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MAY 1117, 2016

Princeton teen hits the stage

Matthew Kuenne, 14, discusses what its like to perform in Sharyn Rothsteins
premiere of All the Days, on stage at McCarter Theatre through May 29
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA

By ERICA CHAYES WIDA

The Sun
The thing Matthew Kuenne
likes best about his experience in
Sharyn Rothsteins All the
Days is working with a tightknit cast.
Sevens a great number, said
the confident Princeton Day
School freshman who balances
homework, lacrosse practice and
rehearsal.
The world-premiere play, written by Rothstein and directed by
Emily Mann, is on the stage at
McCarter
Theatre
Center
through May 29. Kuenne, who
first appeared at McCarter in
2008 as Tiny Tim in its holiday
tradition, A Christmas Carol,
seems to have developed a comfortable presence even, and perhaps especially, among some of
theaters greats.
The young actor, however, was
not always so self-assured in the
theater.
I was a shy, timid 8-year-old
walking into a room full of
strangers, Kuenne recalled of
his first acting experience.
It was during one of his yearly
visits to see A Christmas Carol
that Kuenne noticed a friend on
stage, looked at his mother and

Princeton BOE
rejects state
graduation
proposal
The Sun

for the role of Jared in All the

Days but was offered the part
after doing a second reading for
the play.

Since the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College

and Careers was first administered in 25 states last year, there
have been questions, refusals and
opposition to its worthiness replacing the former Higher Education Strategic Planners Association exam. With New Jersey remaining one of the 13 states that
continues to participate in
PARCC, the state Department of
Education is working to pass a
proposal to make the PARCC assessment a graduation requirement.
In a resolution passed unanimously on April 26, the Princeton
Board of Education made it clear
it does not support this proposal
and urged NJDOE to withdraw
it.
Its not that this resolution affects Princeton per se, Superintendent Steve Cochrane said by
phone, but it could affect other
districts in New Jersey.
Cochrane also released a statement about the boards resolution
and motives behind its opposition
to the state proposal:

please see CAST, page 9

please see RESOLUTION, page 11

T. CHARLES ERICKSON/Special to The Sun

Ron Orbach and Matthew Kuenne, a freshman at Princeton Day School, act together in one of
Kuennes favorite scenes in the world premiere of All the Days, on the stage at McCarter Theatre
through May 29.
said How do you get that?
Soon after, he received his first
role in the same play and became
coolly adjusted to the theater
scene.
Michael Unger, the longtime

director of A Christmas Carol,

and Cheryl Mintz took me
under their wing Cheryls like a
second mom to me, Kuenne
said.
Kuenne said he didnt audition

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Municipal engineer
As Kiser sets to retire, Stockton
readies to take helm. PAGES 4, 7

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Police Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 THE PRINCETON SUN MAY 1117, 2016

Matthew Desmond exposes eviction in America

Harvard sociologist comes to Princeton to discuss his book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
It was cold and raining as
Matthew Desmond walked up to a
Milwaukee home with the sheriff
to evict yet another family. Only it
wasnt a whole family.
The mom had died and the
kids had just gone on living, said
Desmond, a Harvard sociologist
and the New York Times bestselling author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American
City.
The movers piled what was left
of the childrens belongings onto
the wet street, the landlord
changed the locks, and Desmond
followed the sheriff to his next
eviction.
Americas the richest democracy with the worst poverty,
Desmond said. This has always
upset me.
Desmond peered through the
window of Americas system and
saw an opportunity to expose the
indelible routine that has forced
countless families into homelessness.
Eviction is not just the result
of poverty but the cause of it,
Desmond said. The book shows
that eviction leads to job loss
has sticky lasting effects on mental health. Its not just a bad day.
We cant fix poverty in America if
we cant fix housing.

