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Making the grade

Sewing stockings for charity

Mt. Laurel School District scores higher

than state average across all grade levels
in NJASK language arts, math assessments
By MIKE MONOSTRA
The Sun
As in previous years, the Mt.
Laurel School District scored
above the state average at all
grades levels in the NJASK assessment.
While district officials are
pleased with the overall results,
the greater focus remains on individual student growth.
Assistant Superintendent for
Curriculum Sharon Vitella presented the school district's
NJASK scores from 2013-14 at last
weeks board of education meeting. The scores had Mt. Laurel
ranking well above the state average in language arts and math
across all grade levels.
Focusing on individual students is something the district
has looked at in greater detail the
past few years. To see how each
individual student has grown, the
district has developed new
growth profiles to measure kids
against similar students from
around the state.
If a student got a 210 on the
ASK last year in third grade,
they'd be compared to other third
graders in the state that scored a
210, Vitella said.
The impetus behind the stu-

dent growth profiles is to encourage individual student improvement from year to year, rather
than focusing on the district's collective scores.
The results from last year's
tests were encouraging. All the
district's elementary schools and
Hartford School had at least 69
percent of the student population
show a typical or high-level of improvement compared to the previous year. The only grades where
students saw their scores dip
slightly is in fifth and seventh
grade, when the students are
transitioning to a new school.
One of the biggest challenges
the district has had over the past
few years has been low test scores
for special education students,
which have been low compared to
other subgroups in the district.
Some grade levels had proficiency levels below 50 percent for special education.
To improve scores, the district
is again focusing on the individual students. Vitella said data is
collected on each special education student's strengths and
weaknesses. Teaching methods
and programs are then adjusted
to try to benefit each student.
please see DISTRICT, page 13

MIKE MONOSTRA/The Sun

Mt. Laurel resident Francesca Mazzatta helps Grace Wojtylak make a stocking during a charity
sewing event at Cattells Sew Vac and Sewing Academy last week. Girl Scouts from across the area
took time out of their weekend to sew stockings for charity. The Scouts later filled the stockings
with gifts and donated them to Providence House Domestic Violence Services of Catholic Charities.
Providence House offers emergency safe houses for victims of domestic violence and their children.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Drop in violence
LRHSD also reports rise
in substance abuse. PAGE 6

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . 2023
Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Police Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Break-in reported on Saint David Drive

The following information was
provided by the Mt. Laurel Police
Department.
A resident of the 200 block of
Saint David Drive reported on
Nov. 15 between 3:45 and 6:40 p.m.
someone entered his residence by
forcing a window
open. Nothing was reported taken, however
an estimated $250 in
damage was done to
the window.

locked locker inside the gym on

Nov. 15 between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30
a.m. The keys were used to access
the victims vehicle in the parking lot, and a wallet and $300 in
cash were stolen.
A resident of the unit block of
Sternlight Drive reported on Nov. 15 between 3:30 p.m. and 9
p.m. someone entered
his residence by forcing open a rear window. Jewelry, valued at approximately $50,000, was taken.

police
report

On Nov. 15 at 12:50 a.m. Mt. Laurel Police conducted a motor vehicle stop on Larchmont Boulevard
in the area of Union Mill Road.
During the stop, the driver, a 37year-old man from Mt. Laurel,
was arrested and charged with
driving while intoxicated. He was
released pending a court hearing.
A member of LA Fitness on
Dearborne Circle reported his vehicle keys were stolen from an un-

On Nov. 16 at 1:40 a.m. Mt. Laurel Police responded to a disturbance in the parking lot of a hotel
on the 3000 block of Crawford
Place. On arrival, the officers located one of the involved persons
sitting in his vehicle. He was
asked to step out of his car, but instead drove forward and struck a
parked vehicle in the parking lot.
The driver, a 23-year-old man

from Blackwood, was arrested

and charged with driving while
intoxicated. He was released
pending a court hearing.
On Nov. 16 at 10 a.m., Mount
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Democratic Club delivers

donations to food bank
Representative from the Mt.
Laurel Democratic Club delivered
several boxes of food on Nov. 25 to
the food bank at Jacobs Chapel on
Elbo Lane. The food was collected
from the clubs membership.
While the clubs primary mission is to work toward the election of Democratic candidates,
we also feel its important that we
support and give back to our community, club president Andy
Douglas said.
The president of Jacobs

Chapel Missionary Society, Leslie

Groce, thanked the club for its
participation in the event.
The food bank at Jacobs Chapel
works through the South Jersey
Food Bank in Pennsauken, providing boxes of staples to 32 families in Mt. Laurel and the surrounding area.
The club will also be conducting its annual toy drive in December and will donate childrens
toys to Jacobs Chapel before
Christmas.

