Governor Chris Christies will be coming to Lakewood tomorrow, and the event is open to the public. The Governor is expected to arrive at the Ateres Reva Hall on Summer Avenue at about12:45 PM on Tuesday. Doors open at 12PM.
Limited seats available, on a first-come-first-serve basis, organizers say.
Following his address, the Governor is expected to hold a question-answer session.
The Governor was last in Lakewood in July, when he paid a visit to the SCHI school.
Bein Hazmanim -perfect time to come
I hope the hall can accommodate the crowd it will be packed!
Is this the town hall meeting we’ve been waiting for?
Yeah, #1, What about Pesach cleaning? Perfect excuse to get out of doing that!
Too bad he will be in Lakewood.
I was hoping that he would be in Trenton tomorrow at 1:00 when I testify before the Joint Legislative Committee on Public School as to the need for a charter that can accommodate our population. Maybe an elected official in Trenton will have the the time to listen to the details of how to legally provide free education to our children, certainly none in Lakewood has.
To: A. Lang
Where do you get FREE?? Someone will be putting money into it and that will be the tax payers. Why should I have to pay for Private School for you I had to go to Public School.
Why should one American have the duty to get an education while the other be denied that duty because the school refuses to make an accommodation? When a huge portion of the K-12 population, perhaps ten percent of NJ by 2030, cannot get an education because elected officials are too narrow minded, or I should say, too arrogant to explore a vision from someone down in the trenches, to see beyond the brick-and-mortar campus of the public school, our state, nay the future of our nation, is imperiled. America will not survive when its population does not learn its history, the obligations of citizenship, and the salutary arts of reading, writing and mathematics, so that its future citizens develop skills to discern fact from fiction, truth from error, and virtue from self-interest.
What about those who work when will it our turn. Share the burden
Lets please make a Kiddush Hashem
You obviously dont know what a charter school is. Lang for mayor!!
So if I’m catholic can I get benefit of this also, by sending my kids to a catholic private school to accommodate my belief??? That would be great, I’m a tax payer who will have the choice to get private religious education from the government! Looking forward for more updates
Bet u he will cancel
Guys who work don’t get a say. Just keep working. We need your taxes!
There is no reason why a student in a parochial school, at home or in a yeshiva cannot be served with distance education.
Several state laws explicitly include home school, private school, and sectarian school students eligible for their state or for district virtual education systems.
For example the Missouri statute says: “Nothing in this section shall preclude a private, parochial, or home school student residing within a school district offering virtual courses or virtual programs from enrolling.” § 162.1250 R.S.Mo
Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi, and other states have similar statutes. In fact a yeshiva in California uses the (free) Kaplan Charter School to run all their secular studies. New Jersey is way behind its sister states, yet it probably has the greatest need.
Although virtual education has mixed reviews (blended programs are as good as the traditional classroom), the vast majority children of Lakewood do not have the luxury of choosing between a real classroom or an alternative education, but have to settle for none at all.
Not for nothing but maybe our governor should make a visit to tent city while he is in town
I don’t understand what A. Lang is talking about when he says he wants Trenton to provide legal “free” education to our children. We have that… it is called public school. If that is not good enough and you want something different, you can pay for it like the rest of us.
Should every catholic child get to attend and get bussed to Mon Don or CBA for free? NO!!! Where would that money come from? We are taxed enough.
Any update?