MATTHEW DESMOND
Desmond will discuss the effects of eviction and his work
May 18 at 5:30 p.m. at Labyrinth
Books as part of the Housing Initiatives of Princetons Author Series.
In 2008, Desmond moved to Milwaukee where he lived in a trailer
park for five months and a oneroom apartment on the citys
North end for 10. He wove himself
into the fabric of eight families
facing eviction. He slept on their
floors, he went with them to work,
to eviction court, spent time with
their children, stood beside them

through death and funerals and

birth.
Desmond pairs his experiences
with these families with research
conducted from analyzing hundreds of thousands of eviction
records and from studying thousands of Milwaukee winters.
I put the big data into smaller
data and that kept it honest, he
said. The problem is that evictions used to be rare, but times
have changed. Its quite likely
were evicting people not in the
thousands, not in the hundreds of
thousands, but in the millions
every year in America. In Milwaukee, one in eight cannot pay
their rent. In New York, there are
60 evictions every day.
Desmond stated that while one
in five Milwaukee black women
report having been evicted at
least once, the statistics do not
apply solely to communities of
color. It affects white communities and immigrant communities
and, most specifically, the women
and children living within them.
This is an epidemic, and the
face of this epidemic belongs to
moms and kids, Desmond said.
In poor black neighborhoods, incarceration is to men and eviction is to women. Its a common
yet consequential event that
pushes families deeper into
poverty. Poor men are locked up,
poor women are locked out.
Although eviction seems insid-

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Author Series focused on low-income working families in the community and affordable housing. On May 18, Desmond will discuss his riveting ethnography, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,
at Labyrinth Books in Princeton at 5:30 p.m. For more information
about HIP and its fundraiser following Desmonds presentation, visit
www.ThePrincetonSun.com.
ious and widespread, Desmond
believes it can be remedied.
We need to confront the problem in a serious way, and we need
to ask the question: Do we believe housing is a right? Is having
access to decent affordable housing what it means to be an American? And I think we have to say
yes.
Providing
publicly-funded
legal services for low-income families in housing court is one measure Desmond believes should be
taken cost-effectively to prevent
homelessness and promote fairness. He also hopes to expand the
housing voucher program that at
this point exists but can only be
offered to a limited number of individuals.
The timeframe for people
waiting on these lists arent measured in years, he said, theyre
measured in decades. Someone
applying now might now be able
to live in public housing until
theyre a grandmother.
When families do get their

vouchers, Desmond says the first

thing done across the board is a
trip to the grocery store.
The majority of kids dont get
to eat cus the rent eats first, he
said. We can totally change
that.
To do just that, Desmond started an organization called Just
Shelter, which seeks to echo the
efforts of community organizations from all 50 states. He aims to
put an end to homelessness, decrease evictions and up affordable housing. Visit www.justshelter.org and see what organizations are working toward this
goal and get involved.
All are welcome to attend, free
and open to the public, by
RSVPing to info-pr@labyrinthbooks.com. The HIP fundraiser to
reach the community and remedy
housing issue among local families in need will follow Desmonds
presentation.
A lot of the good work is
local, Desmond said, block by
block, city by city.

Police: No arrests in three accounts of shoplifting in Princeton

The following reports are provided by the Princeton Police Department.

May 2
Subsequent to a motor vehicle
stop for failure to wear a seatbelt,
a 30-year-old Camden male was
found to have multiple warrants
for his arrest by the Pennsauken
Municipal Court and the Camden
Municipal Court. The total bail
was $2,750. The man was placed
under arrest and transported to
headquarters where he was
processed and released on his

own recognizance by both courts.

May 1

Subsequent to a call
for service in the 900
block of Herrontown
Road, a 43-year-old
Trenton male was
found to have an active
no bail warrant issued by the
Mercer County Superior Court.
He was placed under arrest and
transported to headquarters
where he was processed and later
released to the Mercer County
Sheriff s Office.

