Encouraging Residents to Vote Yes on Princeton Public Schools Referendum
To the Editor:
As a longtime Princeton resident, I am grateful that the public school system provided excellent education opportunities for our three children and continues to be forward thinking in meeting our students’ needs. The referendum presented to us carefully addresses physical plant, learning needs, and cost efficiency; I fully support passing the full measure.
While our children are now in their 30s, my husband and I feel strongly that all of us in our community have a responsibility to support our schools, just as those before us supported the last very successful building expansion and maintenance. We appreciate the approach to expand rather than build new, and to make use of state funds to reduce costs. But above all we support maintaining small class size and spaces comfortable for learning.
With climate change causing more hot humid days, we cannot risk letting the HVAC system fail in the high school. Imagine our teens trying to concentrate in 90+ heat; we must be proactive!
And imagine the joy that a music teacher can create in a dedicated music room instead of carting materials around to each classroom as was done last year at Littlebrook.
These are just a few of the day-to-day benefits the referendum will provide for our students. And the act of our community coming together to support our schools will benefit us all with a united spirit in valuing and nurturing education in Princeton. I hope you will join me in voting yes on all three PPS Referendum measures on January 28!