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Air Conditioning

by Joe Canova

Begin installing Cooling Centers at each school

Each year due to the excessive heat ee lose seprember and June. Sometimes may also. This is 20... more

by Donna

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Air conditioning is so important so we can use the schools during the summer and improve conditio... more

by Eve

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Students lose too many days due to excessive heat and with cooler environment they will be more a... more

by Jennifer

3

I missed so many days of school because it was too hot inside. Classes were taught in hallways be... more

2

I believe a cooling system should be applied to our school because there have been many cases of ... more

I don't see a correlation between air conditioning and students grades and testing improving, why... more

2

Add air conditioning in classrooms, auditoriums could be rented out for events

No school I ever attended had air conditioning. It didn't stop me from getting A's and B's in all... more

1

Air conditioning will only be used during the very, very beginning of the school year and the las... more

We are in 2017, why we cannot have all the best conditions for our kids in the classrooms? I don... more

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Teodora Varga, Elaine lembeck, stephany and 72 more

STEAM

by Joe Canova

Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math

Having a stronger understanding in the steam areas will help children build better Foundations. I... more

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Parent, Jules, Tammi and 29 more

Become Blue Ribbon Certified

by Joe Canova

Put a plan in place with a budget allocated to become a Blue Ribbon certified school which will d... more

Do it will be more comfortable for learning in the summer.

by Jennifer

This would be a huge accomplishment for the school!

by Scott F

It would be the best investment in education

by Matt

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Teachers would flock to us if this happened.

by Theresa S.

While I do agree with the comments, tho is not something that happens overnight and is not someth... more

by Chuck R

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Christine C, Patrick Bury, Sunil Desai and 27 more

Security

by Joe Canova

Tighten up on security measures to ensure student safety

Safety upgrades are needed. We are a huge district and times are changing.

by Stay

2

I have personally picked up children in the elementary schools where I am buzzed into the buildin... more

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Without security, everything else is meaningless.

Add security to make schools safe, make middle and high school safer.

When going to the school they buzz you in with no idea who you are. Then, you walk through the ha... more

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How is everyone not selecting this? It should be the first item for everyone!!

by Phil

SECURITY NUMBER ONE FOR KIDS !!

by George Silva

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Elaine Lembeck, Semra Ayala, Chastity and 23 more

Media Specialists

by Joe Canova

Rehire the cut Media Specialist positions

Absolutely need this, teachers don't have time to fully utilize the libraries and students need t... more

by Alaina Sanchez

1

Compared to other local districts with thriving Media programs, our students are losing out and f... more

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Concerned for our Children, Alaina Sanchez, Nicole Barrett and 11 more

Tax Payer relief

by Joe Canova

Every $1M is approx a $4 per month rebate per taxpayer

Since we have only had increasesfor the last 20 years, I think it would be refreshing to see some... more

by Al koodray

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I'm happy to pay taxes to educate our children. They are our most important resource.

that's $182.50 a year ,which would be at least something , since our taxes have increased every y... more

My calculation of $4 a month adds up to $36 a year, which is nothing. I'd rather see the money i... more

only clifton homeowner(taxpapers) should have voice in this vote, since they are paying this bill

1

Everyone should have a vote on what happens to this money. I want to make sure my child gets the ... more

by Heather

1

If my taxes rebate is only going to be $36 then just give that back to the schools improvements

by Lisa

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Alaina Sanchez, B, Patricia Demmie and 11 more

Give the staff members a raise above the 2% cap,like many other local districts, to encourage great staff mbers to stay and not leave for districts with better pay scales

While I do feel this should be addressed, until we know that this State funding model will be res... more

by Joe Canova

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Corinne, Annette, Heather and 6 more

Rezone Clifton Elementary Schools

by Dana Pollati

Rezone the elementary schools. Invest some of the money in analyzing the current balance and proj... more

I think this idea will wind up being unfair for the people that moved to certain areas of Clifton... more

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It's also unfair to those who are forced into going to certain elementary schools now. The school... more

by Dana Pollati

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Chastity, Annette, Donna and 2 more

Summer school available to students from ALL Clifton schools based on educational need.

Summer school is currently only available to students in select elementary schools. Children who... more

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Rc, Jennifer Sanchez Martinez, Rc and 2 more

Summer arts or other summer programming for teens

by Hana

Create summer programs for students to keep them engaged in learning.

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Manny Garcia, Eve, Diane Grivas and 1 more

Town Pool

by Steve Goldberg

Build a pool for use by students/swim team and city residents.

We can also use this for a Clifton swim team year-round if it is indoors

by Bob

1

The swim team uses the Boys & Girls Club.

by Louise Montalvo

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Bob

Louise Montalvo

Steve Goldberg

Computers and Learning Management System (LMS)

Use an LMS with built in parent monitoring as other school districts do for students to post home... more

We do not use computer websites like other schools.

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Annette

diane

Jennifer

Fix/Repair Safety Issues in Buildings

by Joe Canova

Complete much needed repairs to our buildings to resolve the list of issues identified.

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Alex

Chastity

Lori Lalama

Larger Focus on Academics and Athletics for the students

by Bobbie Madrigal

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Cathy Shanahan

Paige

Rich

Food Quality and Choices

by Dancing Bear

Improve the quality of food being served.

School lunches are disgusting. The corn is grey, the mashed potatoes are dried out, the general q... more

by Dancing Bear

The BOE chose Pomptonian for the upcoming school year.

by Louise Montalvo

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Dancing Bear

Jessica

School gardens

by lana mustafa

Start school gardens for children to participate in

We teach our children many things in life, yet some grow up not knowing where their food comes fr... more

by Lana Mustafa

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Colleen T

Updated computers and curriculum by having access to online curriculum and digital text books with adaptive learning methods.

by Susan

My son said that the text books in school were really old. If we gave students and faculty on lin... more

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Susan

Hire Staff

Add resources to improve classroom sizes

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AA

Athletic Fields

Repair and improve the athletic fields at the high school and middle schools

this will decrease the injuries students face due to damaged fields

increase athletic performance of students if they are provided with proper practice grounds

They already have turf and the one in front of Columbus is being done now.

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Weight Room

by Joe Canova

Create a Weight Room for students and possibly the community

We need academics to improve not turf and weights. I can see if we let people pay to come here bu... more

by Tommy

Pay for them to go to Planet Fitness or Blink instead. It will be a lot cheaper.

by Karen Ruiz

If the residents want a weight room, there are many gyms locally that they can join.

by Louise Montalvo

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