Garden Club decorates Farmers Hall

The Mt. Laurel Garden Club
will decorate Farmers Hall for the
Holiday Open House hosted by
the Mt. Laurel Historical Society.
This years theme is "Trees of the
Season" with visiting hours on
Sunday Dec. 7, 14 and 21 from 1 to
4 p.m. and on Tuesday, Dec. 9 from

7 to 9 p.m. during the societys

monthly meeting.
Light refreshments will be
served. Farmers Hall is located at
the intersection of Mt. LaurelMoorestown and Mt. LaurelHainesport Roads. Visiting hours
are free and open to the public.

DEC. 39, 2014 THE MT. LAUREL SUN 5

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amily comes first. That is one
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It is one of the reasons why a
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has made this company a second family for many us.
This time of year, family is on everyones mind even more. Thanksgiving
was just last week, and Christmas,
Hanukkah and New Years are a few
weeks away.
We all take a break from our work
on these days, and we all pitch in for
each other when need be so we can be
with our families during these times
of celebration.
Generally speaking, we support any
and all measures that protect families
and help them take the time they need
to enjoy whats most important in life.

Your thoughts
What are your thoughts on banning retail
stores from opening before a certain time
on Thanksgiving? Share your thoughts on
this, and other topics, through a letter to
the editor.

But we dont support state Sen.

Richard Codeys proposal to bar retail
stores from opening before 9 p.m. on
Thanksgiving at least not as it is
currently constructed.
Its not that we support extending
Black Friday deals to earlier in the
week, and encouraging lines of people
to rush away from their families to
snatch up a limited-time-only, limitedstock-available blockbuster sale.
Its just that we dont support prioritizing one persons family over another, and thats exactly what this propos-

al does.
Codey says barring retail stores
from opening before 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving would protect low-income
workers from being torn from their
families during the holiday.
Apparently, though, he doesnt care
too much about low-income workers
who have to show up for work at gas
stations and convenience stores on
that day just the ones who work in
our states glitzy malls and outlets.
And he also doesnt seem interested in
protecting families of non-low-income
workers, such as journalists who
cover high school football games on
Turkey Day.
If Codey wants to protect families,
then he should write a bill that does
just that, not one that only protects
certain families while obviously ignoring others.

Violence, vandalism, bullying drop in district

LRHSD sees increase in substance abuse, including use and possession
By MIKE MONOSTRA
The Sun
The Lenape Regional High School District has put bullying and violence awareness at the forefront with anti-bullying programs. Its efforts have not only resulted in
all four schools being designated as No
Place for Hate, but have also helped reduce
bullying, violence and vandalism incidents.
According to the district's semi-annual
violence and vandalism report, the district
had 63 combined incidents of violence,
vandalism, weapons and substance abuse
from Jan. 1 through June 30. This is a decrease of five incidents from the same peri-

od in 2013.
Jim Kehoe, the district's security and
emergency management coordinator, said
a significant drop in incidents of violence
and bullying led to an overall decrease in
incidents.
We've had a decrease in incidents in the
bullying, violence, vandalism and weapons
categories, he said.
Last year, the district had a significant
decrease in the number of bullying incidents.
We had no HIB incidents during the
(January through June) reporting period,
Kehoe said.
For the entire 2013-14 school year, there
was only one confirmed HIB incident, a

large decrease from the seven reported in

2012-13.
The Lenape district credited the reduction to its focus on anti-bullying programs.
Superintendent Carol Birnbohm said the
district had a number of HIB presentations
and assemblies during School Violence
Awareness Week in October. In addition,
all four schools received a No Place For
Hate designation from the Anti-Defamation League for the second consecutive
year.
The district also had a large decrease in
fights as well as criminal offenses. There
were only two criminal offenses across the
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Event includes sessions

on challenge projects
EVENT
Continued from page 5
engineering, and to some of the
innovative technologies used by
engineers and the types of products they create. During the
event, Lockheed Martin engineers explained electrical, mechanical and software engineering, and described job opportunities for women in the field. Students also talked with engineers
about the requirements for becoming an engineer.

