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INSIDE THIS ISSUEBOE strategizes

Superintendent sharesdistrict plans. PAGE 5

By ERICA CHAYES WIDAThe Sun

Not a space was left unfilledin the parking lot of CommunityPark Pool last Monday when theNational Weather Service hadissued an excessive heat warn-

ing. Locals from Princeton andthe surrounding area flocked towater. It seemed everyone whowas a member had put on theirswimsuits, grabbed their towelsand headed into town for a re-fresher.

Regardless of the heat, The

Sun set out on foot to explore theopen space full of pools, game ta-bles and a massive waterslide – asking Princeton, “what wouldsummer be like without the pub-lic pool?”

ERICA CHAYES WIDA/The Sun

Six-and-a-half-year-old ninja Sam Pothier takes action beside the diving boards with friends Aiden,10, and Alina Blanos, 7.

The Sun dives in to what makes Princeton’s CommunityPark Pool a neighborhood favorite summer spot

Staying cool at the pool

Princeton departments continue to workon transportation alternatives to cut route

NJ Transit budget cuts655 bus line, hikes fares

please see POOL, page 9

By VITA DUVAThe Sun

Earlier this month, the NJTransit Board of Directors adopt-ed a $2.116 billion operating budg-et and a $2.099 billion capital pro-gram for the 2016 Fiscal Year.

The budget emerges after NJTransit was left with a $56 millionbudget gap due to rising costs of contract services such as AccessLink – the corporation’s paratran-sit service – workers’ compensa-tion, general liability insurance,health care, benefits and pension,despite NJ Transit identifyingmore than $40 million in reduc-tions in overtime, fuel savings,energy and vehicle part efficien-cies.

To close this significant gap,fare, rail and bus service adjust-ments were approved, including

service discontinuation of the 655bus line from Plainsboro toPrinceton. This adjustment andothers will go into effect Oct. 1.

Prior to this announcement,Princeton’s Health Departmentand Human Services Depart-ment, along with the mayor’s of-fice, had been working to come upwith transportation alternativesto the 655, so anyone who needs toget to the University Medical Cen-

ter of Princeton at Plainsboro isstill able to get there.

“We are in communicationwith Princeton University abouthaving them voluntarily extendservice for the Tiger TransitPlainsboro line, which alreadymakes a stop at the hospital,”Mayor Liz Lempert explained.“Currently, the Tiger Transit busstops at the Dinky station, but theuniversity is considering addinga stop to bring the bus closer tothe center of town.”

“We hope that by adding an ad-ditional stop either on NassauStreet or at Merwick-Stanworth,people who had formerly used the655 might find this as a useful al-ternative,” added Kristin Ap-pleget, director of communityand regional affairs at PU.

“The exact location is stillbeing worked out,” Lempert said.

In the meantime, Lempertwould like to remind travelers of two important aspects concern-ing the Tiger Transit system.First, anyone can ride the TigerTransit; you do not need to be astudent or otherwise affiliatedwith PU. And second, the TigerTransit is free.

Tiger Transit routes and sched-

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By VITA DUVAThe Sun

Princetonian Caroline DiSi-moni has been dancing for thepast 12 years of her life, carryingthe lessons she has learned alongthe way into every dance studioand stage performance.

“Ballet has taught me a lotabout patience, tolerance andtenacity,” the strong-minded 17-year-old said.

“I couldn’t imagine where I

would be without ballet. Eventhought it’s physically and men-tally stressful, the beauty and pas-sion behind it is a stronger emo-tion that has motivated me tonever quit and always strive forperfection.”

DiSimoni is one of 175 dancersfrom across the country to be se-lected to attend the School of Pennsylvania Ballet’s SummerIntensive program.

“The Summer Intensive Pro-gram is challenging, creative anda nurturing program focused onfurther developing the youngdancer’s training,” said ArantxaOchoa, director of the School of Pennsylvania Ballet.

“I expect Caroline to get an im-measurable training that will en-hance her previous dance educa-tion – a training that is technical-ly proficient and artistically cre-ative. But more important, Iwould hope that we instill in her alove for dance that will stay with

her for the rest of her life and ca-reer.”

The curriculum, designed to

give students an immersive expe-rience in classical ballet tech-nique, focuses on developing well-rounded dancers, while also giv-ing them a taste for professionalcompany dancer’s life.

