Thanks to Gov. Chris Christie and his appointed commissioner of education, taxpayers of Washington Township, Burlington County, are saddled with an egregious tax burden that staggers the imagination.
We
have, at present, an elementary school with 29 students and 10
teachers. This unbelievable situation stands today because the
commissioner has refused to close the school.
New
Jersey law - a law passed, in my opinion, due to pressure from the New
Jersey Education Association - requires that if we close our school and
another district takes our students, they must also take our teachers,
and ours are at the top of the salary scale. But if an education
commissioner closes the school, this law would not apply The
commissioner was petitioned by the Washington Township Committee to
close our school, but he denied the request. The governor has stated in
the past that situations like this must be corrected. I believe the
commissioner must not be aware of the governor's opinion.
Sending
the students to another district would not only cut the cost per
student dramatically which would benefit the taxpayers. But, in the
opinion of many it would also benefit the students both academically and
socially
BUD WALKER
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