or

email [email protected] Sun welcomes suggestions and com-ments from readers including any infor-mation about errors that may call for a cor-rection to be printed.

SPEAK UPThe Sun welcomes letters from readers.Brief and to the point is best, so we look forletters that are 300 words or fewer. Includeyour name, address and phone number. Wedo not print anonymous letters. Send lettersto [email protected], via fax at

609-751-0245, or via the mail. Of course,you can drop them off at our office, too. THEROBBINSVILLE Sun reserves the right toreprint your letter in any medium includ-ing electronically.

PUBLISHER Steve Miller

GENERAL MANAGER & EDITOR Alan Bauer

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NEWS

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VICE CHAIRMAN Alan Bauer

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

WANT TO BE LISTED?To have your meeting or affair listed in the Calendar or Meetings,information must be received, in writing, two weeks prior to the

date of the event. Send information by mail to: Calendar, The Sun,108 Kings Highway East, Haddonfield, NJ 08033. Or by email:news@robbinsvillesun. com. Or you can submit a calendar listingthrough our website (www.robbinsvillesun.com).

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