The event included sessions

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focused on dealing with requirements and constraints and sharing knowledge, all essential skills
in engineering disciplines. In addition, the students participated
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panel of mostly women engineers, and met with university
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WEDNESDAY DEC. 3
Crochet anyone: 1 p.m. at Mt. Laurel
Library. Join craft enthusiast
Audrey Pache for crocheting and
conversation.
Novices
and
experts welcome. Instruction
available if needed. Please bring
knitting materials.
Zoning Board meeting: 7 p.m. in the
courtroom at 100 Mt. Laurel
Road, Municipal Building, 100 Mt.
Laurel Road. Visit www.mountlaurel.com for more information
and to confirm meeting time.
Toastmasters Unity of Mt. Laurel
meeting: 7 p.m. on first and third
Wednesdays at Unity Church of
Christ, 629 S. Church St. For anyone interested in developing
community and leadership skills.
For more information contact
Gregory
J.
Bartz
at

gbartz181@comcast.net or (609)
953-1603.
Rotary Club of Mt. Laurel meeting:
Noon at Laurel Creek Country
Club, 655 Old Centerton Road.
For more information visit
www.mountlaurelrotary.org or
call (856) 234-7663.
Storytime: 11 a.m. every Wednesday
at Kids Play Lounge in Mt. Laurel.
Come hear a new story every
week and then stay and play the
rest of the day! Call (856) 2739500 or visit www.kidsplaylounge.com for more information.
New Covenant Presbyterian
Church Adult Bible Study: 2 to 3
p.m. Church is at 240 Creek Road,
Rancocas Woods, Mount Laurel.

THURSDAY DEC. 4
History of Mt. Laurel: 2 p.m. at Mt.

Laurel Library. Stephanie Marks

Sawyer, author of Mount Laurel
from the Images of America
series, will present photos from
her book and lesser-known facts
about Mt. Laurel. Copies of her
book will be available for purchase and signing.
Scales and tails: Grades kindergarten through six. 7 p.m. at Mt.
Laurel Library. This program
includes a hands-on interaction
with Rancocas resident reptiles
and shares information about
reptile biology and adaptations.

SATURDAY DEC. 6
Holiday bazaar: 9 a.m. at Countryside School. Local crafters and
home demonstrators will be on
hand to sell their goods. There
will also be health and wellness
vendors, games and face painting

for kids. Admission is free. For

more information, email Danielle
Seidelmann
at
dseidelmann14@gmail.com.
Holiday open house: 2 p.m. at Paulsdale. Join the Alice Paul Institute
for a holiday open house. The
home will be decorated in Quaker
fashion by the Mt. Laurel Garden
Club. Peruse the gift shop where
childrens crafts will be available
and help the institutes girls advisory council raise money for girls
in Pakistan. There will also be
tours and refreshments. Admission is free. For more information,
contact Claire Schmieder at
(856)
231-1185
or
email
claires@alicepaul.org.

SUNDAY DEC. 7
Holiday open house: 1 p.m. at Farmers Hall. The Mt. Laurel Garden
Club had decorated the hall. This
years theme is Trees of the Season. Light refreshments will be
served. The event is free and
open to the public.
Logic activities: Grades three to
four. 3 p.m. at Mt. Laurel Library.
Children learn how to interpret
data, recognize patterns and
solve problems. Includes in-class
exercises and practice worksheets.
Cozy readers caf: Grades 7 to 12. 5
p.m. at Mt. Laurel Library. Take a

DEC. 39, 2014

break and relax with a good book
in a winter wonderland in this
after hours event. Consider
bringing a gently used favorite
book for the librarys book
exchange.
New Covenant Presbyterian
Church: Sunday worship 11 a.m. to
noon. Adult Bible study 9:30 to
10:30 a.m. Coffee and fellowship
after the church service each
third Sunday. Church is at 240
Creek Road, Rancocas Woods,
Mount Laurel.
Free Karate Session: Adults and
children. The South Jersey
School of Korean Karate, 300
Greentree Road, Meeting House
Square Plaza, Mt. Laurel, at 10
a.m. until Jan. 1. Beginners and
experienced participants welcome. For information contact
Joseph Esposito at (609) 7602003.

