Hudson County voices

Dear Editor: Having served almost 4 terms (3 years per term) as an elected Board of Education trustee in the Secaucus District I can unequivocally say that Gov. Christie’s selection of Bret Schundler as commissioner of Education was/is a stroke of genius. This is the most difficult economic time I’ve ever experienced in all my …

Comments on NJ State Report Card Secaucus Public Schools

Dear Editor: Generally speaking, our school test scores are good considering that the Department of Education raised proficiency benchmarks for making adequate yearly progress in the 2008-09 school year. Although a bit of an anomaly, grades 3-5 benchmarks were lowered from 75 to 59 in language arts, and raised from 62 to 66 in mathematics. …