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The Paramus Board of Education is in discussions to sublease Westbrook Middle School to The Japanese Weekend School for use every Saturday from 8:30 am until 2:30pm.
450 students attend the Japanese Weekend School and would require parking and/or dropping off of students every Saturday. Westbrook has approximately 100 parking spaces and therefore there would be significant parking and traffic on the surrounding streets and neighborhood. Our parking lot at Westbrook is already full every Saturday from the various sports that are played both outside and inside. The Board of Education has indicated that they will allow the Japanese School to park on the Westbrook Basketball courts if necessary, rendering them unusable by our neighborhood children. The additional traffic to our neighborhood on a Saturday would be a major inconvenience and potentially dangerous.
The students of the Japanese School would require use of the classrooms, the cafeteria and the gymnasiums. It is unknown at this time what the impact will be on our recreation programs that use the Westbrook facilities but according to the Recreation Department, the Westbrook gymnasiums are already used at full capacity so it is likely some of our programs will be displaced.
The Board of Education claims that the program would bring in approximately $100k, but they have not deducted the expenses that will obviously be associated with such a program. At best, the revenue would represent less than one half of one percent of the district’s budget and that is not enough revenue to justify the inconvenience to our neighborhood, the displacement of our Recreation programs and the wear and tear on our children’s school. Any potential revenue would not be directly returned to Westbrook School or it’s students and the cost to the tax payers would be increased for electrical, and ventilation services, janitorial cost to keep and maintain the facilities throughout the school, police and crossing guards controlling the flow of traffic and the automobile degradation, destroying the neighborhood integrity.
Lastly, Japanese Weekend School has been using Paramus Catholic facilities for the past several years. According to Paramus Board of Education, Paramus Catholic is not renewing the lease of the Japanese Weekend School because Paramus Catholic has determined the program is disruptive to their school and their parking lot. Paramus Catholic has almost 600 parking spaces.
Sign on to this petition to stop the sublease of Westbrook to The Japanese Weekend School. Thank you.
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February 27, 2013
The Board of Education remains silent while our neighborhood continues to express concern about the loss of our basketball courts and recreation programs. Call the office of the Superintendent today and tell them our local sports schedules must remain protected. Post the link to this petition on your Facebook page to ensure our neighbors know exactly what is at risk.
February 27, 2013
The momentum behind this petition proves that our neighborhood is united against the disruption of Westbrook Middle School. Now is the time to turn this energy into action by emailing your Board of Education representatives to demand they maintain our facility access.
6 Comments
My kids use those basketball courts every single Saturday. Taking that space away from local families is totally wrong.
The traffic in this area is already a nightmare on weekends. We dont need 450 extra cars clogging up the side streets. keep our neighborhood safe.
Ridiculous idea. The streets around Westbrook cant handle that kind of volume. Where are the parents supposed to park? Not on my street!
So frustrated by this. Its already so busy on Saturdays with soccer practice. This is gonna be a disaster for anyone trying to drive down the street.
Leave Westbrook alone. It is a school for our kids not a rental property for the board to make a quick buck.
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There is also a paper petition circulating. Please sign either the on line petition or the paper. You do not need to sign both.
The Paramus Board of Education is in discussions to sublease Westbrook Middle School to The Japanese Weekend School for use every Saturday from 8:30 am until 2:30pm.
450 students attend the Japanese Weekend School and would require parking and/or dropping off of students every Saturday. Westbrook has approximately 100 parking spaces and therefore there would be significant parking and traffic on the surrounding streets and neighborhood. Our parking lot at Westbrook is already full every Saturday from the various sports that are played both outside and inside. The Board of Education has indicated that they will allow the Japanese School to park on the Westbrook Basketball courts if necessary, rendering them unusable by our neighborhood children. The additional traffic to our neighborhood on a Saturday would be a major inconvenience and potentially dangerous.
The students of the Japanese School would require use of the classrooms, the cafeteria and the gymnasiums. It is unknown at this time what the impact will be on our recreation programs that use the Westbrook facilities but according to the Recreation Department, the Westbrook gymnasiums are already used at full capacity so it is likely some of our programs will be displaced.
The Board of Education claims that the program would bring in approximately $100k, but they have not deducted the expenses that will obviously be associated with such a program. At best, the revenue would represent less than one half of one percent of the district’s budget and that is not enough revenue to justify the inconvenience to our neighborhood, the displacement of our Recreation programs and the wear and tear on our children’s school. Any potential revenue would not be directly returned to Westbrook School or it’s students and the cost to the tax payers would be increased for electrical, and ventilation services, janitorial cost to keep and maintain the facilities throughout the school, police and crossing guards controlling the flow of traffic and the automobile degradation, destroying the neighborhood integrity.
Lastly, Japanese Weekend School has been using Paramus Catholic facilities for the past several years. According to Paramus Board of Education, Paramus Catholic is not renewing the lease of the Japanese Weekend School because Paramus Catholic has determined the program is disruptive to their school and their parking lot. Paramus Catholic has almost 600 parking spaces.
Sign on to this petition to stop the sublease of Westbrook to The Japanese Weekend School. Thank you.
Updates
February 27, 2013
The Board of Education remains silent while our neighborhood continues to express concern about the loss of our basketball courts and recreation programs. Call the office of the Superintendent today and tell them our local sports schedules must remain protected. Post the link to this petition on your Facebook page to ensure our neighbors know exactly what is at risk.
February 27, 2013
The momentum behind this petition proves that our neighborhood is united against the disruption of Westbrook Middle School. Now is the time to turn this energy into action by emailing your Board of Education representatives to demand they maintain our facility access.
6 Comments
TOTAL LACK OF COMMON SENSE. Does the board even live in this neighborhood???
My kids use those basketball courts every single Saturday. Taking that space away from local families is totally wrong.
The traffic in this area is already a nightmare on weekends. We dont need 450 extra cars clogging up the side streets. keep our neighborhood safe.
Ridiculous idea. The streets around Westbrook cant handle that kind of volume. Where are the parents supposed to park? Not on my street!
So frustrated by this. Its already so busy on Saturdays with soccer practice. This is gonna be a disaster for anyone trying to drive down the street.
Leave Westbrook alone. It is a school for our kids not a rental property for the board to make a quick buck.
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TOTAL LACK OF COMMON SENSE. Does the board even live in this neighborhood???