MONDAY DEC. 8
Baby and toddler storytime: Ages
0 to 3. 10:30 a.m. at Mt. Laurel
Library. Join the library for stories, songs, fingerplays and musical instruments for all.
Cinema and television New Jersey connection: 2 p.m. at Mt.
Laurel
Library.
Walter
Choroszewski is New Jersey
please see CALENDAR, page 9

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CALENDAR
CALENDAR
Continued from page 8
proud and celebrates the states
historic contributions to American cinema and television.
Crochet anyone: 7 p.m. at Mt. Laurel Library. Join craft enthusiast
Audrey Pache for crocheting and
conversation.
Novices
and
experts welcome. Instruction
available if needed. Please bring
knitting materials.
Friends of the Mt. Laurel Library
meeting: 7 p.m. on the second
Monday of the month at the
library. For more information visit
www.mtlaurel.lib.nj.us or call
(856) 234-7319.

TUESDAY DEC. 9
Preschool storytime: Ages 3 to 6.
10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Mt.

Laurel Library. Come for a funfilled session of stories, songs,

fingerplays and an art activity.
Chess night: 6:30 p.m. at Mt. Laurel
Library. Join fellow players for an
evening of chess. Instruction
available for beginner players. All
ages and skill levels welcome.
Holiday open house: 7 p.m. at Farmers Hall. The Mt. Laurel Garden
Club had decorated the hall. This
years theme is Trees of the Season. Light refreshments will be
served. The event is free and
open to the public.
Mt. Laurel Historical Society meeting: 7:30 p.m. at Farmers Hall,
intersection of Hainesport Mt. Laurel Road and Moorestown Mt. Laurel Road. For more information call
President Fran Daily at (856) 2352334.
Mt. Laurel I BNI Chapter meeting:
7:30 to 9 a.m. at Marcos Restaurant at Indian Spring C.C., 115 S.
Elmwood Drive.

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Purse stolen from car at shopping center

PURSE

mitted to the Burlington County

Jail with bail set at $16,000.

Continued from page 3

Laurel Police responded to a hotel
on the 4000 block of Crawford
Place for the report of burglary to
a vehicle. The victim reported
someone broke a window on the
vehicle and stole $715 in clothing
and electronics. The investigation
led to a suspect staying in the
same hotel. When officers attempted to speak to him, he began
throwing the stolen items out of a
second-story window. Officers arrested the suspect, a 54-year-old
man from Berwyn, Ill. He was
charged with burglary, theft and
criminal mischief. He was com-

A patron of the Larchmont

Commons
shopping
center reported that on
Nov. 16 between 10:20
and 11:30 a.m. someone
broke a window on
their vehicle that was
parked near the Aldi Supermarket. A purse containing cash and
credit cards was stolen from the
vehicle. During the same time
frame, one of the stolen credit
cards was used to make a fraudulent purchase at a nearby gas station.

woman of Pittsburgh, Pa. at a

hotel on the 600 block of Fellowship Road during an investigation
into suspicious activity. She was
wanted for a probation
violation out of Westmoreland, Pa. She was
charged with being a
fugitive from justice
and committed to the
Burlington County Work Release
Center in lieu of $5,000 bail.

police
report

On Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. Mt. Laurel

Police arrested an 18-year-old

A resident of the 400 block of

Masonville Road reported someone burglarized their residence
on Nov. 17 between 2:30 and 5:15
p.m. Entry into the residence was
gained by forcing open the front
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Lafayette Drive resident reports burglary

LAFAYETTE
Continued from page 10
door. Jewelry, electronics and
other items, valued at approximately $1,600, were taken.
On Nov. 18 at noon, Mt. Laurel
Police responded to the ShopRite
on Nixon Drive for a shoplifting.
Officers took custody of a 74-yearold woman of Philadelphia. She
was arrested and charged with
shoplifting. She
also had
an
outstanding
warrant
for a previous shoplifting offense.
She was served with criminal
complaints and lodged at the
Burlington County Work Release
Center in lieu of $500 bail.

appeared to be from a government agency in Washington, D.C.

