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Herald * Lantern 30 December SI

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(From P»*e 1) court** are geared toward American History Kim' Amundaen, an international txnineM major at Grove City College, said that a itrofiger foreign language program should be introduced at Middle She em ' phasized that it’j important to be able to speak a foreign language with some degree of fluency if one intends to go to college. MS. AMUNDSEN ALSO advocated that local high school students have the dpportunity to take Advanced Placement course* "Moat {college! freshmen have had AP course*.’’ ihe said Another former student. Julie Allen, credits the business courses she had in high school with helping her decide to pur sue a career as a systems analyst. A

some upgrading, according to Diane SMeravage, a freshmen business major at Penn State. She said that while she was well prepared to meet college work in such areas as chemistry,’when it came to math she hkd sothe problems. Although she had followed the college bound math sequence of Albegra I k II, Geometry and College • Prep Math, she said she as^not at all satisfied" with her math ^reparation.; Two other former students, now attending the Art Institure of Philadelphia, said it would benefit those students planning to further their education at art schools' if a greater variety of art courses could be offered at Middle Both Brenda Keith and Chariette James emphasized that different aspects of krt, rather than just still life and water color, need to be introduced to students at the high school level. "THE WORK IS too simple here," Ms.

ARt MAJORS Charteite James, left, and Brenda Keith feel more aspects of art than jaat sUII life and water co*«r need to be Introduced to stadents at the high school level. C—freshman computer science major at L" 7 Stockton, Ms. Allen said that the computer

, rourse* at Middle are good, but more are ‘ She empfasized that survey

the one offered in be available for other English sind science. I the educational program

she said, adding that comer freshmen at Stockton, "I prepared better than most of my

colleagues "

MS. ALLEN ALSO suggested that students of equal ability'to in the same class—rather than mixing^ability levels. She noted that’s how it’s done in Michigan where she attended junior high school. The high school math program could use

DfANE 8IDERAVAGE Math program needs

upgrading. .

Keith said, adding that she teamed more in a display and advertising course she had at Middle than in all the high school art

courses put together.

The science program at the school received a strong vote of confidence from a number of former students now studying science in college. According to guidance cousekn- Dave Blood, this group felt Hurt the hands-on approach they received in labs has helped them in their present work—especially those in the military. B’ d also noted that these students feel the ..igh school is too protective of its students. "They [students] realize there’s not always going to be someone there to pick them up if they fall flat on their face,"

he said.

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ERMA - Although legislation is pending in Trenton that will change the method of apportioning operating costs of regional school districts among constituent districts, according to the bill’s sponsor — Senator Charles Yates, (D-Burlington) — individual regional districts will not lose overall tax revenue. For the Lower Cape May Regional School District, this means fears that the district could lose up to 180,000 in valuable tax revenues when the legislation requiring regional districts to apportion costs on the basic of populations residing on taxable property goes intb effect are unfounded. But based upon the legislation that has already passed both houses. Lower Township tax payers will now have to pay a larger percentage of the financial cost of operating the district while Cape May taxpayers will pay less. Superintendent Ephraim Keller said last week that the new legislation will change the system of appropriating costs to the constituent districts back to the way it was • prior to 1975 + with the exception there will be no provisions for individuals living on non-taxable property. Currently there are » district students jiving in Coast Guard housing in Cape May. When the district was originally established, the current expense portion of the school budget was apportioned among the constituent districts of Cape May, West Cape May and Lower Twp. on the basic of. the number of students living in each community attending Regional. Capital outlay and debt service portions of the budget have always been based on assessed valuation. In 1975, the state passed a law requiring the current* expense budget also to be apportioned based upon assessed valuation. This resulted in Cape May’s taxpayers paying a higher regional tax because of the municipality's higher assessed property -figure than the’number of sfudents'aMending the school. i Now, legislation again intends to provide for the current expense budget to be apportioned on a|>er student basic, but allows no provision ftf anyone living on non-taxable property. Under a per-pupil assessment

formula the district sending the most children to school — in this case Lower Twp. — will pay most of the taxes. Senator Yates told the newspaper last Monday that "this is a change toward equity." He noted thfct the bill shouldn't be con troversial because it was written with input from the state Dept, of Education. "The whole issue (inequity of apportionment) came to a head because of the Northern Burlington Regional Schools," Yates said. Because of Fort Dix, many of the students attending the schools live on military property causing cost apportionment among the regional's constituent districts to be way out of line. "In some of the communities 99 per cent of (he students attending the regional district live on military property,” he explained. "There’s nothing in this bill that will cause an individual district to lose money. It only can reapportion the money already in the district.” he added. ’

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the CO said last Tuesday. The day before he had donned a wet-suit and tested the craft’s maneuverability himself. "We’re looking at the possibility of enhancing our mission possibilities,"he said. THE’ LIEUTENANT NOTED that although the Cotet Guard already has small craft that can handle most of the local missions — whether in backbay, inland or open waters at sea — they are always looking for more economical and quicker methods of effecting a rescue. Brantner said the OSbome would be a valuable asset aboard large cutteft, such as the Alert. The Osborn?, he noted, is very similar tk> the Alert’s own Rubber Duchy. but is much more sturdy and is designed to handle heavier seas. Should the Coast Guard decide to go with the Osborne, a decision that will be jnade by Cd Headquarters in Washington — about 80 or 90 of the crafts wifi be acquired, probably only one for use by Cape May Station (one of the nation’s busiest units).

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