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Vol. 22 - No. 28
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Central Reg. School Choice Program Nets $1M
December 17, 2016
POP WARNER CHAMPS
–Photo by Bob Vosseller Superintendent Dr. Triantafillos Parlapanides speaks at the open house for Central Regional’s School Choice program. By Bob Vosseller BERKELEY – A program that has helped to bring in $1 million to the Central Regional school district is now recruiting its next students. More than 30 parents and students came out to hear the virtues of the district’s School Choice program and the academies that it offers during an open house held on November 28 at Central Regional High School. Central Regional applied to the state to become a “school choice” district in 2010 and since that time has reaped the rewards of receiving state funds for projects which have covered the cost of new windows and a roof at its middle school, Wi-Fi, white boards curriculum materials and other projects. The program is available to students who live out the Central Regional’s constituent districts who can apply to go to school there for a fee. As the district is a “choice school” meaning that if someone wanted their child to attend Central Regional and they do not live in one of Central Regional’s five constituent districts, they may attend after applying, getting accepted and paying a fee. The district uses these state funds for onetime purchases only as to not create a hole (Program - See Page 4)
–Photo by Catherine Galioto BERKELEY – The Berkeley Pop Warner Junior Varsity Football Team was honored by the township council at its early December meeting, packing town hall with the players and coaches who each received a certificate of appreciation from the mayor and council. The team is the 2016 New Jersey Shore Division 3 champions. Mayor Carmen Amato sported a jersey with his name on the back in a show of support.
A Day That Will Live In Infamy
By Judy Smestad-Nunn OCEAN COUNTY – A local WWII veteran was honored, and was also a guest speaker during a ceremony held on the 75th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lakewood resident, Jim DiPiazza, 91, who served in the Pacific theater during the war, was presented with a proclamation by Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari that called the December 7, 1941 attack “a defining moment in the history of the United States.” During a two-wave, two-hour attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese warplanes, which began at 7:55 a.m. on a Sunday, over 2,400 people were killed, another 1,000 were wounded, 21 American ships were sunk or damaged, and 300 airplanes were damaged or destroyed, most of
which were still on the ground. Nearly half of the casualties were on the naval battleship USS Arizona, which was hit four times by Japanese bombers and eventually sank. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan. Before introducing DiPiazza, Head Reference Librarian Elizabeth Cronin said that “commemoration requires remembrance,” and that many who were there during the attack are “fading from living memory.” A group called Pearl Harbor Survivors Society officially disbanded in December 2011 since there too few survivors left to keep the organization running, Cronin said. The Society transferred their assets to the (Infamy - See Page 5)
–Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn Lakewood resident, Jim DiPiazza, 91, in the Pacific theater of WWII, and spoke of his service during a Pearl Harbor ceremony.
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