The suspect demanded that the
victim immediately pay $2,500 in
the form of pre-paid MoneyPak
Green Dot debit cards. The suspect threatened the victim with

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A resident of the 100 block of

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between 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 17 and
6:30 a.m. on Nov. 18. Entry was
gained through an unlocked front
door. A purse and its contents,
valued at approximately $550,
were taken.
An employee of Virtua Home
Health on Fellowship Road reported a credit card theft. An unattended credit card was taken
from a desk and used to make
fraudulent purchases, totaling an
unknown amount, at the Macys
in the Moorestown Mall. The incident occurred at approximately 5
p.m. on Nov. 20.
Mt. Laurel Police arrested a 28year-old man from Hammonton
on Nov. 21 for driving while intoxicated. He was stopped at 1:04 a.m.
on Route 73 in the area of Clover
Road, charged with driving while
intoxicated and released pending
a municipal court hearing.
A resident reported that she received a phone call from a suspect
representing themselves as an
employee of the U.S. Department
of Immigration on Nov. 21 at 10
a.m. The victim stated that the
caller ID displayed a number that

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Mt. Laurel pianist and harpist
Nicholas Alden will present a
Christmas concert on Saturday,
Dec. 6 at the Masonville-Rancocas
United Methodist Church in Mt.
Laurel. There will be two shows,
at 3 and 7 p.m., blending traditional holiday favorites with some of
Aldens own musical compositions. Alden will be joined by talented guest musicians and vocalists for this concert.
There is no charge for admission, but donations are requested
to benefit both Aldens college
fund and the Masonville-Rancocas United Methodist Church.
Aldens CDs will also be available
by donation. For more information, please call the church at
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District reports 95 percent

of eighth-grade students
proficient in language arts
DISTRICT
Continued from page 1

Vitella said the teachers are able

to come up with new ideas to get
in touch with their students.
We are aggressively working
to improve the achievement of
our subgroup students, she said.
One
area
the
district
was pleased with was language
arts.
The district implemented a
new reading program last year,
but despite the transition, scores
remained fairly steady.
We're quite happy with the results, because when you introduce a new program, you can expect some adjustments, Vitella

said.
The district has also steadily
increased the number of students
who are proficient in language
arts as they progress through
their school career. At the eighthgrade level, 95 percent of Mt. Laurel students are proficient in language arts.
When our students are leaving to go to their high school
years, we'll be leaving them well,
Vitella said.
Superintendent
Antoinette
Rath emphasized the importance
of focusing on every student. She
said looking at subgroups and
student growth profiles has allowed the district to find ways to
further improve.
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Bazaar is returning for 2014. The
event will be held on Saturday,
Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Local
crafters
and
home demonstrators will be
on hand to sell
their goods.
There will also be health and
wellness vendors, games and face
painting for the kids, and raffles
with door prizes.
The Countryside PTO is bringing back the bazaar after running
it many years ago.
The PTO hopes to recreate

briefs

memories of past bazaars for all

children while also supporting
local vendors.
Admission to the bazaar is free.
For more information, contact
Danielle Seidelmann at dseidelmann14@gmail.com.
Proceeds
from the event will go toward
Countryside School.

Harmony Show Choir

to perform free concert
The Harmony Show Choir will
perform a free holiday concert on
Sunday, Dec.14 at 2 p.m. at the Mt.
Laurel Library.
Take a break from shopping

and enjoy an afternoon of holiday

tunes with this group of young,
talented performers. This concert
is open to the public and no registration is needed.
The choir is an audition-only
group of 52 high school-aged performers from the South Jersey
area.
They are professionally staged
and choreographed in a high energy, family oriented musical
revue for the holidays.
This concert is part of the Second Sunday Concert series offered
at the Mt. Laurel Library. Concerts are held every second Sunday of the month from 2 to 3 p.m.