An 18-year-old male
from San Jose, Calif.,
was found to be in possession of marijuana,
less than 50 grams, as
well as drug paraphernalia. He was placed under arrest
and transported to headquarters
were he was processed, issued
summonses and released with a
pending court date.

police
report

April 30
The CVS located on the 800

block of State Road was the victim of a shoplifting, which occurred on April 29. The suspect
entered the store and stole various over-the-counter medicine
from the shelves. The estimated
loss was $5,000. The case was
turned over to the Detective Bureau for further investigation.
An unlocked vehicle was burglarized on the 100 block of Hunt
Drive. The perpetrator took a
brown leather briefcase, laptop,
iPhone charger and about $35 in
change from the vehicle. This

case was turned over to the Detective Bureau for follow-up investigation.

April 29
Subsequent to a motor vehicle
stop for driving on a flat tire, a 29year-old Manalapan male was arrested for driving while intoxicated. He was transported to police
headquarters where he was
processed and released with a future court date.
please see TOUR, page 12

MAY 1117, 2016 THE PRINCETON SUN 3

Nassau Film Festival

to screen controversial films
from around the world
The Nassau Film Festival has
announced that it will screen several films from around the world.
Some of these include a film from
Iraq with a rarely seen insider's
portrait of the effects of the ISIS
insurgency, films from Russia,
France and England that have
sparked protests, as well as The
Ground Is Breathing, an Iranian
film initially banned in its country.
The festival will also screen
films from local and regional
filmmakers. Movies from South
American, Canadian, Australian,
Asian and African filmmakers as
well as movies from student filmmakers from around the world
will also be shown.
The 2016 festival will be held at
Princeton 's Garden Theatre on
May 15 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission is free.

The 2015 Nassau Film Festival

awarded the Best of Festival
award to Vijay Adireddy and
Bruce Rose for The Brief-Case
and the student Best of Festival
award to Luke Lorentzen 's film,
Santa
Cruz
del
Islote.
Lorentzen's film has since won
various film festival awards
around the world since its Nassau
Film Festival screening.
To learn more, visit nassau
filmfestival.org, follow on Twitter @NassauFilmFest or on
Facebook: Nassau Film Festival.
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Bob Kiser reflects on 33 years

as Princetons municipal engineer
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With his professional career coming to a close in July,

Kiser has much to look back on and much to look forward to
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA

Dr. Mary V. DeCicco

The Sun

D.M.D., FAGD

Robert V. Kiser has been an engineer to local governments for 42

years; he has led the engineering
department in Princeton through
consolidation; and, for 33 years,
has worked on countless improvements to the town, many of
which received Project of the
Year Awards. The first traffic signal he was asked to design and install was at the Harrison Street
entrance to the shopping center
in 1986. Since then, 14 more have
gone up around Princeton as
Kiser and his department
evolved.
Civil engineering is something
Kiser has known his whole life.

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My father was a civil engineer

and I sort of followed his lead,
Kiser said. My grandfather on
my mothers side was also a civil
engineer and happened to graduate from Princeton University.
After attending Lafayette College, Kiser worked as an engineer
in Easton, Pa. Though he was
happy there, he realized upon seeing an opening for a job in Princeton that it would be a wonderful
town to work in and he was
right.
I love the engineering job that
Ive held and I love the Princeton
community. Its been a great
match. Ive very much enjoyed
the 33 years Ive spent here and
looked forward every day to getting new things done, Kiser said.
With his professional career
coming to a close in July, Kiser
has much to look back on and
much to look forward to.
Five months ago, Kiser and his
wife Pamela, who reside in
Bridgewater, had their first
grandchild, Finley born to their
son Rob and his wife Katlin who
live in Morristown. The Kisers
have two other sons, Justin and
Andrew, who are also local. Kiser
expects to make it a priority to
spend more time in retirement
getting to know the newest member of his family.
Read more about Kisers start
in Princeton, his favorite projects
and his words of wisdom in The
Suns Q&A below.
The Sun: When you first came
onto the scene as the municipal
engineer 33 years ago, what was it
like? Do you recall some of your
first experiences?
Kiser: When I started with the
former township in March of
1983, there was a very minimal
capital improvement plan/budget
in place. As a result, most of the
90 miles of municipal roads needed to be repaired or reconstructed. In addition, sewerage flow to
the major sanitary sewer trunk
lines exceeded the capacity of

