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Edison celebrates 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage; former Mayor Antonia Ricigliano honored as town’s first female mayor

Metuchen hires theater consultant service to conduct feasibility study for Forum Theater

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

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the [U.S.] House of Representatives and on June 4, 1919, it passed in the [U.S.] Senate.”

Thirty-six states came together to ratify the amendment. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the necessary 36th state and on Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment was

orough officials want to make sure when movie theaters are allowed to reopen, a plan is in place for the Metuchen Forum Theater.

The Borough Council approved a resolution at a meeting on Aug. 24 to award a contract to Webb Management Services, New York, as theater consultant services in a total amount not to exceed $49,000.

Webb Management will conduct a needs assessment in the amount not to exceed $26,000 and if necessary a business plan in the amount not to exceed $23,000.

Movie theaters closed in March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

“We have been working carefully for the last couple of months with a number of people [DEVCO, the borough planners and others who specialize in the arts],” Mayor Jonathan Busch said. “Webb Management has worked all over the country and they have an extraordinary track record.”

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It was a time for celebration inside the pavilion at Yelencsics Park as members of the Edison community celebrated the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement, as well as the many women who have made a difference in the township.

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t was a time for celebration inside the pavilion at Yelencsics Park as members of the community came together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement, as well as

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“It took a century for women’s voices to be heard … they were finally heard in 1920,” former Mayor Antonia Ricigliano said, noting the process moved quickly after many years of protests. “On May 21, 1919, the 19th Amendment was passed by

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John P. Stevens High School students create free tutoring service that spans three countries

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hen Divyesh Jevtani learned about LimitlessMinds – a free tutoring service run by high school students – from his son’s school principal, he jumped at the opportunity to sign up his son Vinay.

“My son was missing the one-to-one interaction with a teacher,” he said, adding Vinay was in the second grade at the time and is now a rising third grader. “Our tutor communicates with me after each session on what they covered and the homework for the week. She is very patient with Vinay and adjusts the curriculum per his own learning pace.”

The Edison School District transitioned to remote learning in March after it had to close schools due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Manan Shah and Linda Liu, seniors at John P. Stevens High School, teamed up to form LimitlessMinds Inc., a non-profit organization that matches K-8 students with volunteer tutors in their community to provide free 1:1 virtual tutoring in academics.

Manan said as he adjusted to online schooling, he realized that many other students including his younger cousins and friends, shared the same challenges that he was facing with the unexpected transition.

Through his experiences in Boy Scouts over the past decade and his service as the vice president of a local teen volunteer conservation unit, giving back has always been one of his core values.

That’s when he thought of recruiting volunteer high school students to provide free virtual tutoring to K-8 students.

“When Manan approached me with the idea, immediately I loved it,” Linda said.

The two high school students brainstormed a name for their idea, “Limitless” for Linda and “Minds” for Manan and created a logo.

They launched their idea on April 8 through their own social media and with the help from JP Stevens Principal Anthony Shallop, they were able to spread the word about their organization to middle and elementary school principals, who sent out their information to parents.

“Manan and Linda were driven to make a real difference in supporting those

Manan Shah, above, and Linda Liu, who are seniors at John P. Stevens High School, teamed up to form Limitless Minds Inc., a non-profit organization that matches K-8 students with volunteer tutors in their community to provide free 1:1 virtual tutoring in academics.

around them,” Shallop said. “They reached out to me with an idea to establish a network of student tutor volunteers to help the younger students in our district transition to remote learning and provide continued support. Together we worked on the logistics and rolled it out.”

Shallop said the school motto for the 2019-20 school year was, “If not me … then who?”

“When we shifted to remote learning, I stressed the importance of this mantra, encouraging our students to support one another and their surrounding communities,” he said. “So many students did just that.”

Donna Abatemarco, principal at James Madison Intermediate School, said the transition to remote learning was a challenge for everyone.