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Have the
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Enjoy the
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Police report DWI arrests

POLICE
Continued from page 11
purchase the Green Dot cards.
Once the cards were purchased,
the victim provided the card information to the suspect, at which
point the cards were drained.
An employee of Ulta on Nixon
Drive reported on Nov. 22 at approximately 2:30 p.m. a woman
left the store without paying for
three bottles of perfume valued at
$248. The suspect fled the area
prior to police arrival in a gray
Chrysler 300M bearing a New
York registration and operated by
a man.
A resident of the 800 block of
Lafayette Drive reported that on
Nov. 21 between 7:15 p.m. and 8:15
p.m. someone burglarized his residence. Entry into the house was
gained by forcing the rear window. Jewelry, valued at approximately $5,500, was taken.
On Nov. 22 at 3:17 a.m., Mt. Laurel Police conducted a motor vehicle stop on Whitechapel Drive
near Sheffield Lane. During the
stop the driver, a 25-year-old man
from Mt. Laurel, was arrested
and charged with driving while
intoxicated. He was released
pending a court hearing.
On Nov. 21 a victim met a male
suspect at the Lukoil Gas Station
on Route 73 to purchase a cellular
telephone for $200. Following the
transaction, the victim realized
the phone was a fake and was
only capable of playing music.
The suspect was a man believed
to be in his 50s. He was operating
a dark sedan bearing a Florida
registration.
A resident from of the 700
block of Hunters Lane reported
tools, valued at $460, were taken
from his garage. The victim believes the incident occurred
sometime between Aug. 24 and
Aug. 30 while contractors were installing windows.

On Nov. 22 at 10:10 p.m., Mt.

Laurel Police conducted a motor
vehicle stop on Route 73 near Interstate 295. During the stop, the
driver, a 26-year-old woman, was
arrested and charged
with driving while intoxicated. She was released pending a court
hearing.

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Mt. Laurel Police arrested a 62-year-old
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while intoxicated. Subsequent to erratic driving complaints, he was
stopped on Daylily Drive at 5:09
p.m. and charged with driving
while intoxicated and released
pending a municipal court hearing.

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On Nov. 23 at 3:15
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was arrested and charged with
driving while intoxicated. He was
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the driver, a 38-year-old woman

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Carlo B. Melini, M.D., P.A.

District reports
20 incidents of theft
students spoke in assemblies centered around substance abuse
awareness at all four schools.
Kehoe also put an emphasis on
theft. He said most of the vandalism cases involved theft from students lockers.
Fourteen of the 20 incidents
were theft, he said. We're required to report any theft over
$10.
Out of the 14 cases, seven of
them ended in an arrest, the
stolen item was returned in six
cases, and one case had the item
returned damaged.
The district did not have any
bomb threats and had only one incident of weapons use for the entire school year. Kehoe said there
were no reports of firearms or
knives being brought into
schools.
The weapon report was for
possession of a pipe that led to an
assault, he said.

DISTRICT

Success with Learning Disorders

By Carlo B. Melini, MD FAAP
Website - www.CarloBMeliniMD.com
All students need success. It has been said that success is like vitamins, we all need some. Some
students however fail to achieve the success they deserve. Subtle and sometimes overt differences in
learning patterns can create havoc for a student in school. The most common neurodevelopmental
dysfunction involves the Attention System. This is the Chief Executive Officer of the brain. It directs
by promoting, inhibiting, assisting and controlling all that we learn, remember, listen to and produce.
No one has inattention for everything. Rather, it is inattention for those things that are boring or difficult to understand. On the other hand, attention for things we really enjoy and care about may never
be stronger. So it is really a misnomer to call someone Attention Deficit; rather it should be labeled
Misdirected Attention.
Often, individuals with this affliction are extremely creative and can become very successful adults
when they can practice their specialty- do what they like. Although traditional past research did not
incriminate sugar and foods as causative of inattention or increased activity, more recent research suggests that the artificial dyes and preservatives, found in many foods today, can worsen the condition,
and should be avoided. Recent research confirms that exercise can be especially beneficial in improving
attention. Sitting still all day hinders the ability to sustain attention. Schools that provide regular exercise at the beginning of the day and throughout the day have students with very little Attention
Deficit!
Associated with at least 90% of students with attentional issues are learning differences. They may
involve sequencing, fine motor, language, organization or memory. They may be subtle and not readily
recognized without appropriate evaluations. These are students with normal to gifted intelligence; yet,
if not recognized and by-passed early, may fail to achieve commensurate with their intelligence. The
three main categories of learning disorders include: Dyslexia (Reading) 80% Dyscalculia (Math) 10%
and Dysgraphia (Writing) 10%. Each, if recognized early, can be mastered and overcome!
Attending school heralds the end of the protection and nurture of home life. During a typical day
at school, students experience successes and failures, many resulting in future feelings of self-worth
and self-esteem. Lets not blame students as lazy unmotivated or immature. Rather, lets make
sure they are properly evaluated where strengths and weaknesses in the various domains needed for
learning are determined. Only then will we stop the cycle of failure and lack of success that plague too
many students.
(The author is a Developmental-Behavioral pediatrician, who specializes in Learning and Behavior
Disorders, in Marlton, NJ.)

