Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I’m Leon Gold and I am running for the Board of Education because I believe improving our school system will lead to a stronger Hoboken; property values will rise and the quality of life will improve for both young and old. A little about myself, I moved to Hoboken in 1976 and received …
Dear Editor: I am writing in support of Irene Sobolov and the entire Kids First Team; Leon Gold, Rose Markle and Jean Marie Mitchell. I strongly urge you to elect the Kids First Team on April 20th to the Hoboken Board of Education to serve the children, families and citizens of this fine city. I …
Dear Editor: Fantastic April 4th edition – the front page article was truly illuminating! As I peruse my new and increased tax bill and see pictures of cars going through three to five feet of water, it is great news to see our mayor is doing such a fabulous job. We should do more to …
Dear Editor: I just wanted to give a heads-up to Beth Mason: Ms. Mason…..the election is over. You lost. Like it or not, Dawn Zimmer is our mayor. That fact is not about my political leanings or whom I may have voted for. That fact is just….a fact. There is no need to continue to …
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 …
Continue reading “David Mello supports the Kids First slate”
Dear Editor: I was one of Kids First’s biggest supporters in the school board campaign last year. But I lost confidence in them as it became clear they had no intention of keeping many of their campaign promises—from tax cuts to transparency to winning fair contracts. The final straw was the bungled, six-month search for …
Continue reading “Sorry school board record spurred Markevitch to run”
Dear Editor: A new and unnecessary feature has found its way into the political landscape of the upcoming school board election. How in the world did partisan politics enter into this equation? Whose bright idea was it to use the school board as a springboard for partisan oriented elections in Hoboken? You don’t have to …
Continue reading “Keep partisan politics out of the school board election”
Dear Editor: As a candidate for the Board of Education, I realize the serious obligations that come with being a trustee. Those responsibilities start with leadership that sets a clear and understandable course for the school district. According to state law, the responsibilities for the BOE are threefold – policy-making, budget-making and choosing the superintendent …
Continue reading “Hoboken schools need a clear strategic plan”
Dear Editor: As a Hoboken taxpayer I am extremely concerned with the mismanagement, waste and corruption in our school system, resulting in the highest per-pupil spending in NJ: $25,000 which is double of the state average. Three years ago the average Hoboken teacher earned $25,000 per year more than statewide and now that discrepancy is …
Continue reading “Vote for Maureen Sullivan and the Real Results slate”
Dear Editor, As someone who worked on the Social Studies Curriculum, I find Kathleen Tucker’s letter on 3/21 to be insulting and unfounded. Mrs. Tucker, if what you read was “vague, with only samples and generalities,” it does not surprise me. It was clearly entitled “Curriculum Overview for Social Studies,” and came from a PDF …
Continue reading “What qualifies you to ‘take a hard look’ at our curriculum?”