we actually did it because they decided to reverse the closure and keep the schools open. im honestly overwhelmed by how many of you stepped up to make this happen. keep an eye on the next board meeting since we still need to make sure they stick to their word.
May 8, 2018
Final supporters
Attention Willingboro Residents –
At the March 26, 2018 Willingboro Board of Education (WBOE) Budget Meeting, a tentative budget for the 2018 - 2019 school year was approved. According to Superintendent Dr. Taylor, the budget has a major shortfall due to the NJ DOE-approved expansion of Benjamin Banneker Charter School to now include 180 Kindergarten - 5th grade students. He also cited the daily operating costs and health benefits increases as reasons for the supposed shortfall.
Below are the cuts that were approved at the budget meeting. This information was taken directly from the budget packet presented at the March 26th Board of Education Meeting.
Elementary School Reorganization
1 - Close Garfield East Elementary School
2 - Close JC Stuart Elementary School and reopen as an Early Childhood Center for students in Pre-K and Kindergarten.
3 - Hawthorne Elementary, Twin Hills Elementary, and WR James Elementary will service students in grades 1st - 5th.
• When asked if the district has a plan on which school students in grades 1st - 5th will attend there was no response.
• Students who live 2 miles away from the school they attend will require bussing but there was no increased cost in the transportation budget from 17-18 to 18-19.
Additional Budget Cuts
52 Paraprofessionals/Teacher Assistants to be privatized
20 Security Officers to be privatized
14 Teachers cut from the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels
2 Clerical Staff
1 Nurse
2 Custodians
1 Principal
2 Assistant Principals
2 Central Administrators - Documentation provided states 2 but it appears to be only 1.
These proposed school closures, privatization recommendations, and cuts to other staff will detrimentally impact our schools and the ability to provide our students with a thorough and efficient education which they are entitled to under the law.
What can you do?
• Call your legislators, the Commissioner of Education, and the County Superintendent. Tell them our students need their help! The recommended closing of schools and cutting of staff due to the expansion of Benjamin Banneker and remaining budget shortfall will ruin our community! We need their help to stop them!!
o Senator Troy Singleton – 856-234-2790
o Assemblyman Herb Conaway – 856-461-3997
o Assemblywoman Carol Murphy – 856-735-5334
o Commissioner of Education Dr. Lamont Repollett – 609-376-3500
o BurlCo Superintendent of Schools Daryl Minus-Vincent – 609-265-5060
o Willingboro Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ronald Taylor – 609-835-8600
• Come out to the next board of education meeting scheduled for April 23, 2018 at 7:00 pm at Country Club Administration Building and let the WBOE and Dr. Taylor know we are opposed to these cuts!!
www.willingboroschools.org – For WBOE information and updates
If you live in District 7 (Burlington) you can sign this petition. Beverly, Bordentown, Bordentown Township, Burlington, Burlington Township, Cinnaminson, Delanco, Delran, Edgewater Park, Fieldsboro, Florence, Moorestown, Mount Laurel, Palmyra, Riverside, Riverton, Willingboro.
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Reached 250 supporters
April 5, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
April 4, 2018
71 Comments
My children have struggled with a large class and a larger class with uncertainty in education and larger class with little teacher interaction will not make them confident in their performance.
Let's fix the problems in our town thereby mitigating the need for parents to send their children to charter schools at the expense of taxpayers. Cutting jobs won't fix the problem instead exacerbates it.
Save Willingboro schools! My child attends Garfield East Elementary school & will be placed in a lower ranked school. I'm a new resident of Willingboro & would like to see the town succeed because both my child & tax dollars are vested into it.
WHS graduate '88. Town resident 48 yrs. Former district employee. It is embarrassing what has happened to this school district. It has to stop. We were once at the top of the state and are now at the bottom. We must change. The children deserve better.
we need to know how we have a surplus of 4.7 mill, but the Supertindent gets a raise and we making cuts
Keep the schools open!
We need our schools and our teachers.
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we actually did it because they decided to reverse the closure and keep the schools open. im honestly overwhelmed by how many of you stepped up to make this happen. keep an eye on the next board meeting since we still need to make sure they stick to their word.