Depending on the dancers’level of study, students will par-ticipate in a minimum of fourclasses per day, for five or six daysa week and may include pointework, partnering, variations,stretching, pilates, modern danceand/or peak performance train-

ing.In addition to the dancers’

daily classes, students will be af-forded the opportunity to see pro-fessional performances, includ-ing The Philadelphia Ballet X and“An American in Paris” onBroadway. Students also have theopportunity to meet the dancersafter the shows and ask ques-tions.

Not only does the programboast world-class faculty, whichincludes Pennsylvania Balletprincipal dancers Amy Aldridgeand Lauren Fadeley, but also in-cludes New York City Ballet prin-cipal dancer Kyra Nichols andPennsylvania Ballet Artistic Di-rector Angel Corella.

Students over the age of 12 arehoused at the Moore College of the Arts during the program.

The five-week program, whichkicked off earlier this month, willcontinue through Aug. 8.

DiSimoni, who has previously

attended programs in Miami,Boston, and Raleigh, N.C. ishappy to be close to home for a

change.“By the end of the program, I

hope to have become a stronger,more confidant and fearlessdancer. I hope to clean-up mytechnique and become more con-sistent with my dancing,” shesaid.

“I also want to have learnedhow to individualize my dancingand stand out in a crowd of dancers by creating my ownartistry and presence.”

More from The Sun’s one-on-

one interview with DiSimoni isbelow:

The Sun: How did you get start-ed in ballet?

DiSimoni: My mom enrolledboth my sister and I at the Prince-ton Ballet School when we turned5 years old. She danced in herteen years, loved the art, andwished she had never stopped. AsI grew older, I realized it wassomething I knew I never wantedto stop doing and loved it moreand more each day. Luckily, myfamily has been more than sup-portive of the intense hours that Idance in my free time.

The Sun: What do you like themost about ballet? The least?

DiSimoni: The most – perform-ing. It’s extremely fulfilling to beable to share my passion with anaudience of strangers in hopes of connecting with them in someway. The least – competitiveness.It’s really easy to lose confidenceand motivation when working so

hard for a certain outcome. No

On July 15, in Junior SummerBasketball league action, Bank of Princeton beat Majeski Founda-tion, 33-24. Henry Doran help leadhis team, Bank of Princeton, to a vic-

tory with 12 points.Jaxon Petrone put in 11 points forMajeski Foundation in the losingeffort.

In other league action, NakedPizza beat Princeton Petronallo,

37-28. Drew Petrone led his teamwith 15 points in the victorywhile John Okupski, led his teamin scoring, contributing

seven points in theloss.

In SeniorLeague action, the Nets beat theKnicks, 45-24. Mufasa Zamanhelped his team to the win with 12points, and Jesus Lazo had eight.Tyler Dalalinde and Boaz Segal

tied for team high with six pointseach.

In other league action, TheCeltics beat the Wizards, 38-22.Jaylen Johnson had a game highof 23 points, and Ben Moyer

chipped in nine points.Juan Shambi and Judd Petroneboth had eight points in theloss.

In Summer League action, onJuly 20, the Bank of Princeton

played Princeton Petronello.Petronello won, 29-24. RyanCruser helped lead his team tovictory with eight points, and De-vonte Williams had six. WillDoran had game high with nine

for Bank of Princeton, andTyler Owens added seven in theloss.

In Senior Division action, theNets beat the Celtics, 43-41. JayJackson led his team with 14

points, and Malik Smith added 12.Jaylen Johnson had 32 points andBen Moyer had five in the loss.

In other league action, the Wiz-ards defeated the Knicks, 34-20.Marshawn Ferguson had the

game high with 11 points and Ste-vie Hennessy helped with 6points. Noah Lapoint had sixpoints for the Knicks with Vin-cent Traylor chipping in fivepoints in the loss.

On pointe: Princetonian one of 175 dancers in program

Mufasa Zaman nets 12 points to lead Nets to win over Knicks

Caroline DiSimoni takes part in School of Pennsylvania Ballet’s Summer Intensive Program

RECREATION RECAP

ALEXANDER ISILIAEV/Special to The SunCaroline DiSimoni, 17, is a student at The School of PennsylvaniaBallet’s Summer Intensive Program. She is a native of Princeton.

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If you were to ask guitarist andcontemporary jazz musician MattWong what type of music he plays,he would say, “I play jazz and jazzfusion.”

And digging a little deeper, asthe 17-year-old does, he might add,“But I never restrict myself – jazzcan mean so many things.”

