*Maria's Blog

Views, opinions and thoughts on, mostly, Plainfield Public Schools by a concerned resident and former PPSD parent. If you think that what has been written here today is important, please pass it along. If you would like to get in touch with me directly please e-mail me at: pellum9@aol.com, I'll try to respond as soon as possible. *Formerly published as the Crescent Times

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Plainfield School Leaders need to Show How School Budget Is Tied to Student Academic Improvement

Are you talking about the school district budget?

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      • 2 Good Deeds Opportunities Today
      • Field Trip: Longwood Gardens
      • Philadelphus Manteau d'Hermine: A Must for Fragan...
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      • How I hated paying my PMUA bill
      • When Space is Tight, Garden Anyway
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      • Plant Sale at the J. Buck Garden: Today and Tomor...
      • A Site to Visit This Year: Mt. Cuba Center
      • Be Advised: New Cherry Trees Planting Ceremony Th...
      • In case you missed it last night:
      • Plainfield Police Department Will Take Your Old an...
      • Answering Questions from a Reader on BOAACD's Admi...
      • Block Associations Meet Today, Tuesday
      • Dan is way too nice, there is no engagement
      • Commentary on latest homicide
      • To BOAAAC's Principal: Confabulation? Please
      • State's DOE New Rules for Failing Schools Start To...
      • Why is the Barack Obama Academy a Priority School ...
      • It is Official: I've got a bad case of the "seven...
      • Join Neighbors Today for a Good Cause
      • Family, Easter, Spring Break and Garden: All Dema...
      • You are an American: So What?
      • Changing the Rules: BOE's Conflict of Interest Po...
      • A look into Plainfield Action Services
      • There are Plainfield tales and then there is decep...
      • PHS Seniors, Lane and Allen-Jordan, Announce Their...
      • Education in Plainfield Assessment: Has it improv...
      • Isn't It Time We Join the Autism Conversation?
      • Stray Cats: What solution is there for them?
      • April Fool's Day Posts by Local Bloggers or the Re...
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      • Synthetic Turf: A NYC Study That Can Help Illustr...
      • Listen to Hub Stine Presentation Yourself, Audio A...
      • Hub Stine: An Image of the Proposed Plan
      • Hub Stine Project: The Blame Games Start
      • The School Board Adopted the Hub Stine Project in ...
      • Seventeen 70ft Poles with 1500 Watts Coming to Hub...
      • Guest Post: A Resident's Report on Last Night's BO...
      • Dan Confirms It: Plainfield's Hub Stine Field Goe...
      • This Tuesday: Come Meet Your Active Neighbors, You...
      • Local Blogs Labeled Porn Sites at the School Distr...
      • Undressing Plainfield's Intractable Issues
      • What the Plainfield Rental Picture Looks Like
      • Hub Stine Field Proyects Presentation This Tuesday...
      • Here is a copy of the City Audit FY11, but where i...
      • Plainfield School Board and Its Special Meetings
      • Plainfield's Former City Administrator, Norton Bon...
      • PMUA: On Forensic Audits
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      • The Cobra Found Its Way Home!
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      • The National Urban League's 12 Points
      • More on the BOE Meeting: The Assembly and Personn...
      • Quick BOE Meeting Review
      • On Thinking Tools
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      • Things that make one wonder what they mean...
      • Old Doc's Post
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      • Strategies for Policing During Lean Times Presenta...
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      • The Courier News' Blotter
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      • A NJ Legislator's Newsletter
      • Lawsuits Against Plainfield Are Now Internet Acces...
      • Special Mention on Sunshine Week: Cook School
      • Plainfield School Administrators' Costs & Union Ci...
      • Last Night's BOE Meeting
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      • 200 Years of History: Do you know where we all ar...
      • High School Sports: The Champions & Their Parents...
      • Sunshine Week Starts Today: Where would you like ...
      • American by Birthright, A Study
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      • School Board Agenda: It's that time of the year a...
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      • Would you work here?
      • Immigration: The Other Side of Immigration & US P...
      • No Child Left Behind Challenged by US DOE
      • School District Budget: Planning Preparation & Ad...
      • Good News About PPS: Curriculum Guides Are Now Po...
      • HS Graduation Rate Changes
      • School Construction: Cook and Hubbard Get Low Pri...
      • Overcrowding At Elementary Schools
      • Three Quick Things Today
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      • The Cartel Movie
      • $15.00 Well Spent: Parental Empowerment Summit
      • Proposed Budget Adopted, New One Has Been Posted
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      • School Budget: Needs vs. Wants
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