“Manan and Linda were experiencing the obstacles of remote learning firsthand and saw an opportunity to do something positive,” she said. “Within a few weeks, they were able to organize an incredible tutoring service to help our students navigate through the challenges of remote learning. In addition to supporting the students academically, the high school tutors also served as role models by showing our younger students what it takes to persevere

through tough times. Manan and Linda’s initiative is a shining example of how individuals can come together to help each other as a community.”

Mike Seiler, principal for James Madison Primary School, said when Manan and Linda reached out to him and shared their vision, he immediately jumped on board.

“It is always great when we can work together as a district to support not only our students, but in this case, the families of our students,” he said. “As a parent myself, I knew how difficult it was to keep up with work and teaching my son at home.

Having this support for the parents and the students was a huge support that enabled students to grow and to take some of the pressure off of the parents.”

Seiler said Edison is filled with many creative, talented and smart students.

“This is just another example of how they rise to a challenge to support other students and community,” he said. “I am really proud of their efforts.”

From April to now, LimitlessMinds took off. The organization has 300 volunteer high school tutors spanning 14 chapters and three countries.

There are chapters in East Brunswick, Iselin, Marlboro and West Windsor-Plains-

boro and New York City, Houston, and the capital cities of Pakistan and El Salvador.

The organization recently reached more than 1,700 tutoring hours.

Manan said he had two friends from Scotch Plains reach out to him to volunteer as tutors. With the realization the service could span to Scotch Plains, his friends spread the service to their area. Then Linda reached out to people she knew from East Brunswick and the chapters snowballed from there.

“We’ve had people reach out from Hawaii and California where we don’t have chapters yet,” Manan said. “In those cases, we still want to help them so we just matched them with another chapter.”

The chapter in Edison is the largest chapter. Manan and Linda manage volunteer tutoring inquiries and tutee inquiries through a form.

“A student indicates what grade they are in, what subject they need help with and what times they are available, and we match tutors and tutees with similar availability and alignment of subjects,” Linda said.

The impetus of LimitlessMinds was to provide help to the community during COVID-19, the high school students said.

“As it grew, we realized we could morph into a free tutoring service because tutoring can be very expensive,” Linda said.

Manan and Linda said the feedback from parents, teachers and principals have been amazing and rewarding.

“We even had a retired teacher from another district who sent us a letter in the mail thanking both of us for our efforts,” Manan said.

Linda said she not not only loves that their organization provides tutoring where a student can improve in their academics, but it also creates a bond – kind of like an older sibling type bond – which is important in a time where people may feel isolated.

“This way they can see other people and have that connection to the outside world and get to know someone,” she said.

Also, tutors are able to receive volunteer hours through the service.

For more information, visit http://www. limitlessmindsinc.org/.

“Manan and Linda were driven to make a real difference in supporting those around them. ...”

— JP Stevens Principal Anthony Shallop

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Middlesex County College sees rise in number M of high school students taking college courses

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n an effort to prepare himself for Advanced Placement (AP) exams in calculus and physics, Avinash Kumar signed up for classes at Middlesex County College.

It was the summer of 2017 before his sophomore year of high school.

“At the time, my high school, the Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Technologies, did not offer many AP courses,” he said.

“While this did not prevent me from taking the AP exams, it did put me at a severe disadvantage when it came to preparing for the exams.”

Kumar, of Edison, has joined a growing number of students who are taking advantage taking classes at Middlesex County College (MCC) while still in high school.

“We’ve seen extensive growth over the past three years,” said Kimberlee Hooper, director of K-12 Partnerships at MCC. The number of high school students taking MCC classes has gone from just under 1,800 in 2017-18 to more than 3,100 in 2019-20 – a jump of almost 60%, Hooper said.

Hooper said she believes two major fac-

tors play are role in the growth.

“First, school districts are organizing and promoting options for their students better, making sure they understand they have numerous post-high school choices,” she said.

For example, some students would be best served by earning a certificate in a short amount of time, and then going into the workforce. For others, a two-year degree that leads to a job is most appropriate, and for others, a two-year degree and then transferring to a four-year school is the right path, Hooper said.