You can bet the West Windsornative gets that question all the

time. But, that is exactly whatfans can expect to hear on theevening of Saturday, Aug. 8 at thePrinceton Record Exchange, asthe Matt Wong Group hits thestage – an all-around great showfeaturing all kinds of music, from

jazz and rock n’ roll to Latin andfunk.

“Matt is very efficient, especial-ly at his young age. I had a chanceto check out some of his videos onYouTube, and I was really im-pressed. We thought it would befun to put this event together, ex-posing local artists and bringinglight to Princeton’s music scene,”

said John Lambert, general man-ager at PREX.

The free concert, located at 20 S.Tulane St., will kick off promptlyat 5 p.m., and is open to music-lovers of all ages.

“This opportunity is very im-

portant to me. I am a huge fan of live music, so the fact that PREXwants to present shows at theirstore is a huge benefit to the com-munity, as well as local musi-

The Matt Wong Group to performat Princeton Record Exchange Aug. 8

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When summer is in session,and bathing suits are kids’ No. 1outfit, pool safety is all the moreimportant. The questions some

Princeton parents may ponder asthey watch their loved ones take adip are, how well you can swim,how well your children can swim,and what are the ways to finetune technique or lifeguardingskills to ensure that pool timestays fun not frantic.

Luckily, the American RedCross in Princeton is a huge advo-cate of summer safety. In addition

to a plethora of online tips – visitThePrincetonSun.com for yourPrinceton guide – the Red Crossoffers classes. Some of these in-clude learning how to swim forkids, for adults and lifeguarding.

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day, Aug. 6–8. The class is for indi-viduals aged 15 and older.

American Red Cross Commu-nications Officer Diane Concan-non, who heads the Princeton andNorth Jersey organizations, ex-plained how she has witnessedcountless individuals who are“very strong swimmers” realize

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on new strategic plan for public schoolsBy ERICA CHAYES WIDA

The Sun

The sun was low and the hu-midity high as Tuesday, July 21sunk into one of those perfectPrinceton summer nights. Every-one seemed to be out and about,playing with their children, walk-ing their dogs or strolling back

from the public pool. The Boardof Education meeting, hosted in-doors into the twilight hour, had asmall group in attendance. Butthe news Superintendent StephenCochrane had to share was big.

Cochrane’s excitement seemedcontagious as he turned on thePowerPoint to present the publicschools’ recently developedstrategic plan. The plan was in-

spired by a steering committee,which consisted of 50-60 mem-bers, including parents, teachers,administrators, some representa-tives from Princeton Universityand students.

“It was particularly exciting tosee the involvement of our stu-dents,” Cochrane said. “We iden-tified the district’s strengths and

needs, a vision, and five specificgoals to work on over the nextthree to five years. Groups brokeoff with a student in each, andtheir voices were heard loud andclear.”

The next step in developmentwas to review the 400-500 respons-es from a survey sent out, which,according to Cochrane, paralleledthe Steering Committee’s vision.

BOE member Patrick Sullivansaid of the feedback’s consistency,“So often, people in the communi-ty may feel that something theywant is just something they want.It has become clear what thiscommunity wants for its schoolsystem.”

“It was really heartening to seeall these 60 people in the room

wanting the same things for ourschools,” said BOE Vice PresidentAndrea Spalla.

From the meetings, surveys,and planning, Princeton PublicSchools developed its new mis-sion statement:

“To prepare all of our studentsto lead lives of joy and purpose as

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Praise for Princetonremaining a sanctuary city

We congratulate Mayor Liz Lempert forstanding firm on Princeton’s intent to re-main a sanctuary city for immigrants navi-gating the path to citizenship, despite fearand reaction following the recent tragedy

in San Francisco where an undocumentedimmigrant allegedly killed a woman. Lem-pert and the police department are work-ing hard to build trust throughout the com-munity, including with the immigrant pop-ulation, by providing “impartial policing”

to all members of the community so peoplecan feel safe to report crimes to the police.

Our YWCA applauds that response aswe remind our elected officials that thelack of comprehensive immigration re-form has taken a devastating toll on count-less immigrant families. In New Jersey,women make up 51.4 percent of the immi-

grant population. Without CIR, thesewomen and their families are needlesslymarginalized. This will also serve as a timeto focus on the "End Racial Profiling Act,”which has been re-introduced in Congressand would nationally define and outlaw the

practice of racial profiling by law enforce-ment. YWCA believes all people – regard-less of race, ethnicity, religion, nationalorigin or gender – have the right to justice.This includes policies that eradicate racialprofiling, increase immigrant rights,strengthen affirmative action and reducehate crimes.