these lines due

to flows from
new development and excessive
amounts of infiltration and
inflow.
Due to these
excessive
flows during
KISER
times of heavy
rain, the sanitary lines were
known to overflow at various locations in the community, including the sewer line to the former
township police station that
backed up periodically and flooded the basement area requiring
an immediate temporary fix.
As a result, the state Department of Environmental Protection imposed a moratorium on
any new development, and both
the Mountain Brook and Harrys
trunk mains needed to be replaced at a cost of approximately
$13 million. Also, traffic in
Princeton and in the Princeton
area was beginning to increase,
requiring a traffic management
plan to be put in place that included the down zoning of the Princeton Ridge area and requiring developers to make fair share contributions to improve roads and
intersections.
The Sun: Which project was
your favorite to work on during
your time as Princeton's municipal engineer?
Kiser: One of my favorite projects was the $4 million Mountain
Lakes Dam Rehabilitation and
Dredging Project. We didnt have
any money to do the repair work
for the dam side of the fix. We had
a citizen step forward, and this
was the in the form of Willard
T.C. Johnson Trust, who said they
felt it was important that the dam
be repaired. Low and behold, two
separate checks came in totaling
$4 million. It goes to show you
please see KISER, page 14

6 THE PRINCETON SUN MAY 1117, 2016

in our opinion

Push back school start times

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Kids need their rest, and pushing school start times to 8:30 a.m. would help
Dan McDonough Jr.

ast week, state education officials held two hearings to discuss the potential of moving
middle and high school start times to
later in the day. Proponents of the
measure say kids need their sleep, and
delaying the opening of schools will
help in that regard.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended students start
class no earlier than 8:30 a.m., which is
why the Legislature passed a measure
last year to study the feasibility of
changing the states laws. Reports indicate that 85 percent of New Jerseys
schools start before 8:30 a.m.
Doctors typically recommend teens
get eight to nine hours of sleep per
night. Most teens arent getting that
much sleep.
The easy and obvious solution

Your thoughts
What are your thoughts on pushing the
start time for middle schools and high
schools throughout our state to 8:30
a.m.? Let your voice be heard through a
letter to the editor.

would be for teens to go to bed earlier.

But is that realistic?
If classes start at 7:30 a.m., for example, teens would have to wake up about
an hour earlier, at 6:30 a.m., to allow for
the typical morning routine and travel
to school. To get the recommended
nine hours of sleep, this same teen
would have to shut his or her eyes by
9:30 p.m.
Yeah, right.
Adolescents naturally go to bed later
as they grow older; their hormones

keep them up and active at later hours.

In addition, weekday school activities
such as sports, theater and other
clubs take up more of their time immediately after school ends and also at
night, making it even harder for early
bedtimes to occur.
So is it really fair that as the day
grows longer for teens, we ask them to
wake up and be ready at the same time
as when they were in elementary
school and could easily be in bed earlier?
We dont think its fair or healthy,
for that matter.
We believe our states education officials should follow the recommendations of the AAP and push school start
times to 8:30 a.m. for middle schools
and high schools throughout New Jersey.

letters to the editor

Leticia Fraga uniquely qualified
for Princeton Council
We are fortunate to have many qualified
people running for council. Leticia Fraga,
however, is uniquely qualified to address
some of the critical issues facing our community.
Affordable housing in Princeton becomes a bigger challenge every year as
home prices rise. Working people have already been forced to leave the community
because they could no longer afford to live
here, and the situation is getting worse, not
better.
Princeton also needs a police and community relations committee to foster dialogue between our citizens and law enforcement. The controversy concerning
the recent arrest of a Princeton University
professor shows how badly this discussion
is needed.