“That’s where we come in because of our flexibility and low cost,” she said, noting that is the second factor. “High school students can take a three or four credit class for $125, including tuition and fees. Parents love that they can save literally thousands of dollars by having their kids take classes that will transfer to a four-year institution.”

Other advantages include allowing students to get used to the college experience, the amount of work, and what is expected of them in a college setting.

“It allows you to build up your academic profile and it helps solidify your career goals,” Hooper said. “You may think you (Continued on page 8)

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Middlesex County awarded largest federal grant to preserve Metuchen Meeting House Battlefield “Our vision and passion to commemorate our deep roots in the Revolutionary War in Middlesex County drives us to continually seek funding to preserve our most sacred sites,” Richard Lear, director of Parks & Recreation at Middlesex County Department of Infrastructure Management, said in the statement. “This competitive pitch was hard won by the many members of our department and the Board of Chosen Freeholders; it signifies a major accomplishment for not only our county but the entire State of New Jersey.”

“I applaud the tremendous efforts made by the County to vie for this award, this is a proud moment for all of us who live here and a huge win for American history,” Freeholder and Chair of Infrastructure Management, Charles Tomaro, said in the statement. “Without this vital funding, we risk losing part of history forever and an important facet of our county’s identity. By protecting our historic sites, we honor our forefathers and the sacrifice they’ve made for the freedom we celebrate today.”

The Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant program, administered by the American Battlefield Protection Program, provides up to 50% in matching funds for state and local governments to acquire and preserve threatened Revolutionary War, War

of 1812, and Civil War battlefield land through the purchase of land in fee simple and permanent, protective interests in land, according to the statement. Eligible battlefields are listed in the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission’s 1993 “Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields” and the 2007 “Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States.”

The Metuchen Meeting House Battlefield is the site of the Battle of Short Hills.

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William Howe advanced westward, where they were met by Continental forces under General George Washington, according to the statement. American soldiers positioned themselves on a series of hills adjacent to the roadway, including these lands that will be incorporated into the adjacent Short Hills Battlefield Historic District listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places.

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Ricigliano said the 19th Amendment stated the “right to vote could not be denied because of sex (gender).” She said although the 19th Amendment gave people the right to vote, literacy tests and taxes imposed by states made it impossible for all people to vote, especially people of color.

“It took an additional 45 years to when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that ended [racial] discriminatory practices and gave all

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people the right to responsibly vote,” she said.

Ricigliano was honored as the first female mayor in Edison – she served from 2010 to 2013 – during the celebration on Aug. 30.

Mayor Thomas Lankey said he had the privilege of running with Ricigliano on her ticket when she first ran for mayor.

“I got to work with her on the Township Council under her administration,” he said. “There were times we might have disagreed on one or two things, but one of the things I’ve always admired is her motive; everything she did was for the best of Edison … there were no hidden agendas.”

Lankey said he is honored to have wit-

nessed the passion Ricigliano had during her service to the township.

“I can honestly say I’m a better person to have known Toni … the township of Edison is a much better community because of her service,” he said.

Council President Joyce Ship-Freeman, who became the first African American woman to serve on council when she began her council term in January, led the celebration as master of ceremonies.

Ship-Freeman said the many women before them have been through so much so they could come together to celebrate.

“I always say [regardless of political affiliation], if someone says something negative about women, it’s important not to join

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“That’s how women survive – by staying together.”

Elsie Dublin-Foster, a councilperson in Highland Park and a member of the Women’s Political Caucus FILE PHOTO Mayor Antonia Ricigliano of New Jersey, was honored as the first and Gail E. female mayor in Edison Lalla, president – she served from 2010 of the Middleto 2013 – during the cel- sex County ebration on Aug. 30.

Young Democrats, served as guest speakers.

Casey Kregeloh of Edison High School led the Pledge of Allegiance and Rev. Shelia Hobson, pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Fords, led the invocation and benediction.