We strive to eliminate racism throughawareness and educational programs. Tothat end, our YWCA provides our commu-nity with a well-respected English as a Sec-

please see LETTER, page 12

The calendar is about to turn the

page to August, and here we

are, talking about November al-

ready. We’re talking about Tuesday,

Nov. 3, to be precise. That’s the date for

the General Election this year.

Yes, temperatures may still soar to

the 90s outside right now, instead of

being in the 60s, 50s or maybe even

40s – hopefully not – as they’re likely to

be in November. Still, the time both we

as voters and the candidates them-

selves spend now determine what our

lives look like for the near future.

This fall, there is no “big name” seat

up for election. Gov. Christie’s seat is

not up for election, though he is doing

some campaigning himself, as we all

know.

There are no Senate or House of

Representatives seats up for election in

our state, either. But still, 2015 could

prove to be an important year locally.

That’s because, as is the case in odd-

numbered years, all 80 seats in the

General Assembly are up for election.

These elections are just as impor-

tant, if not more so, on a local level

than an election for president of theUnited States. These are the people

who represent your interests.

Throughout New Jersey, municipal

governing bodies and boards of educa-

tion will also be holding elections to

choose new members to represent the

town. Mayors, councilmembers and

school board members often have a

greater impact on your daily life than

your governor and president.

The governor and president may be

the “sexier” post to vote for, but your

trash pickup, your property taxes and

your kids’ school curriculum have

more of an impact on your day-to-day

life, and those local post holders are

the ones who control those areas the

most.

So just because you won’t be voting

for the next governor or the next presi-

dent doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be in

tune with this November’s elections

and this November’s issues.

We at The Sun will be providing you

as much election coverage as we can

this fall, especially when there is a con-

tested election at the municipal level.

If your town has a contested munici-

pal election, expect a full, multi-week

Meet the Candidates series where we’ll

provide you detailed information

about the election itself, as well as pro-

files of the candidates and their

stances on the issues.

If you have any questions you’d like

us to ask the candidates, feel free to

email us at the address to the right.

So while you may still be making

trips to the beach and thinking about

back to school or the start of football

instead of heading to the polls, don’t

fall behind on the issues. What hap-

pens behind those curtains in Novem-

ber could have a profound impact on

what happens in front of them for the

foreseeable future.

in our opinion

Get ready to voteThis year’s election is very important for New Jersey residents

Your thoughts

We want to hear your thoughts aboutwhat’s important to you this electionseason. Send your thoughts and questionsto the email address listed at the right.


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Making Princeton air healthierPrinceton University updates smoking policy

to better air quality indoors and out on campusBy ERICA CHAYES WIDA

The Sun

When a group of undergradu-ate students grew weary of walk-ing under archways filled with lin-gering cigarette smoke, they tookit upon themselves to make the aira little healthier. The group, aptlynamed Healthier Princeton, is de-voted to, according to its website,an “integrated approach to health

promotion and education, diseasedetection and prevention, and fit-ness and wellness services for theuniversity community.” Healthier

Princeton’s discussion aboutsmoke entering their classes andcommon areas was the impetusfor the university’s recent adjust-ment to smoking regulations.

The policy, numbered 5.1.5, nowbans all staff, faculty, students andvisitors from smoking within 25feet of campus buildings or otherpartially enclosed areas. The poli-cy lists the following spaces asbeing included: all academic, resi-

dential and administrative build-ings and elevators, individual of-fices and rooms, athletic sportingfacilities, spectator areas at out-

door university events, university-owned vehicles, shuttle buses and

vans, dining facilities and bars,theaters and concert halls, partial-

please see CANTRELL, page 15

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WE NES Y JULY 29Salsa Slam!: Princeton Public

Library, Community Room, 6:30p.m. Sample salsas created by

local restaurants and eateriesand choose the People's ChoiceAward winner and the 2015 SalsaChamp of Princeton at this annu-al all-ages celebration of salsa.

THURS Y JULY 30Princeton Farmers Market: Prince-

ton Public Library, Hinds Plaza, 11a.m. Seasonal produce from localfarmers, flowers, crafts and avariety of edibles are availablethrough 4 p.m. at this weekly

event. Live music from 12:30-2:30p.m.

