Tenure should matter in superintendent choice
School district needs continuity, not revolving door of leadership Ocean City Board of Education President Chris Halliday said a new superintendent of schools should be chosen near the start of the 2023-24 school year. That’s only about two months away. We hope the board is getting more community involvement in the choice for the next […]
Groups battling Ocean Wind put Ørsted CEO on notice about their concerns
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to Mads Nipper, CEO of Ørsted, the Danish company that is planning the Ocean Wind 1 wind farm project off the coast of Atlantic and Cape May counties. There was an addendum to the letter that was too lengthy for the print edition. It is contained here. Dear Mr. Nipper, […]
Groups battling Ocean Wind put Ørsted CEO on notice about their basic concerns
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to Mads Nipper, CEO of Ørsted, the Danish company that is planning the Ocean Wind 1 wind farm project off the coast of Atlantic and Cape May counties. Dear Mr. Nipper, We write as concerned citizens and residents of the State of New Jersey, U.S.A. Our groups total tens […]
Before you freak out… try to get the facts
Mayor Jay Gillian had a fair point at last week’s Ocean City Council meeting. It is one of his familiar refrains about local government, but it addresses a far bigger picture: can we get the facts before we offer an opinion? It has always been true that people have a tendency to react based on […]
Board put issue to rest: Don’t start new controversy
The Ocean City Board of Education members who voted against adopting new state Health and Physical Education Standards last August forcefully stopped last week’s attempt to bring the standards back into the spotlight. That fact should put this issue to rest. More telling is something that has become obvious over the course of the school […]
Remember when ‘grooming’ was teaching your teens to shower and brush their hair?
If there is one term I’d love to see retired from its current usage, it’s “grooming.” It used to be the thing you were taught when you were young, that you had to shower regularly, brush your teeth and comb your hair … and that when you became a parent you passed on to your […]
Establish clear expectations, consequences for high school coaches, athletes and their parents
Everyone who has ever volunteered to coach youth sports remembers the parent or two who thought Suzy was a superstar in the shadows and would surely prove it if only she got more playing time. Or the parent walking up and down the sidelines, screaming directions to Jimmy and others, despite what the coach tells […]
Hungering for the society Dr. King imagined
It was wonderful to see the large turnout Monday for Ocean City’s annual celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The primary speeches were compelling, from the four Ocean City Intermediate School students to the powerful words of the Rev. Marcia Stanford, honoree Dr. Patrick Kane and the Rev. Gregory Johnson. The essays […]
Is it better to be woke or blissfully asleep?
And how do we teach our children? Why would anyone choose ignorance over knowledge? Why do people choose to be offended at the slightest things rather than saving their outrage for the outrageous? We are in the land of no in-between, no compromise. How are we supposed to teach our children? The term “woke” was […]
The freight train is coming down the tracks
No public hearing will slow it What was the point of Monday evening’s virtual public hearing on Ocean Wind 1’s plans to divert less than an acre of Green Acres land so it can put transmission lines through the island? For more than two hours, a hearing took place over Zoom. Ostensibly, it was to […]