Hazlet Township 20092010 Budget

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Hazlet Township 2009-2010 Budget
The Students Perspective
By Natalie James Alexandria Sousa
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Hazlet Township Overview

• Our public schools have been capable of
  representing the lowest accumulated budget of any
  district in the county.
• The district has decreased the budget at a much
  greater interval than any other district in the
  county.
• Despite this decrease in budget, our district has
  continued to excel above the state average.

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The Current National Presentiment

• Approximately 40-44 million adults in the United
  States are functionally illiterate.
• The average reading skills of adults are measured
  by the current comprehension levels of an 8th or
  9th grader.
• Intermediate literacy levels are occupying the
  largest margin, at a startling 53 of United
  States citizens.
• 21 of average citizens are incapable of reading
  a newspaper with currently literary capabilities.
• 48 cant read a bar graph.
• Through implementing the budget, Hazlet Township
  schools can work toward fighting against these
  foreboding statistics.

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Analyzing Benefits Acquired From Passing the
Budget

• The availability of a writers workshop would
  allow for correction in literary statistics
  discussed previously.
• The implementation of a general education
  preschool would vastly prepare children for their
  Kindergarten experience.
• Passing the budget will permit teachers to truly
  teach past the conventional means, and will allow
  students to learn on several levels, rather than
  in one way.
• It will provide for educational stimulants,
  which will motivate children to perform much
  better and complete tasks readily without
  additional coaxing.

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Analyzing Benefits Acquired From Passing the
Budget - Continued

• Allows for Advanced Placement testing to continue
  to be provided without payment on behalf of the
  student.
• Allows for wireless computers, which will
  allocate a limitless supply of information in a
  much more efficient method.
• The computer lab. is only capable of holding a
  set amount of students at one time, since library
  space is now used for classrooms.
• The implementation and renovation of science labs
  at the elementary school level will greatly
  benefit the students.
• Science provides a hands-on experience for
  children in preparation for lab. work in middle
  and high school.

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Analyzing Benefits Acquired From Passing the
Budget - Continued

• The accessibility to newer textbooks, especially
  in subjects such as Social Studies, allows for
  updated information.
• Information is frequently outdated.
• Field trips offer the opportunity to witness the
  purpose of live education and allow students to
  see the results of hard work, as opposed to
  simply being told the expected results.
• As previous students of Sycamore Drive School,
  both of us are advocates of the idea of a
  renovation.
• The convenience of non-sports-oriented clubs are
  beneficial to those whom are not interested in
  physical activity and are much more involved with
  the academic aspect of extracurricular
  activities.
• Busing could be extended to students who live
  closer than a mile to the school and have working
  parents.

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• Thank you for viewing our presentation, and we
  humbly request that you help us by passing the
  2009-2010 budget!