Talk: Short Sojourns – Rejuvenat-ing Travel in Just Three Days:Princeton Public Library, Commu-nity Room, 7 p.m. From Hammamspas or a Tenement Museum tourin New York to a secretspeakeasy in Savannah to a foodcrawl around Key West, MelanieTucker of Rare Finds Travel

shares ideas for escaping theordinary over a long weekend.

Hollywood Summer Nights: “Dou-ble Indemnity”: Princeton Gar-den Theatre, 7 p.m.

“The Legendary True Story ofSparrow Jones and the JerseyDevil”: Princeton Summer The-atre, Hamilton Murray Theater,Princeton University, 11 a.m. Tick-ets: $10; free for children under 3.

“The Sustainable Office: A peekinto the modern changingoffice”: Princeton RegionalChamber of Commerce, RealEstate Business Alliance, Spring-dale Gold Club, 7:30-9:30 a.m.Learn how to make your officemore productive through sustain-

ability and lifestyle changes.

FRI Y JULY 31The Beagles: Princeton Public

Library, Hinds Plaza, 6:30 p.m.The Mercer County sextet thatplays power pop, rock and souloriginals and cover tunes fromthe ‘60s through today. Part ofthe Listen Local series.

Job Seeker Sessions: PrincetonPublic Library, Community Room,9:45 a.m. The library and Profes-sional Services Group of MercerCounty sponsor sessions for pro-fessionals who are seeking newemployment and contractingopportunities throughout theregion. Please check the library’swebsite for specific topics.


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Film: “Guardians of the Galaxy”:Princeton Public Library, Commu-nity Room, 3 p.m. A group ofintergalactic criminals are forced

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The Jaworovichs of Mont-gomery felt their days off fromschool would be incomplete with-out the fun of Princeton’s coolpool.

“I’d be staying inside,” said 6-year-old Finn. “I’d try to build apool!”

“I’d be pouting at home,” jokedhis older sister Sofia, 9, “and

probably just play on my iPad.”The smallest of the three,Cooper, 5, said proudly, “I’d dumpa bucket of water on my head!”

Their mother, Nilli, expressedhow thankful she is for the poolthat keeps her children “busy,happy and cool on days like these.”

The Jaworovich kids’ favoriteactivities at Community ParkPool are going down the waterslide, braving the high dive andplaying foosball.

Also fans of the foosball table

are the Styrkas boys of Prince-ton. Six-year-old Maxim and 5-year-old Andre walk to the pooloften throughout the summerwith their mother, Elena.

“They love to be here,” Elenasaid. “Just one month ago, theylearned to swim here and jump inand out of the water all day. I lovecoming here because it is achance for me to have some quiettime to relax while they play.”

Over at the diving boards, lo-

cals lined up to plunge into the

depths – doing all sorts of trickswith all sizes of splashes.

Zach Schick, 9, of Montgomeryis a practiced diver and went intothe water countless times withperfect form. Diving is his fa-vorite part of pool-going. Nearly10-year-old Steven of Princeton isalso a high-dive fanatic, and actu-ally does flips from stories off theground.

Sam Pothier, standing at 6-and-

a-half, likes the water, but his fa-vorite part of Community ParkPool is eating chocolate ice creamfrom the snack bar.

“If it wasn’t for the pool,” Samsaid, “I’d be going to the LegoStore.”

The Blanos siblings of Prince-ton, Aiden, 10, and sister Alina, 7,come to the pool three days aweek during summer. They takeswim lessons and are are big sup-porters of the water slide and

high dive.

POOLContinued from page 1

Pool keeps kids busy, cool

ERICA CHAYES WIDA/The Sun

Top, Zach Schick, 9, swims outof the pool after diving with per-fect form. Above, the Jaworovichkids, from left, Cooper, 5, Sofia,9, and Finn, 6, stand, happy andcool, at Community Park Pool.

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SUN Y AUGUST 2ESL Class: Princeton Public Library,

Conference Room, 4 p.m. Speak-ers of world languages who arelearning English as a second lan-guage are invited.

MON Y AUGUST 3Film: “Rich Hill”: Princeton Public

Library, Community Room, 7 p.m.The lives of three boys growing

up in impoverished Rich Hill, Mis-souri, are examined in this 2014Sundance Film Festival U.S. Docu-mentary Grand Jury Prize-win-ning film. Part of the Identity andSelf Documentary Series.

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jazz is America’s music, it is notvery popular today, and I want tochange that.”

Wong has performed through-out New Jersey, New York andPennsylvania, and the Matt WongGroup will also feature Kai Kier-

nan on bass and Mike Coiro ondrums.

