Glassboro's school superintendent writes that the poster is appropriate in historical context.
To the Editor:
This is in response to the recent letter "Why does (Glassboro High) school have Che Guevara poster?" from Mike Herner:
As the Glassboro superintendent of schools, it is part of my job to ensure that students are provided with an appropriate curriculum. When our teachers teach world history, they discuss with students all aspects of the subject. Teachers may choose as part of their instruction on that topic to display posters, learning artifacts and/or other propaganda that were prevalent at a particular time in history.
The poster of Che Guevara is no different. It is part of a variety of posters placed in classrooms as part of the instruction on a particular topic. The school district's mission is to provide our students with the tools necessary to be contributing members of a changing society. This is best achieved by offering a strong curriculum and one which provides our students with both a current and global world view, as well as a historic perspective.
While there is no intention to offend individual sensibilities, to the extent that Herner disagrees with the choice of the poster, we certainly understand his perspective.
Mark J. Silverstein
Superintendent
Glassboro Public Schools
Primary election fatigue setting in
To the Editor:
Is anybody else sick of presidential primary elections?
Why do we have to have them so stretched out? By the time New Jersey gets to vote (June 7), it will probably be useless in regard to selecting party nominees. Like the November general election, all of the states should hold their primaries on the same day.
What a waste of money. Umpteen Republicans have been running, many of them while still holding their elective taxpayer-funded jobs. What would happen if I told my employer that I would miss work to seek another job, but still expected my full paycheck? "You're' fired!"
Our taxes have been paying for Gov. Chris Christie to spend 261 days last year outside of New Jersey. I say, if you want to run for president, quit your current job first.
The Democrats are no better. Hillary Clinton couldn't even manage her own email as secretary of state. How is she going to run the country? Sen. Bernie Sanders is a socialist.
Democracy? I'm to the point where I don't care. Whoever is elected will not be for the people.
Charles Garrison
Elmer
Seniors need not miss school vote
To the Editor:
Regarding the South Jersey Times editorial "End N.J.'s extra school bond voting dates" on Feb. 7:
(The editorial called for school district borrowing referenda to be held on the same November date as regular school elections, not on several separate voting dates each year. It also criticized as inhospitable to senior citizens the limited hours -- mostly late afternoon and evening -- that polls are open on the school referenda dates.)
I live in a senior citizen community in Monroe Township, and I do believe our school board cares about the seniors. The board set up a meeting in the Holiday City clubhouse to discuss the district's March 8 referendum on bond financing of up to $14.9 million for facility improvements.
This community consists of 1,200 voters, and seniors DO vote.
I have gone to the Gloucester County Board of Elections offices in West Deptford Township and picked up more than 1,000 absentee ballot to make sure that everyone has a chance to vote in the referendum -- even if is "cold and dark," as the editorial states, when polling sites are open.
Ron Coleman
Williamstown
Note: The writer is a member of the Monroe Township Board of Education.
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