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district last year, compared to
eight in 2012-13.
The one area where there was
an increase in numbers was in
substance abuse. There were 51
confirmed cases last school year.
This included 29 confirmed cases
of drug and alcohol use, 20 cases
of possession and two cases of
distribution.
Kehoe said incidents across all
three categories increased from
the 2012-13 school year.
The district has put a focus on
reducing substance abuse in all
four schools.
Birnbohm said one of the main
themes of School Violence
Awareness Week was drug awareness.
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Rebuilding the American Dream

After devastating blow, the local housing market works toward recovery
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Klaus said the last boom in the

market was in 2006, and the
sharpest drop in the local market
was rather immediate.
We had the boom and then we
had the drop. It clearly was a perfect graph, she said. Were talking general South Jersey,
not most specifically this area. One
of the things I
would have to say,
were very fortunate in
the market were in
right here.
According to Dave
Lewis, broker/owner of
B.T. Edgar and Son Realtors in Moorestown,
the real estate market
saw a more detrimental
crash in other parts of
the country.
Relatively
speaking,
we
werent
hurt
that badly. The
key word in that
sentence is relatively. Areas like
Florida,
Las

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Owning a home has long been

part of the American dream, that
tangible, visual proof of hard
work and dedication.
Less than a decade ago, this
dream became a reality for many
across the nation. Interest rates
were at historic lows, banks were
eager to offer home loans to most
anyone who came looking, and the
real estate market was booming.
But when the bottom
dropped
out during

the recession, that facet of the

American dream shifted. Unemployment rates rose, credit scores
faltered and homes were lost,
whether to foreclosures or from
downsizing to make ends meet.
Lessons were learned from
both the real estate boom and the
following crash, and as the market has slowly recovered during
the past two years, local real estate professionals are optimistic.
It was a most interesting bubble, Alyce Klaus, broker/sales
representative with Weichert Realtors Moorestown, said. We really have no expectations in our
industry that well see that again.
I think that we learned a lot from
the boom, and I think that, overall, the housing industry has
taken more positive measures to create more stability.

IN THOUSANDS

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IN THOUSANDS

By KRISTEN DOWD

Vegas, California where you

heard all the horror stories of
foreclosures and bankruptcies
theyve really bounced back, but
they were so far down percentagewise, Lewis said. This area of
the country tends to be a little
more stable.
Lewis, who is a past president
of the Burlington Camden County Association of Realtors and
board member of the New Jersey
Association of Realtors, saw the

height of the market in 2007, with

average home sale prices at
$325,000 in Burlington County
and $232,000 in Camden County.
He said the sales declined first,
and then the prices started to
drop.
It was relatively gradual until
about 2008, when the financial crisis hit, he explained. It basically bounced along the bottom for a
couple years until the summer
of 2012, it started to pick back up

again.
Anne E. Koons, sales associate
with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors,
in Cherry Hill, saw the decline in
the market later.
I didnt see it burst until the
end of 2009, Koons said, attributing this to the fact that she sells a
lot of high-end homes. And then,
of course, it was definitely (a
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REALTORS
Continued from page 18

downturn) in 2010 and 2011.