“I’m really excited to be per-forming with some of my closestfriends for the third time in

Princeton. While I am expectingmy friends and family to be in at-tendance, I also hope the hustleand bustle of a beautiful Prince-ton summer night draws in a newcrowd of its own,” Coiro said.“We’ve been working really hardas a group to refine our sound forthese summer gigs, and I am look-ing forward to seeing it pay off.”

Wong and Kiernan have beenplaying music together since theirdays in elementary school, butWong met Coiro while attendingthe Five-Week Performance Pro-

gram at Berklee College of Musiclast summer, and since then, thetrio has been played together pret-ty consistently.

“Mike got on stage at a jam ses-sion the first night, and I wasblown away by his talent,” Wongexpressed of his music-mate,Coiro.

Wong’s touring highlights havepreviously included performingwith Grammy Award-winningguitarist Earl Klugh, sharing the

stage with singer-songwritersSarah Donner and Avi Wisnia, andperformances at notable venuessuch as the Blue Note Jazz Club inNew York City, the LegendaryDobbs in Philadelphia and TheSaint in Asbury Park.

A 2013 Jersey Acoustic MusicAwards nominee, Wong has re-leased two albums, his latest as of June 2014, entitled “Reflections.”

Come fall, Wong will be movingto Boston to attend Berklee Col-lege of Music, marking this sum-

mer gig one of his last in Prince-ton for some time.

“Matt is a really talented gui-tarist who just happens to also be areally nice guy, as well. He alsoknows how to associate withequally nice guys, who are also tal-ented in their own right,” Kiernansaid of Wong.

For more information on theMatt Wong Group, visithttp://www.mattwong.webs.com.

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The Sun: As classes are justgetting underway, what are you

most looking forward to duringyour time at the Summer Inten-sive Program?

DiSimoni: Having the opportu-nity to learn from differentteachers, their perspectives andstyles, as well as professionaldancers in the company. Danc-ing with talented, motivated stu-dents from all different balletschools is also what makes this

opportunity so unique and ful-filling.

The Sun: What are your threeballet essentials?

DiSimoni: Second-skinsquares, for when I get blisterson pointe – they’re life savors.Jet-glue is another essential touse on my pointe shoes whenthey get too soft, it helps themlast longer. And last, my backwarmer, which I wear beforeclass to release tension becausemy lower back gets sore veryeasily.

The Sun: Where do you seeballet fitting into your future?DiSimoni: My aspirations for a

career in ballet are to be danc-ing with a professional compa-ny within the next few years,whether beginning as a traineewith a company or in a studiocompany, and eventually work-ing my way up to a principaldancer.

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In achieving this mission,Cochrane explained, PPS aims tostay true to its overarching val-ues, which, in summation, are forevery school to remain a place of

partnership, a place of innova-tion and a place of care.The mission and value system

laid the foundation for five specif-ic strategic planning goals slatedto be accomplished between 2015and 2020. The goals are as follows:

• Create a culture in ourschools of wellness and balancefor students and staff.

• Ensure that every child isknown by promoting relation-ships and instruction that recog-nize the potential, the passions,

the readiness, levels and thelearning styles of every student.

• Promote equity and access inways that effectively eliminatethe “achievement” or opportuni-ty gap.

• Inspire innovation and exper-imentation in both teaching andlearning.

• Promote a culture of care,connectedness and communica-tion across the district, betweenhome and school, and throughoutour broader community.

Moving forward, Cochrane in-formed residents that the BOEwill refine and adopt the missionand value statements at the Au-gust meeting; create action teamsfor executing each goal, also Au-gust; develop action plans, August

– September; review and revisethose action plans, October; andcome November go before thewhole board to approve the plan.

Sullivan thanked Cochrane forfinally initiating this plan for

PPS.“Should we bring these goalsinto reality,” Sullivan said, “itwill be truly phenomenal.”

In other news:• A report on Violence and Van-

dalism was reviewed in a closedsession by the BOE. Motion forthe report was passed duringTuesday’s BOE meeting, July 21.The largest change from 2013-2014to 2014-2015 was from 20 to sevenincidents in HIB – harassment, in-timidation and bullying. Most in-

cidents are reported at the middleschool grade levels when studentsare, “testing and crossing bound-aries,” Cochrane said. “There hasbeen a lot of work done through-out the grades to help studentslearn to resolve conflicts.”