To address these needs effectively, council needs a person with deep roots in the
parts of our community that are most affected and who understands their needs.
That person is Leticia Fraga. She worked
tirelessly on these issues and demonstrated the ability to work with people from all
walks of life and to get things done.
We need Leticia Fraga on council.
Lewis Maltby

Vote Jenny Crumiller

for Princeton Council
On a recent Saturday afternoon, I saw
Jenny Crumillers husband Jon at Ace
Hardware. He mentioned that they had
participated in the Let It Go: Princeton
Community Yard Sale and that Jenny had
decided not to charge for anything. I immediately asked jokingly if they had put up a
sign saying Free stuff ! Vote for Jenny!
We then agreed that there is no such thing

as free stuff, and went our separate ways.

This brief conversation reminded me
why we need to re-elect Jenny to Princeton
Council.
The truth is there is no free parking.
Someone has to pay for it, Jenny said at a
council meeting in September 2015 during
a discussion of the costs to the town of providing a subsidy for two hours of free parking to every Princeton Public Library cardholder.
Princeton Council is currently reviewing the budget, looking for ways to cut
$150,000 so as to pare down an increase in
property taxes.
Residents should be aware that only
about 23 cents of every dollar collected in
property taxes go to the town. The Princeton school board controls the lions share
of our tax dollars, more than 50 percent
and growing, and Mercer County gets the
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Deanna Stockton readies to move up

in ranks as municipal engineer
Stockton says she has big shoes to fill in new township position
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
Deanna Stocktons interest in
design evolved organically from a
young age. Growing up about an
hour north of Los Angeles with
her parents and sister, Stockton
recalls thumbing through
design magazines early on.
It wasnt until
college, however, that she
made
the
choice to be a
civil engineer.
After working in Seattle
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for the Washington Department of Transportation, Stockton and her future husband, Jason, moved to
Oregon where she worked for a
consulting firm. When Jasons finance job brought them to the
east coast, the Stocktons settled
in Montgomery. Stockton had interviews set up at various consulting firms but was intrigued
by the possibility of working in
Princeton.
Fortuitously, I met with Bob
Kiser and he offered me a job,
Stockton said.
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In 2000, Stockton was hired as
Princeton Township assistant
municipal engineer. In July, she
will move up in the ranks and replace the man who hired her.
It's definitely bittersweet,
Stockton said of the succession.
I have big shoes to fill, but I'm
eager for the challenge and
thankful for support Ive received.
To read more about Stockton as
she readies to take the engineering department by the helm, read
The Suns Q&A below.
The Sun: How did you come
into the engineering field?
Stockton: Although I began college as a psychology major, I realized in the middle of freshman
year that I should have followed
my childhood interest in design.
As my university did not offer an
architecture degree, I transferred
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Acting Out: Students in kindergarten through third grade are

invited to engage in dramatic
activity including discussions,
games and other fun activities.
No experience necessary. Princeton High School drama aficionados will lead the sessions. Princeton Public Library, 4 p.m.
Citizenship Preparation Classes:
Series of eight classes offered by
the Latin American Task Force to
assist those preparing for the
U.S. Citizenship Test. Classes
include history, civics and a
review of basic English necessary
for the citizenship interview. For
more information, please call
(609) 924-9529 extension 220.
Wednesdays through May 25.
Nassau Presbyterian Church, 7
p.m.

THURSDAY MAY 12
Princeton Farmers Market: Seasonal produce from local farmers,
flowers, crafts and a variety of
edibles are available at this weekly event. Hinds Plaza, 11 a.m. 4
p.m.; live music from 12:30 - 2:30
p.m.
Film and Discussion: Elementary
Genocide: The School to Prison
Pipeline, a documentary produced by award-winning journalist/filmmaker Raheim Shabass,
examines the systemic cultural,
social and economic forces that
contribute to the startling mass
incarceration among AfricanAmerican and Hispanic youth.
The film features candid interviews and voice-narration culled
from original interviews by professors, teachers, authors, children and parents. There will be a
discussion of the film led by local
entrepreneur, community activist
and author Tracey Syphax.