May 8, 2018
Final supporters
Attention Willingboro Residents –
At the March 26, 2018 Willingboro Board of Education (WBOE) Budget Meeting, a tentative budget for the 2018 - 2019 school year was approved. According to Superintendent Dr. Taylor, the budget has a major shortfall due to the NJ DOE-approved expansion of Benjamin Banneker Charter School to now include 180 Kindergarten - 5th grade students. He also cited the daily operating costs and health benefits increases as reasons for the supposed shortfall.
Below are the cuts that were approved at the budget meeting. This information was taken directly from the budget packet presented at the March 26th Board of Education Meeting.
Elementary School Reorganization
1 - Close Garfield East Elementary School
2 - Close JC Stuart Elementary School and reopen as an Early Childhood Center for students in Pre-K and Kindergarten.
3 - Hawthorne Elementary, Twin Hills Elementary, and WR James Elementary will service students in grades 1st - 5th.
• When asked if the district has a plan on which school students in grades 1st - 5th will attend there was no response.
• Students who live 2 miles away from the school they attend will require bussing but there was no increased cost in the transportation budget from 17-18 to 18-19.
Additional Budget Cuts
52 Paraprofessionals/Teacher Assistants to be privatized
20 Security Officers to be privatized
14 Teachers cut from the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels
2 Clerical Staff
1 Nurse
2 Custodians
1 Principal
2 Assistant Principals
2 Central Administrators - Documentation provided states 2 but it appears to be only 1.
These proposed school closures, privatization recommendations, and cuts to other staff will detrimentally impact our schools and the ability to provide our students with a thorough and efficient education which they are entitled to under the law.
What can you do?
• Call your legislators, the Commissioner of Education, and the County Superintendent. Tell them our students need their help! The recommended closing of schools and cutting of staff due to the expansion of Benjamin Banneker and remaining budget shortfall will ruin our community! We need their help to stop them!!
o Senator Troy Singleton – 856-234-2790
o Assemblyman Herb Conaway – 856-461-3997
o Assemblywoman Carol Murphy – 856-735-5334
o Commissioner of Education Dr. Lamont Repollett – 609-376-3500
o BurlCo Superintendent of Schools Daryl Minus-Vincent – 609-265-5060
o Willingboro Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ronald Taylor – 609-835-8600
• Come out to the next board of education meeting scheduled for April 23, 2018 at 7:00 pm at Country Club Administration Building and let the WBOE and Dr. Taylor know we are opposed to these cuts!!
www.willingboroschools.org – For WBOE information and updates
If you live in District 7 (Burlington) you can sign this petition. Beverly, Bordentown, Bordentown Township, Burlington, Burlington Township, Cinnaminson, Delanco, Delran, Edgewater Park, Fieldsboro, Florence, Moorestown, Mount Laurel, Palmyra, Riverside, Riverton, Willingboro.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
April 5, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
April 4, 2018
71 Comments
As a graduate of Willingboro High School and three other Willingboro schools, I would hate to see any of them close down. I would hate to see the staff being let go, as that would deny the students a chance to have the chance that I did--and that was to meet a teacher (or teachers) that changed my outlook on my education.
My children have struggled with a large class and a larger class with uncertainty in education and larger class with little teacher interaction will not make them confident in their performance.
Let's fix the problems in our town thereby mitigating the need for parents to send their children to charter schools at the expense of taxpayers. Cutting jobs won't fix the problem instead exacerbates it.
Save Willingboro schools! My child attends Garfield East Elementary school & will be placed in a lower ranked school. I'm a new resident of Willingboro & would like to see the town succeed because both my child & tax dollars are vested into it.
WHS graduate '88. Town resident 48 yrs. Former district employee. It is embarrassing what has happened to this school district. It has to stop. We were once at the top of the state and are now at the bottom. We must change. The children deserve better.
we need to know how we have a surplus of 4.7 mill, but the Supertindent gets a raise and we making cuts
Keep the schools open!
We need our schools and our teachers.
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As a graduate of Willingboro High School and three other Willingboro schools, I would hate to see any of them close down. I would hate to see the staff being let go, as that would deny the students a chance to have the chance that I did--and that was to meet a teacher (or teachers) that changed my outlook on my education.