To the Editor:

I will be voting for the Princeton Public Schools bond referendum on September 24. I am a parent of children at both the middle school and high school. I am also a former PTO President of the middle school and have seen the issues that the referendum is trying to solve. A majority of the monies being spent will be for things such as rotten windows, reconditioning of pavement and refurbishing of roofs that the community will not necessarily notice from the outside but are imperative for the safety of the students and the functioning of the building. However, part of the monies will also go towards improving areas that will directly be used by the students such as the media center which has needed updating for more than a couple of decades. Currently, the media center cannot accommodate the amount of children it should be attracting to this part of the school. The challenge of keeping a middle school age student engaged in reading and research is even more of a challenge when the school’s media center is not up to the task. The above are not all of the improvements that the District is planning. For more information, please go to: www.princeton1k2.org. It is crucial to do these projects now while the interest rates and construction costs are at a historical low as well as to halt the deterioration any further to the infrastructures. Please vote yes on September 24.

Tamera Matteo

Snowden Lane