A number of township elected officials, past and present, were honored at the ceremony along with members of the public, including Theresa Ward, former Board of Education (BOE) member; Gloria Dittman, former BOE member and president of the Edison Arts Society; Ann Marie Griffin-Usaak, former council member; Eileen Germain-Teffenhart, former council member; Elizabeth Conway, current BOE member; Sapana Shah, former council member; Beth Maroney, current BOE member; Jane Brady, former council member and county freeholder; Falguni Patel, current BOE member; and Jane Tousman, who served as a long-time environmental activist in the township before she passed away in 2014.

Also at the celebration, Kathleen Carlucci, director of the Thomas Edison Memorial Tower, presented “Women Voters,” a short film by Thomas Edison from 1913.

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The theater consultants have worked with Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown and White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, which is a similar theater to the Forum Theater, Busch said.

“They will provide an evaluation and a feasibility study,” he said. “They will take into account what we need, what people expect, combined with the market and what will be successful there.”

The mayor said the process will take months, but “it is specifically designed to gather extensive public input and consult with experts from throughout the arts industry in an effort to provide guidance on the district’s eventual business operations to ensure that the project is as successful for our community as possible.”

Busch said buying a theater is not something many people get to do.

“Buying a theater is the easy part; the hard part is to make sure it’s sustainable for decades to come,” he said. “It’s a unique market with a lot of opportunity. We want to make sure we bring in the right people, this is part of that step. Eventually we will allow people from the public to be able to provide input.”

In 2019, Busch signed a purchase contract to acquire the theater from Marloe Enterprises Inc. for $1.399 million. The Lowery family had owned the theater for

37 years.

The acquisition of the historic 1927 theater was made possible with a $3.5 million grant from Middlesex County, the largest single grant Metuchen has received from the county.

In October 2018, county and borough officials came together to announce the county was allocating the grant from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund to help create the Metuchen Arts District.

The Metuchen Arts District would include the Forum Theater along Main Street and the corner of Amboy Avenue, the site of an abandoned gas station. The acquisition of the theater is the first major step in the borough’s proposed creation of a Metuchen Arts District, which officials announced in August 2018.

The proposed arts district would include a renovation of the 450-seat Forum Theater and the conversion of the gas station next door into a contemporary indoor-outdoor event space and dining area called “Spot.”

Busch has said the proposed arts district would not only restore the Forum Theater and create an art hub, but also create potential sustainable revenue which would lead to greater economic development and benefits for Metuchen and Middlesex County through parking fees and advertisements.

The mayor explained that since the space would be a public entity, a special concession liquor license could be considered for an interested restaurant group.

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are interested in one field, but after taking a class or two, decide that it’s not for you. It’s much better to find that out before you are too far along.”

For Kumar, he gained experience in balancing the challenging workload of his MCC courses and his usual high school workload.

“I pulled through largely due to my extremely supportive MCC professors and having developed a much stronger work ethic,” he said.

In June, he graduated from the Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies.

In August he graduated from Middlesex County College with an associate’s degree in math. He was named a 2020 National Merit Scholarship winner.

This fall, Kumar will attend the New Jersey Institute of Technology on a full scholarship as part of the accelerated BS/ MS (bachelor’s and master’s degree) program at NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College. He is planning a career in information technology.

“MCC served as a bridge between high school and NJIT,” he said. “The class sizes were small and the professors were supportive.”

For high school students thinking about taking college courses during their high school years, Kumar suggests starting as early as possible and introducing “yourself to your professor and let them know about your situation either before or during the first class.”

Hooper said another factor in the growth was outreach to charter and non-public schools in the area. MCC went from serving 22 schools in 2016 to 37 today.

“In the past, many of the parents were focused on four-year schools, but we’ve been reaching out to explain why we’re a viable option,” she said. “It’s becoming a great resource for their students. They especially like hearing about MCC’s transfer agreements.”

East Brunswick High School now offers a dual degree program with MCC, and three districts – Middlesex Borough, South Plainfield and Colonia – are developing the programs.

“Just like Mr. Kumar, students can actually earn a college degree while still in high school,” Hooper said, adding she expects several students will graduate from MCC in May 2021 and East Brunswick High School the following month.

