Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: • When voters go to the polls on Tuesday, they have a clear choice in school board candidates. If you think that Hoboken is ready for a team of candidates who will take our schools to the next level and who aren’t afraid to speak the truth about our runaway spending, then please …
Dear Editor: I first met Rose Marie Markle in the audience at a Board of Education meeting. We’d both been attending for some time. I was there because I had started a program working with our High School students and I wanted to understand how the budget was being spent. Rose it seemed was there …
Dear Editor: On Tuesday April 20th voters will go to the polls to elect four school board members. I am proud to support the “Real Results” team that includes Kathleen Tucker (5A), Perry Lin (7A), Liz Markevitch (10A) and John Forsman (2B). Their professional management experience will serve Hoboken’s children, parents, and taxpayers well. Education …
Dear Editor: Hoboken is a wonderful community, but one that has been far too transient in recent decades. Too often, young families have chosen to move to other municipalities around the time when their children reach school age. A driving factor behind these decisions is a perception that Hoboken’s public schools don’t deliver a quality …
Dear Editor: The future of Hoboken depends on the education of our children. We need a School Board comprised of parents who care about all of our students, and know the value of a great education and the difference it can make in the life of a child. I urge everyone to go to the …
Dear Editor: My name is John Madigan. I am a lifelong resident of Hoboken. I am married and the father of two sons. My youngest son attends Wallace School and the oldest is a freshman at Saint Peters Prep High. I have volunteered countless hours to help our children. Through my many years of volunteering, …
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to highlight the incredible progress and reform made by the Kids First majority on the board: Kids First promised to be fiscally responsible. Not provide tax relief; No Sunshine laws were ever broken. We always abide by the advice of legal counsel and the advice of the NJSBA; …
Dear Editor: We have an opportunity to vote this month for the next group of Hoboken Board of Education members. I’m asking you to please take the time out of your days to think about each candidate, what they offer to our community and then vote for the candidates you believe in. When looking for …
Dear Editor: The School Board elections are next Tuesday. The Board’s majority promised last year to “lower our taxes by eliminating waste within the district; improve student test scores in the district by placing greater emphasis on consistent classroom learning protocols; provide schooling to Hoboken residents with an understanding that a smaller district is a …
Dear Editor: This Tuesday, April 20, I plan to vote for the Real Results slate of John Forsman (2B), Liz Markevitch (10A), Perry Lin (7A) and Kathleen Tucker (5A) for the Hoboken school board. The Real Results slate has the only candidates who have the same values and goals for our town and the future …