Lauren Bright Pacheco
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On the article Armed Robbery of Two CHS Students, Police Say
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On the article Armed Robbery of Two CHS Students, Police Say
Lauren Bright Pacheco
10:23 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
ReplyAs for the gun toting "two juveniles", was a description released? What did these guys look like? How tall were they? What were they wearing?
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On the article Tuscan School Promotes Teacher to Fill Vacancy
Lauren Bright Pacheco
2:45 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012
ReplyHere's the ad they placed...on CRAIGSLIST...to fill the position:
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On the article $5 Bag Prospect Rummage Sale THIS Saturday, 9/8, 9:30am-1pm, 646 Prospect Street
Lauren Bright Pacheco
1:15 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
ReplyJust a reminder for bargainistas: $5 Bag Prospect Rummage Sale THIS Saturday, 9/8, 9:30am-1pm, 646 Prospect Street
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On the article $5 Bag Prospect Rummage Sale THIS Saturday, 9/8, 9:30am-1pm, 646 Prospect Street
Lauren Bright Pacheco
11:09 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012
ReplyCaroline- you'll find many, but you may have to beat me to them! ;-)
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On the article UPDATED: Board of Ed Debates Tuition Reimbursement
Lauren Bright Pacheco
9:42 pm on Thursday, August 30, 2012
ReplyGreat article, Carolyn.
If Wren Hardin wants to know why kids are sneaking into our our district, there's a simple answer: because they do so because they know they CAN and we don't do a darn thing about it. There is no penalty at all, NOTHING but removal. Why in the world wouldn’t people try to upgrade out of their schools if they deemed our District better?
As a district we need to STOP rezoning and spending our strapped resources to build more space until we take our residency/registration system into the current century. You wouldn't expect to board a plane without ID just because you showed it on a previous flight once before - why shouldn't we prove residency each year to attend our schools?
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On the article NJ Sikh Leaders Call for More Education After Shooting
Lauren Bright Pacheco
12:17 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
Ignorance, insanity, hatred and lenient gun laws = horrific combination.
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On the article Editor's Notebook: Hello, Maplewood!
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On the Blog Post Addressing Non-Resident Students in Our Schools
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On the Blog Post Addressing Non-Resident Students in Our Schools
Lauren Bright Pacheco
6:09 pm on Tuesday, July 24, 2012
ReplyI'm going to bring up the fact that our BOE recently rezoned kids legally in our schools - uprooted them from their friends and paraded their families in a very public forum that pitted school communities against one another as they fought to keep their children in their zoned schools.
They did this without first proactively addressing the number of non-domiciled students - a number we now know could be quite significant - and ignored a petition with a considerable number of taxpayers' signatures on it to do so.
The way the in which our neighbors were forced to plead their cases before being rezoned was unfair at best. These families also wanted the best education for their kids, too, which is why they moved here and were willing to pay these high taxes in the first place. They didn't break the law and they weren't illegally taking other children’s places in their classrooms, but yet were removed from their neighborhood schools. Why should rezoning be considered acceptable and discussing non-domiciled students offensive and insensitive in our towns?
It would seem that our District rezoning policy is about cold, hard numbers when it comes to taxpaying residents and falsifying residency is about warm, fuzzy individuals in terms of those not legally in our district.
We're still dealing with strapped resources and overcrowding, so another rezoning is just a matter of time – which makes the issue of non-domiciled students even more pressing - and upsetting.
Lauren Bright Pacheco
1:32 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
I didn't say I did. In fact, I know NOTHING about the perps other than their gender because they aren't described in the above article or mentioned on our town's blotter:
http://www.maplewoodpd.org/Blotter.php
Why aren't descriptions and sketches being released? Again, how tall were they? What were they wearing? What did they look like? Did they have any notable characteristics? Facial hair? Markings? Accents? Anything?