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photo identification card providing personal identifying information, medical risk factors and
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Job Seeker Sessions: The library
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seeking new employment and
contracting
opportunities
throughout the region. Please
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FRIDAY MAY 13
Rock & Rhythm: Blends music,
movement, rhymes, read alouds,
fingerplays and other interactive
activities while enhancing early
literacy skills. This program is
intended for children 2- to 5years-old. Parent or caregiver
must attend with child. Princeton
Public Library, 4 p.m.
Dance to the Movies: Cinema
inspired dance lesson and party.
Learn a line dance from the
movies at 7:30 p.m. Party starts
at 8:30 p.m. Win prizes! Pizza,
popcorn and other movie fare. No
jeans please. $20 per person. For
more information, visit www.jerseydance.com. West Windsor Arts
Center, 952 Alexander Road, 7:30
11 p.m.
Divorce
Recovery
Seminar:
Whats This Thing Called Love?
For more information, call Phyllis
Rich at (609) 5813889. Princeton Church of Christ, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY MAY 14
Go Between Club: All sixth, seventh

and eighth graders meet the second Saturday of every month for
a fun discussion of books and
other interests. Princeton Public
Library, 2 p.m.
Meditation, Kirtan, Bhagavad-gita
- Hidden Treasure of the Sweet
Absolute: Every Saturday. For
more
information,
visit
www.bviscs.org or call (732) 604
4135. Princeton Bhakti Vedanta
Institute, 20 Nassau St., Suite
#116, 2 p.m.

SUNDAY MAY 15
Free screening of The Hunger
Games: Mockingjay Part 2: As
the war of Panem escalates to
the destruction of other districts,
Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant
leader of the rebellion, must
bring together an army against
President Snow, while all she
holds dear hangs in the balance.
2h, 16m. Princeton Public Library,
3 p.m.
Amos Lee at McCarter: Amos Lee
performs with special guest Mutlu. For information and tickets,
visit mccarter.org. McCarter Theatre Center, 7 p.m.

MONDAY MAY 16
Letra Pequea: Through engagement with books, activities and
crafts, children and adults
improve Spanish language skills,
for children 2-5 years old accompanied by a parent or caregiver, 11
a.m.
Dark Star Orchestra: Continuing
The Grateful Dead concert experience, Dark Star performs. For
information and tickets, visit
mccarter.org. McCarter Theatre
Center, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY MAY 17
Harness the Power of Mobile:
Speaker Reina Valenzuela presents a webinar on using mobile
technology for self-promotion
and to drive more business.
Please
register
at
princeton.score.org. Princeton
Public Library, 6:30 p.m.

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Cast is a close-knit team, Kuenne says

CAST
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The production runs two hours, including one 15-minute intermission.
This production is recommended for grades nine and up.

In the comedy-drama about a

Jewish-American
family
in
Philadelphia, Kuenne takes the
stage alongside Ron Orbach, Caroline Aaron, Leslie Ayvazian,
Justin Hagan, Stephanie Janssen
and Rahael Nash Thompson. The
grown daughter, Miranda, takes
in her eccentric mother from
Long Island during her battle
with diabetes while planning her
son Jareds bar mitzvah.
All the Days was my first introduction to Sharyns work, and
I laughed out loud reading her
fiercely funny characters, exquisitely wrought, struggling with
dilemmas at once heartbreaking
and hilarious, Mann said.
Sharyns talent lies not only in
her biting dialogue, but also in
her ability to infuse her characters and story with depth and humanity. The mother-daughter relationship at the core of the play
is both bitterly critical and deeply
moving. I cant wait for our audiences to see it.
While Jared rides a rollercoaster of hectic emotion, something

