SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Raja Krishna, Mike Mitchell and Smitha Raj will face headlines Arthur Robinson, Deven Patel and Patrick Del Piano, who are on the same list in combination, for 3 3-year positions on the South Brunswick Board of Education.
“On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest rate, I give the South Brunswick School District an 8. 5. If we’re going to safely move some of our students to the buildings in the next few weeks or months, I have to say nine or nine.
“I think our superintendent, Scott Feder, and his team did a wonderful task preparing our schools for reopening in September. Of course, we don’t need to use the remote option to start our school year, but the dubious situations and risk of spreading this virus were too wonderful to endanger the health and lives of our students and staff.
“Students and staff returning to buildings in November may be too soon. I don’t know. It’s having all the answers right away and it’s unfair to ask. If we continue to rely on the recommendation of medical career members that we do what is most productive for our community, we are less likely to make mistakes, and even if we make a mistake, we are informed and move on.
Mitchell said it was time to confront systemic racism and confront it head-on.
“South Brunswick has a very varied network in recent years, so the need is there; however, it starts on the network. Forcing training/awareness and sensitivity to our academics and staff is not the answer. Community-based systems that advertise openness, Allowing others from diverse ethnic backgrounds to realize the culture of others, would open up mandatory discussion in schools with adults and young people. We need to settle for each other’s differences and lifestyles to get along well in the world, which is very important for our young people to learn,” he said.
He also said that if he were elected, he would face the factor of the final student gap between whites, African-Americans/blacks, Hispanics and Asians.
“I understand that the first 3 teams are falling behind and that some kind of initiative wants to be in position to reposition that. As noted above, public schools in southern Brunswick have the difference of being one of the most productive in the state. We can only improve, however we want to address the problems that each and every organization in our community has, adding our academics with special desires,” he said.
Deven M. Patel has lived in South Brunswick for 17 years. Her 17-year-old triplets, a woman and two children, are lately seniors at South Brunswick High School.
He’s a civil engineer with the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
He has been a member of the South Brunswick School Board since April 2011.
He is a member of the Southern Brunswick Transportation Advisory Committee and chairman for five years. Represents South Brunswick on the Middlesex County Transportation Committee.
He is a member of the Middlesex County Board of Directors for the New Jersey School Board Association (NJSBA) and is a member of the NJSBA Health and Welfare Steering Committee.
He coached football for 6 years for the South Brunswick Soccer Club.
“COVID-1nine conditions have caused many disorders in the school district, adding the reopening of schools and monetary difficulties for the school district. Being a starter is helping me cope with those disorders because we’re all running them. Board members have established wisdom and channels of communication with legislators or the Department of Education, which is helping disorders more quickly. I’m sure I like my nine years or more as a school board member, I can help the district resolve the disorders,” Patel said to explain why he’s running for re-election.
“According to the governor’s budget, K-12 school attendance will be ‘flat’, about $8. 7 billion for the 2020-2021 school year. The reallocation of S-2 compulsory support will continue. This means that the so-called 196 public school districts “overfunded” have noticed cuts in state aid this year to reopen and face more prices caused by the COVID-19 crisis. That said, the South Brunswick School District (SBSD) suffered a loss of approximately $2 million in the state In addition, SBSD has lost another $500,000 in investment in intellectual fitness for young people, providing a wonderful amount to our youth at SBSD. We want to work with lawmakers to get the investment back,” he said.
Another current factor this year, Patel said racial justice will have to be addressed.
“South Brunswick is a remarkably varied network and ALL the network works together. However, there is a mastery in education. We will have to teach our young people the history of all ethnicities, races, gender history and the training of love and acceptance,” he said.
Both go hand in hand with equity in education.
“The SBSD [has been painting] on this factor for many years. The SBSD created an impartiality committee and concerned parents, academics, teachers, school principals and school board members. I’m on that committee, too. This committee has worked to open doors for many scholars to take complex courses, honor courses without lowering standards. We still want to paint like a net of paints to close the hole and help scholars who can make it bigger in life,” he said.
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the South Brunswick Police Sports League since 1998.
DelPiano served on the school board for nine years. He said he ran for re-election because “it is vital in those dubious times that it takes delight and leadership to navigate the district.
He also said that systemic racism exists and will have to be fought.
Arthur L. Robinson has lived in South Brunswick for 30 years. His son graduated from South Brunswick High School in 2007.
Robinson is a retired US Navy manager and commander of Operation Enduring Freedom and a qualified public manager of the Food and Drug Administration of the New Jersey State Radiological Health Program Commission.
Robinson has been a member of the South Brunswick Board of Education since 2008 and is the vice president.
He is a member of the American foreign war veteran of the United States, South Brunswick Post 9111; and is a former auxiliary member of the South Brunswick Lions Club.
“I apply for re-election to the council to ensure continuity and leadership, as the district faces the challenge of getting back to the COVID-19 general pandemic and continuing to provide quality education for our children in the long run, whether through trade school, school, or military service,” he said.
Robinson said the 3 issues that are most important to him and his crusade are a quality education for the child to succeed in any selected career in life; sufficient resources for special school services; and personalized school improvement measures for children through the participation of parents and students from kindergarten through grade 12.
“I would continue to paint with my board colleagues and our network paintings to make sure each and every child has the skills to move past college or expand skills for an industry school.
“I would continue to work with the board to ensure that sufficient resources are available to help our young people who want special services. In addition, I would continue to advocate for young people who deserve concerned attention to succeed in life.
“I would continue to paint with the board to track the educational functionality of a youth cohort from kindergarten through grade 12 to ensure that verification measures are meaningful in determining a child’s educational progress. Justice and economic prosperity for all continue, we will have to instill both in one and both centres that worrying about some other human being is not just about words, but about acts of goodwill. there’s nothing with having “good problems, ” said Robinson.
Candidate Raja Krishna can be contacted at the press conference.
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