To the Editor:

The Princeton BOE (Board of Education) has reduced the bond issue to $129 million, but includes the purchase of Herrontown Road property for $1.75 million to park school buses and other commercial vehicles. An OPRA request indicated that the municipality has numerous vacant land parcels, such as the large River Road parcel, that could potentially be utilized for parking.

The BOE response to this suggestion was that it has no control of municipal property. While we pay taxes to one “Princeton,” it appears that two separate government entities exist. If we truly have one Princeton, then the municipality and the BOE need to function together to share assets and minimize tax increases to the residents.

Peter Madison

Snowden Lane