Kuenne said he hasnt experienced much in his own life, there

is one aspect that connects him to
his character.
The grandparents are an oasis
in times of trouble in the family,
he said. You can always turn to
your grandparents thats a bit
similar.
Kuenne, wearing a pink cotton
Hawaiian t-shirt and athletic
shorts, relaxed into his dressing
room chair only 15 minutes before the 7:30 p.m. curtain. As he
ran a comb through his honeybrown hair, stage managers and
cast members hurried past the
open door. Mann peeked in to say
hello and smiled at the young
actor.
Whenever youre in a show
with a small cast, everyone walks
by and says hi. Were a close-knit

cast I feel. But no matter how

good the actors are, you cant put
six great actors together unless
they work very well together. I really lucked out on that fact,
Kuenne said. And I like just interacting with different family
members in the show. I love the
scene in the beginning of Act 2
with Del [Delmore Zweigma (Orbach)] because being on stage
with Ron is just unbelievable.
Along with the challenge of
learning a page of Hebrew for the
script, Kuenne said the hardest
part is keeping up with school
and missing his friends.
I don't want to be like one of
those child actors you see. I just
dont want that to be me, Kuenne
said when asked if hed pursue a
career in acting. I still wanna be
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The Sun: In 2002, you moved to
the Netherlands before returning
to your job as Princeton assistant
municipal engineer in 2005. What
insights did you gain from immersing yourself in a different
cultural landscape, if any?
Stockton: As an expatriate,
there is definitely a process of
adaptation that takes place. I
would not say we immersed ourselves in the Dutch culture; we,
instead, sampled the best from
the many cultures we found in
the expatriate community as well
as our local neighborhood. We
learned to savor the diversity of
backgrounds; to slow down and
enjoy a cuppa with friends; to
take three hours for dinner; to
enjoy that shops aren't open on
Sundays; to understand that we
work to live not live to work; to explore places that are thousands of
years old; and, of course, to take
errands by bicycle with a child up
front and another on the back!
The Sun: Which project has

been your favorite to work on as

assistant municipal engineer in
Princeton? Why?
Stockton: My most favorite
project to work on was the renovation of the Community Park
Pools and Recreation Facility. At
the time of the project planning
and design, my daughters were
young, took Saturday swim lessons at CP, and then we often
spent weekends as a family at the
pool. My personal experience
with the facility helped me understand the residents' stories of
their families growing up at CP
pool, and honor that history as we
worked to create an invigorated
facility for the next generations of
kids. Although the design process
had challenges, I had the opportunity to collaborate with passionate and dedicated residents, recreation staff, recreation board
members, elected officials from
both the township and the borough, and design and construction professionals, and I am
happy to say that we completed
that project (on time and on budget!) with an increased sense of respect for each other.
The Sun: What are the three
most significant things you have
learned working with Bob Kiser

and how do you think they've prepared you for your new role?
Stockton: To quantify Bob's
guidance into three bullet points
is incredibly difficult. He is Mr.
Princeton for the staff, and he is
my role model both professionally and personally. If I had to sum
up the guiding principles that
Bob has imparted, I would provide the following:
1.) Princeton is a unique place,
and it is our duty to maintain the
character of the community and
to provide the level of service that
residents expect.
2.) We have world-caliber residents in Princeton, and we have a
tremendous opportunity to learn
and challenge ourselves in our
engineering profession.
3.) Be a leader!
The Sun: What are you looking
forward to most as you take lead
in your department?
Stockton: I am looking forward
to building stronger relationships
within the Princeton community
to enhance the quality of life for
all residents. We have a talented
staff of professionals, and I look
forward to refining our processes
and finding new ways that the engineering department can provide service to Princeton.

