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• On the article Where in the Area is this Ghost Ad?

  

  Doug Zacker

  11:45 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013

  I would venture to say it's relatively new. I also JUST noticed it. Why would it be new though?

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• On the article Second Teacher Learns Board of Ed Decision

  

  Doug Zacker

  10:38 am on Thursday, July 26, 2012

  Roberta - I was confused about the public-ness of the Donaldson hearing when the former principal at South Mountain went through the same process. Seeing your comment now I decided to read up a little. After reading a few explanations from experts and journalists, it seems that "public" simply means that the teacher can bring in others to testify on their behalf. In other words, they can bring the public in; however, the board is still bound by law to not disclose the details of the teacher's personnel file.
  I think it's unfortunate that the same mechanism that protects the teacher by preventing the board from stating specifics actually harms the community by prompting an outcry where there might not otherwise be one.

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• On the article Op-Ed: We Are the 700

  

  

  Doug Zacker

  12:02 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012

  My simple analysis has nothing to do with one citizen, one vote. If that's the case, then she should have discussed that the 700 signatures represent 3% of registered voters. Lori even points out that she is not interested in one citizen, one vote.
  To propel the argument that Lori's opinion represents some huge percentage of some subgroup she equates one signature with one MS or HS student. If someone is anonymous, how can you make that assumption? How can spouses' two signatures represent one student?

• On the article Op-Ed: We Are the 700

  

  Doug Zacker

  10:47 am on Thursday, February 9, 2012

  Well said Amy. The last BOE elections were clearly about this issue and those who wanted their voices heard voted.
  What I have the hardest time with is the way people opposed to the Superintendent's plans say they represent such huge percentages of groups like high achievers or in this Op-Ed the entirety of high school and middle school students. Lori makes lots of assumptions to arrive at her 15-20%. Looking at the first 100 signatures on the petition and making similarly unscientific assumptions, i.e. deduct the 22% of signatures that are anonymous; deduct the 3% whose spouses signed (considering how many spouses have different last names this is probably higher); and deduct the 5% who I recognized as having kids too young for middle school (considering I don't know everyone this is probably higher too); and the number of MS and HS students represented on the petition gets even smaller.

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• On the article CHS Boys Basketball Season Ends With Loss to Piscataway

  

  Doug Zacker

  8:01 pm on Saturday, March 7, 2009

  Thanks Ben!

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• On the article CHS Girls Rally, Hold Off Bridgewater-Raritan in Tourney

  

  Doug Zacker

  9:43 am on Friday, March 6, 2009

  I saw that the girls game is tonight at 7 but I also saw that the boys game is tonight at 7. Where is the girls game being played?

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• On the article Battle of the Bagels: In Search of Best Bagel Around

  

  Doug Zacker

  5:25 pm on Thursday, March 5, 2009

  Said it once, I'll sat it again...Great article but I gotta disagree. Sonny's is hands down the best but you're right about the inconsistency. The work around...just ask for a well done bagel. Do that and you'll always get the best bagel ever - crispy outside, chewy inside. YUM!

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