• Madi Norman, BOE Prince-ton High School student represen-tative, gave a report, speakingalso for co-representative NickPibl. She updated the BOE onsummer activities and travels andannounced the development of a

website that will allow for PPSstudents to be more involved withand have access to BOE meetingsand topics: phsstudentliaisons.com.

• Nutri-Serve Food Manage-ment, Inc. is raising breakfastand lunch prices throughout PPS,which will fund a new contractfor the SEIU Local 32BJ – Prince-ton School District Food ServiceWorkers. The increase in lunchprices will offset the cost of addi-

tional compensation and benefitsfor the food service employees.Lunch prices for the 2015-2016school year will be the state maxi-mum for high school at $4.25 andmiddle school at $4. The elemen-tary school lunch price will be$3.15.

• Atlantic Metro, run by a for-mer Princeton High School grad-uate, is going to provide free wifito PPS for the next three years.

• Sullivan spoke for the StudentAchievement Committee, which

has been going over various top-ics including new text books, de-bate team field trips and thethings to be done to help the popu-lar club thrive, and a pre-schooldisability class planned for 2016.Student wellness is also an ongo-ing dialogue that will be focusedon throughout the strategic plan-ning process. Sullivan invites thepublic to attend the next commit-tee meeting, Sept. 18 at 12:30 p.m.in the Valley Road Administra-tion building.

NUTRI-SERVEContinued from page 5

Nutri-Serve, food workersunion agree to new contract

ond Language Program, highschool equivalency preparation,and HiSET testing in both Eng-

lish and Spanish, and a bilingual

nursery school and child careprogram. We have also partneredwith Latin American Legal De-fense and Education and Dressfor Success Mercer to offer a freeimmigration workshop to ourcommunity members. The work-shop, scheduled for Saturday,Aug. 22 from 1-5 p.m., will focus

on topics such as applying for citi-

zenship/interview preparation,request/renew deferred actionfor youth, help with completionand review of application, trans-lation of birth and marriage cer-tificates, career planning, ESLclasses and more.

Pre-registration is requiredand can be made by calling (609)

688-0881. The workshop will beheld at YWCA Princeton, locatedat 59 Paul Robeson Place.

Judy HuttonCEO, YWCA Princeton

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The Sun’s Twitter Chat TuesdayJuly 21 topic: Chatting with Redefy

The Princeton Sun hosted Twitter Chat Tuesday on July 21, chattingvia Twitter @PrincetonSun with Ziad Ahmed of Redefy (@wereredfy)about how Redefy works to defy stereotypes, embrace acceptance

and how you can too. Check out highlights from the chat below! Toget in on the action on Aug. 4, follow @princetonsun on Twitter. Topicwill be International Sisters Day. Use #PrincetonSisters.


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“We are also in discussionswith the hospital about creatingan on-demand subsidized taxiservice,” Lempert said. “Once thedetails are worked out, the munic-ipality will be working with all of our community partners, includ-ing the hospital and NJ Transit,to get the word out about the endof the 655 and the available alter-natives.”

Since the hospital opened inMay 2012, Princeton HealthCareSystem has spent about $225,000on transportation services.

This figure includes free ridesfor senior citizens, free bus tick-

ets for Witherspoon neighbor-hood residents who use the Bris-tol-Myers Squibb Community

Health Center at the hospital and$65,000 a year in subsidies to sup-port the 655.

“We are confident that throughcooperation, thoughtful use of available resources and ourshared commitment to the com-munity, we will develop an effec-tive solution,” Andrew Williams,Princeton HealthCare Systemspokesman, said of the hospital’scontinued work with other organ-izations committed to finding vi-able transportation options. “Inaddition, we will develop a com-munication plan to create aware-ness of the transportation solu-tion among community mem-bers.”

The NJ Transit board alsoadopted a fare and service plan,which includes an average 9 per-cent increase in fares.

“NJ Transit is moving forwardwith a balanced budget that re-

flects a laser-like look at individ-ual business lines in order tomaximize efficiencies and main-

tain a safe transportation sys-tem,” said NJ Transit ExecutiveDirector Veroinque “Ronnie”Hakim.

“As transit professionals, weowed our customers and stake-holders a good-faith effort to pres-ent them a solid plan that had theleast impact on our riders. Aftermuch work, I am confident thatwe delivered on that.”

Half of the revenue in the FY2016 budget, $1.005 billion, comesfrom fares. State and federal pro-gram reimbursements make up$961.8 million; commercial rev-enue, $115.2 billion and state oper-ating assistance, $33.2 million.