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of Education to withdraw its proposal
In shifting the educational
paradigm to an individualized
and innovative learning model,
we need to resist reliance on standardized tests as the primary
means of assessment, and instead
foster broad public dialogues
about equitable assessments, policies and instructional practices
ones that open multiple pathways
for achieving not just a high
school diploma but a life of joy,
purpose and true success.
In passing the resolution
against NJDOEs proposal, the
board aims to support students
who may not achieve a passing
score on PARCC or have the resources to take the alternative assessments such as the SAT or
ACT. The number of Princeton
High School seniors who did not
take the PARCC exam nor the
SAT or ACT could not be released
for confidentiality reasons.
I cant provide you with an
exact number except to say that it
was a relative small number of
current PHS seniors. However,
these regulations affect thousands
of
current
seniors
statewide, Board President Andrea Spalla said.
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Public Schools stated the proposal would affect seniors graduating this year.
Under the state proposal,
PARCC scores from the spring of
2015 would weigh heavily in the
granting of a high school diploma, the release read. The PPS
board firmly opposed the measure, noting that the new graduation requirements do not conform
to existing state law, and that
school districts, parents and stu-

dents were not given adequate

and fair notice of the change.
It is possible that [the NJDOE
proposal] will pass by June 20; in
fact, it is likely, unless the state
Board of Education does not approve it, Spalla said.
However, NJDEP Press Secretary David Saenz said the Princeton boards understanding was
erroneous and clarified the state
proposal will not be applied to
students until the graduating
class of 2021.
Saenz stressed how the proposals literature says students up
until the class of 2021 do not have
to pass PARCC but that they
have to take PARCC. Saenz continued to explain how other alternatives, such as taking the SAT,
ACT or submitting a portfolio appeal, would remain available to
students as they did when the
state used the HESPA.
This is about creating options
during a transition, Saenz said.
We have had standardized tests
for graduation [in New Jersey]
for 32 years the federal government requires statewide assessment and are moving forward in
the evolution of standardized
tests being taken electronically.
The worry for individuals such
as Princeton BOE members as
well as state Sen. Nia H. Gill
who is working on legislation to
prevent NJDOE from using
PARCC as a graduation requirement until the 2020-2021 school
year is not all students will be
able to take advantage of the options.
According to Saenz, the
process of introducing the graduation requirement is as follows:
The regulations were first introduced in January, with a window
for public comment; in April, regulations moved to proposal level
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for local districts and boards such
as Princeton to voice their opposition.
The state Board [of Education] is currently reviewing regulation changes for assessment requirements for high school graduation. They will not come to a
final vote adoption until fall of
2016 August at the very earliest.
The data collected from the
PARCC assessments may, indeed,
over time, aid us in evaluating the
effectiveness of our programs
and help us ensure that our educational approaches are serving
every student, Cochrane stated
at the board meeting. We will
know more once we develop a
multi-year pattern of test results.
In the meantime, we need to be
vigilant about how the PARCC assessments could potentially be
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April 28
The driver of a tour bus reported that his bus was struck by an
unknown object or projectile
while traveling on
Stockton Street. Several windows on the bus
were cracked and
damaged. The investigation was turned
over to the Detective Bureau for
further investigation.

Court and bail was set at $114.

The man was transported to
headquarters where he was
processed and released with a
pending court date.
Two unknown females described as being in their early
teens and both having brown hair,
stole $210 worth of merchandise
from a retail store on
the 100 block of Nassau Street. The investigation was turned
over to the Detective
Bureau for further investigation.

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stop for speeding, a 53-year-old
Flushing, N.Y., male was arrested
on outstanding warrants issued
from multiple courts totaling
$2,797. He was transported to po-

A 38-year-old Lumberton female

was arrested by state police on two
outstanding warrants issued by
the Princeton Municipal Court
and the Plainsboro Municipal
Court, and subsequently turned
over to Princeton police. Total bail
was $614. She was processed and
released after posting bail.

April 25
An unknown male described as
being in his late 20s to early 30s,
approximately 5'10," weighing approximately 180 pounds with
shoulder length brown hair, stole
$238 worth of merchandise from
a retail store on the 100 block
of Nassau Street. The investigation was turned over to the Detective Bureau for further investigation.

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in property taxes are beyond the
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We need a frank assessment of
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She has an impeccable record of
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