“Most lean toward our liberal arts majors, but we also have students interested in science and business,” she said. “Essentially, they can set their own pathway. Our hope is that we’re part of the process for these students, whether it’s one course, or 10 courses, or a degree.”

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We need to create an anti-racist Edison public school system

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dison Public Schools (EPS) is fail- certified staff of the school district, including its students. More specifically, ing educators, support system, and adminEPS, like most American systems, is istrators, are 89.1% White. This difference not explicitly anti-racist. Merely a glance has created deep cultural misunderstandat the Instagram account @racism.inedi- ings and consequent mistrust between stusonschools demonstrates the impact of the dents, teachers and administrators. school system on students’ psychological This mistrust further worsens existing well-being. The Instagram issues within EPS, such as account has published over minimal curricula on GUEST COLUMN the 100 testimonies from curthe legacy of systemic rac• rent and former students, ism and the history of peosharing lived experiences ple of color in the United Rita Wang with other students and States, as well as the overadministrators who have representation of Black not been held accountable for racist acts on and Latinx students in disciplinary action. school grounds. Furthermore, the effects As a result of these experiences and efof this racist system are perpetuated by a fects, students leave Edison Public Schools disconnect between the diversity of the stu- with no understanding of what structural dent body and EPS’ administrators. racism and systemic oppression are, with Edison High School has a student body no adequate ability to discuss racial injuswith 73.6% students of color, and John P. tice in the United States and the world, and Stevens High School has a student body have limited understanding of effective rewith 89.1% students of color. However, the sponses to racism.

We, alumni and students of Edison Public Schools, recognize the unique harms and experiences by our school system that cannot be defined by a simple black and white binary. We have identified six key issues that we want Edison Township school district and the Board of Education to address by Dec. 1: • Faculty diversity and staff training • Punitive punishment • Class-level tracking • Ethnic studies • The name change of schools • Mental health

Faculty Diversity and Staff Training: By the time students of color graduate, they are traumatized by incidents in which White teachers, guidance counselors and administrators are ignorant and dismissive of their culture and racial identity. Teachers and administrators turn a blind eye to

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Punitive Punishment: The suspension statistics in Edison show that Black American students are overrepresented in Edison suspensions by 400%, yet are underrepresented in honors-level classes such as calculus, which only less than 1% of Black American students in Edison ever get to take.

Yet it is highly unlikely that Black students are more prone to punishment – rather, Black Americans, including Edison Black Americans, are impacted by the historical effects of slavery, which continue to affect their achievement and wealth accumulation. Years of segregation and unequal school access from before and after the Civil Rights movement have made it more difficult for Black Americans to achieve their academic goals.

Furthermore, lingering unconscious racial bias associating Black students with violence has led to teachers and administrators also being more likely to punish Black students as opposed to other students. The racial breakdown of suspension statistics in Edison demonstrates that Edison teachers and administrators are not free of implicit racial bias.

Tracking: Edison schools rigidly segregate students early on based on class level, known in education policy as tracking.

Tracking is the system by which students’ achievement benchmarks are determined in order to place them in academic levels starting in elementary school, and this has very real effects on students’ ideas about racial identity and intelligence. Asian Americans are overrepresented in advanced classes and underrepresented in punitive discipline statistics. As a result of tracking and punitive discipline, the perceptions of Asian overachievement and Black underachievement perpetuate unsubstantiated assumptions about intellectual superiority. Without a historical understanding of race and power in the United States, this

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myth seems too logical. Thus, many students graduate from the school believing in Asian American intellectual supremacy, and the inferiority of Black Americans.

Ethnic Studies: Students would have an easier time understanding racism if they understood ethnic studies, which is the interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity, as understood through the perspectives of major underrepresented racial groups in the United States. The achievement gap in EPS is not a product of intellectual superiority, but rather a product of historical events and policies that have led to inequality.

In this way, Edison Public Schools demonstrate the model minority myth, yet do nothing to explain why this is a myth.