The capital program fundsstate-of-good-repair investmentsin transit stations, infrastructuresupport, a fleet modernizationprogram and advances service re-liability, safety and technologyinitiatives.

LEMPERTContinued from page 1

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ly-enclosed areas such as arch-ways, weather protected rampsand tents, and outdoor diningareas. The new smoking regula-tions became effective July 1.

According to Greg Cantrell, as-sociate director of environmentalhealth and safety, whose depart-

ment worked on the ban, the goalwas simply to expand the coverageof the existing policy, which is inaccordance with the state’sSmoke-Free Air Act. He said theban includes devices such as elec-tronic and vapor cigarettes and

herbal or clove cigarettes.“Healthier Princeton’s conver-

sations with administrators whosit in on their program led to a for-mation of a working group whoreviewed the university’s currentsmoking policy. The group deter-mined, first, if changes were nec-essary and, second, how to bestmake those changes,” Cantrellsaid.

Individuals from several de-partments – most from Health andSafety – as well as representatives

from the undergraduate and grad-uate classes researched whatwould qualify as an appropriatedistance between smokers andnon-smoking areas.

“We benchmarked ourselvesagainst various universities to

come up with a reasonable num-ber that would prevent smokefrom accumulating and migratinginto buildings,” Cantrell ex-plained. “Twenty-five feet was acommon distance.”

For those who do enjoy a ciga-rette, the university has main-tained smoking posts throughoutcampus and asks individuals todispose of their materials in theallotted receptacles.

Cantrell noted there was no op-position to the policy reevalua-

tion, and that since its July 1 publi-cation in Rights, Rules, and Regu-lations, he has received no com-ments or concerns about its limi-tations.

“So far the comments have beensupportive,” Cantrell said.

CANTRELLContinued from page 7

how much more there is to testoneself in preparedness upontaking the class.

“There are so many ways youcan test yourself,” Concannonsaid – “completing a timed eventwith only 1 minute and 40 sec-onds; swimming 20 yards startingin the water, diving 10 feet to re-trieve a 10-pound object, return-ing to the surface only to swim 20

yards back.”There are many other safety

tips often left by the wayside thatConcannon said are crucial tosummer safety. One is to neverleave pool toys in the pool –

“ever,” she stressed. Also, alwaysbe within a couple feet of youryoung swimmer, even if they’renot swimming. Concannon re-called the day her own 3-year-old

jumped in the pool forgetting shewas not wearing her flotationswimmies. Thankfully, Concan-non was only feet away and wasable to hop in immediately andscoop her out. It is easy, she re-minded, to sit down at a picnictable and be in a position where

just a few seconds could make adramatic or detrimental differ-ence. Concannon also said a good

idea is to keep your cell phone bythe pool, “not for chatting but incase of emergencies.”

“It is important to not onlythink about your kids, but alsoyour neighbors’ kids,” Concan-

non said.She advises Princeton parents

to consider who might be able toenter the pool, even if their kidsare older or out of the home.

“Ask yourself if there is a chairsomewhere near the fence that asmall child could push against itto climb over,” Concannon said.“Tragically, we’ve seen an inci-dent like this happen before.”

Whatever your interest or skilllevel, there is plenty of local in-formation and Red Cross classesavailable to protect yourself andyour family from getting into any

precarious pool-day situation.To register for the August Life-

guarding class at American RedCross in Princeton, visitwww.redcross.org/courses andsearch “Princeton.”

THINKContinued from page 4

Cantrell: No opposition to change

Think about safety of neighbors’ kids, too

The following reports are pro-vided by the Princeton Police De-partment.

Subsequent to a

motor vehicle stop onWitherspoon Street onJuly 16, a 22-year-oldSayreville male wasarrested for driving while intoxi-cated. He was processed at policeheadquarters and later releasedwith summonses.

Subsequent to a motor vehiclestop on Washington Road on July17, a 57-year-old Lambertville male

was arrested for driv-ing while intoxicated.

He was processed at po-lice headquarters andlater released withsummonses.

Subsequent to a motor vehiclestop on July 18, a 40-year-oldTrenton male was arrested on a

Mercer County Superior Courtchild support warrant for $17,588.He was turned over to the MercerCounty Sheriff’s Office.

On July 20, subsequent to amotor vehicle stop on MercerStreet, a 35-year-old Marlton malewas arrested for possession of marijuana and drug parapherna-lia. He was processed at policeheadquarters and later releasedwith summonses.

Princeton Police make DWI, drug arrests

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