Koons said homes more than
$600,000 dipped about 25 percent,
and homes listed for more than a
million dollars dipped between 30
percent and 35 percent.

Why did the market crash?

Why the real estate market
tanked is not so much up for debate clearly, the economic crisis
directly impacted the market
but pinpointing exactly what happened isnt easy.
I think the banking system
was, perhaps, overly generous.
And I think America as a whole
most people invest in housing
with this eternal optimism. Its a
tough adjustment to that monthly
payment, but everyone looks to
moving up in their job, salary increases, Klaus said. With so
many small businesses that
closed and downsizing of big
companies, I think that was a lot
of shock there. People had positioned themselves with that optimism and werent anticipating or
prepared financially for those periods of unemployment. That was
a good deal of it.
Koons also said the problem
started during the boom.
The prices of homes were just
inflating for no reason, she said.
Ill never forget, I sold a house in
05 for $400,000, and a year and a
half or two years later, I sold the
same house for $500,000. The people hadnt done anything, but it
was supply and demand. They
could get (the price), and they got
it.
I couldnt understand why
there would be so much growth
when there really was nothing
done to justify it.
Angela Barnshaw, CEO of Haddonfield real estate agency
Agent06, said the fault of the market crash fell not just on the
lenders, but on the real estate industry as well.
It was an unregulated mortgage and real estate industry
not just mortgage, she said. Its
about both industries. The mort-

gage industry got all of the

spankings, and the real estate industry went virtually unscathed.
It was this, she said, combined
with an uneducated consumer
that caused the crash.

The current market

Comparing sale prices since
the market began to recover
shows a steady, if gradual, improvement.
During the recession, Burlington County saw the lowest average settled price in February 2013,
at $217,000. Camden Countys lowest month was January 2013, at
$168,000.
In December 2013, the average
sales price of homes in Burlington County had increased to
$238,694. In Camden County, it
was $186,333.
In June of this year, those
prices reached $267,173 in
Burlington County and $206,974
in Camden County. The first half
of 2014 saw an average sales price
of $240,232 in Burlington County
and $194,213 in Camden County.
In October, the average sales
price was $196,500 in Burlington
County and $156,000 in Camden
County. There was an increase in
units sold for both counties;
Burlington County saw an approximate 3 percent increase,
while Camden County saw about
5 percent.
Local real estate agents are
looking forward to this sales
trend continuing, and they can
help drive the market by the advice they give to consumers.
If we overinflate a price, we
arent doing anybody any favors,
Klaus said. The role that (Realtors) play, its earning trust and
respect from buyers and sellers.
Our job is to educate them on the
current market conditions and to
deal honestly with them. You
cant tell people what they want to
hear Its in the best interest of
everybody to be factual, correct
and honest when dealing with a
property.
Lewis said its important for
people to know home sales are improving.
Were trying to build confidence with folks, educate them
that its just a business cycle,

REAL ESTATE SERIES

This is part one of a three-part
series on the local real estate
market. Part two next week will
focus on the markets buyers.
Lewis said, and that things will
be getting better.

Recovering the market

When consumers are educated
and honest about what they can
afford, the market will continue
to rebuild, Barnshaw said.
Do the math, look at your
budget, be honest and then decide, OK, they said based on this
Im approved up to this, but because Im looking at the whole
picture, because I as the consumer only know the whole picture, I know I can only spend up
to this point, Barnshaw explained. Its not about what
youre
comfortable
doing.
You need to look at the whole picture.

Building consumer confidence

appears to be key in recovering
the real estate market, and as the
economy stabilizes, that confidence comes back.
I think, in at least the last two
years, we have begun to see very
conservative, healthy and steady
recovery, Klaus said. Your consumer confidence has increased,
and unemployment numbers
have improved. That has a definite mark on the publics choice
to come back and re-enter, to look

for property.
Lewis said there is a lot of
pent-up demand for housing, and
that will improve the market.
The economy is slowly getting
better and consumer confidence
is increasing, Lewis said. Its
going to take awhile for the prices
to come back, at least to the precrash levels. Its going to take a
couple more years. The good sign
is inventory is getting scarce, and
that usually causes prices to
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