The model minority is a myth that Asians are somehow more intelligent than other races, when in fact, highly educated Asian Americans were cherry-picked to immigrate to the United States by the government. Prior to 1965, Asian immigrants were extremely limited in their ability to immigrate to this country due to strict quota laws.

The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act created two preference pathways for immigration: one for close relatives of U.S. citizens and the other for highachieving scientists and engineers. As a result, many high-achieving Asian Americans were able to immigrate to the United States and settle into towns such as Edison because of New Jersey’s pharmaceutical industries, as well as its proximity to New York’s technology companies. Studies have shown that highly educated parents with advanced degrees, in turn, have academically successful children, which explains Asian American educational achievement in Edison.

Yet these important formative historical events are brushed past or are entirely ignored in Edison Public Schools’ United States history classes, and their importance to our current moment is not emphasized.

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Edison man charged with bank fraud and identity theft

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Middlesex County man and two New York men were charged on Sept. 3 with bank fraud and identity

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Benjamin Rich, 40, of Edison; and Frank Ambrosio, 35, and Felix Alamo, 59, both of Brooklyn, are each charged by complaint with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to information provided by U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito.

Rich and Alamo were scheduled to appear by videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark on Sept. 3.

Ambrosio remained at large, as of press time.

According to the documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Rich, Ambrosio and Alamo, and others, allegedly conspired to defraud banks across New Jersey, and elsewhere, by using the personal identification information (PII) of victims to open fraudulent bank accounts in order to deposit fraudulently obtained checks.

Rich would allegedly obtain checks that were either stolen or counterfeited, according to the statement. He would then allegedly create sham businesses with names closely resembling those of the payees appearing on the stolen or counterfeited checks. For example, if defendant Rich

obtained a check made payable to “ABC Corp.,” he would allegedly create a sham business called “ABC LLC.” Rich would later provide Ambrosio, Alamo, and other conspirators, with fraudulent identification documents bearing their photographs and the victims’ PII and business opening documents in order to open the fraudulent bank accounts for the sham businesses, according to the allegations.

The conspirators would allegedly deposit the fraudulently obtained or counterfeited checks into those fraudulent bank accounts and then withdraw the funds before anyone could detect the fraud, according to the statement.

The charge of bank fraud carries a maximum of 30 years in prison and a maximum fine of $1 million, or twice the gain derived or loss caused by the offense, whichever is greater. The charge of aggravated identity theft carries a statutory minimum term of imprisonment of two years in prison, which must run consecutively to any other term of imprisonment imposed, and a fine of $250,000, or twice the gain derived or loss caused by the offense.

U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited postal inspectors of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Inspector in Charge James Buthorn, with the investigation leading to the charges.

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Name change of schools: Almost all the schools in EPS are named after White American presidents. Given the above breakdown of the diversity of Edison students, our town’s students of color cannot possibly feel that their identities are valued by the district. As such, all schools that are named after U.S. presidents should be changed, given their participation in and perpetuation of the U.S. settler-colonial project, and their complicity in the genocide of indigenous peoples here in the U.S. and abroad.

Mental Health: The mental health of students in EPS inherently involves race, due to the fact that students of color overwhelmingly report a higher need for mental health services. As a result of the majority-White counseling department, students feel uncomfortable and gaslighted when talking to their school counselors about their experiences. They feel that their school counselors don’t understand their concerns with their family and teachers, which causes a disconnect between counselor and student. School counselors and PATH clinicians are also quick to place blame on the parents based on a student’s race and ignore the student’s actual concerns. Administrators have Asian American stereotypes of “strict tiger parents” and thus blame the strict parents for student academic stress, instead of creating ways to bridge the cultural divide between administrators and parents.

This is not an exhaustive list. The commitment to anti-racist schools is not a checklist endeavor to pursue, but rather a lifelong incorporation of narratives of color into the predominantly white and Euro-centric canon of academic materials that are currently in our schools. Addressing these six key areas is simply a first step in making our town and our schools anti-racist, providing comprehensive education to our students, and developing moral and just citizens. We look forward to working with the Edison Board of Education and wait for their comprehensive plan by Dec. 1.

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