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Something that I would change about my town is the class sizes in the school district. I feel that the class sizes are very large.
Emily Bruno
Core 3
Go Penn State!
i would change the speed limit signes because most people dirve way over the speed limit and in crease the cops that are on speed patrol
If i could change anything in my town it would be that there would be more cops in the town on patrol looking for speeders. Alot of people go way over the speed limit in our town.
If i would to change anything about my town it would be for them to build something useful. Instead of building more houses and apartments they should help the poeple who already live in our town. if our town builds anymore houses or apartments there will be more students at school, and the classes are already too crowded as it is. I dont think our town can fit anymore people.
If I had to change one thing about my town I would probably add a "hang out" place for teens. The place a would create would be almost like a community center, except you would only pay everytime you go there. The admission would also be very cheap. The place I envision would also allow young bands to play there. This place would benefit the society because it would give teenagers a place where they can safely socialize, keeping some of them off of the streets.
- Hannah Core 4
I live on Brookside Avenue and would like the local police to install speed bumps. My street is used as a cut through, and people speed daily. It is dangerous because it is near the park where young children play.
Michael Carnevale
Core 3
Go Syracuse!
If i could change something about our town I would change the fact that a lot of business are cutting down trees to build more apartment buildings, gas stations, and nail places. We already have enough of those, but we're running out of trees. We're ruining our enviorment.
Something that i would change in our town is the Prices on the houses. The houses should be more reasonable. So, people can move to our beautiful town living in a nice house that they can afford.
If I could change one thing in this town it would be the amount of nail salons! We have no store variety anymore. I am not saying to destroy them all, but to get rid of maybe all but two or three.
Something that I would change about our town is increasing construction developments. We already have enough condos and nail salons. We should try to save some space for the animals and their habitats. People complain about how deer and other animals are coming into our communities, but what they should be complaing about is all the construction that is taking away the animals natural habitats. Save some space for the animals, they were here first.
In the Caldwell/West Caldwell school district I would change the number of students in a class. In many of our elementary schools it is overcrowded and there is not enough space in the auditoriums, cafiterias, and classrooms. It is very crowded picking up and droping off students and it can be very dangerous. Some schools might even need to get expansions or open another school like Harrison.
In Caldwell/ West Caldwell i would change the size of schools and the number of kids in each class. I am doing this topic for the project and it is a big problem. Over the years the size of classes has increased a lot. From my experience some of the grades has three or four teachers. To solve the issue we could open up Harrison school. Also at the end of school there are so many kids and it is very dangerous because the schools are on busy streets. That is one of the problems in my town.
Sarah Izraeli
core 2
one thing i would change about our town is the amount of apartments/condos in caldwell which causes the amount of students in our class to overload with people. also, the amount of apartments/condos pushes the animals out and into the open, like streets. uhm its sorta a chain effect.
bRiANAAA*
CORE 2***
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Something that i would change in my town is the size of the students in each class. We should either get another teacher to lower the class sizes because kids are not getting the full attention they need to excel. This really is a problem in our town.
Vin Martino
Core 2
If I could change anything in our town it would be the nail salons. I think there must be at least 20 on Bloomfield Ave. I think that we should get rid of some and build something worth the time and money.
If I could change anything about Caldwell it would be to create a free-of-charge youth center such as the one my old town had. Local teens had nicknamed it "The Hut." All you had to was sign up and you could go to the youth center. There you could play pool, air hochey, ping pong, listen to music, buy snacks, etc. The staff would even bring you on trips now and then for a small fee. I think Caldwell could really use a youth center.
Something i would change about this town is to have more varityof stores on bloomfeild av. so that kids and even adults have more of a convenience when need to buy or do somthing. like remodling the caldwell movie theather or adding mini mall.
Something that i would change about caldwell is the amount of money the memberships are for the community center and the pool. I would change the prices becasue so many kids want to work out to get stronger and more in fit and swim but becasue of the prices they can't afford it. So the kids suffer.
something that i would change about our town is to add more art classes to the schools or to add like an art recreation program. The arts is a great subject because it lets kids socialize while letting them do fun things. it includes singing, acting,BAND pottery, painting and other artistic skills. These skills also give kids the chance to try something new besides sports which are already offered in both schools and in recreation programs. Art skills can be very usefull and broaden students horizens.
steph black
core 4
ps--also there are WAY too many banks--maybe even more then nail salons!! they should be removed. well at least most of them!
Im not sure exactly what you want but I live in Denville as well as Caldwell and one thing I would like to change about Denville is the municipal building. There are thousands of dollars going towards the unnecessary renovation of this building and yet the elementary school has to use trailers as a result of their lack of space. The schools would be a much better place to put our taxes than this building. There was nothing wrong per se with the municipal building, the town just wanted more space for the police officers and mayor.
If I could change anything about my town it would be to build a skatepark. I would want this because there is not a place where skaters can skate with out being yelled at.
If i could change one thing about my town, it would be that we should have a paid fire department. Right now Caldwell/West Caldwell only has a volenteer department. If we had a paid department the firemen( and women) would only be focused on one job as being a firefighter. This might help firefighters to get to the scene quicker.
Laura Stiefbold
Core 3
If I could change anything in my town, it would have to be less build up. Almost everywhere I look something new is being built. We don't need so much congestion, and we should be trying to protect our environment.
Madison Welch
Core 3
if i can chane something about my town i would want us to stop cutting down the trees. we should be the garden state not garbage state!!!!
Alan
core2
Something that I would change in my town is to decrease the amount of students in each class room. There is about 30 students per class or more. But the reason for so many students is beacuse of the housing and apartments, there isn't any room!!!
Amanda Forlenza
Core4
We are PSU!!!
Something that I would change about my town is, offer classes in different languages than spanish. This would help the students become more well rounded and open minded about different languages and cultures other than spanish which we have been learning about since the fourth grade.
This change would be for the better of our students, and expand the minds of this next generation of sucsessful adults.
rosa boronat
core 3
Something i would change in my town is how there are trees being cut down and homes being built. I think that this should stop. It would save animals and trees
The thing(s) that I would change about are goverment is that there are way to many buisnesses. There ar also way to many town houses. How do these people expect the people of our town to make bigger school and bigger classes which might make more special needs children. The education of our you is crusial and I belive that the teachers that are teaching our children know are great. But by building more bulding you are cutting down on the space that are you have to grow up in. I would hate to be the kid that when asked when you were little how was your nabiorhood. The answer would now be "my nabiorhood has a lot of buildings." this is a child that did not have a place to play soccer or other sports in because his/her town would rather have a nail salon than a soccer feild. You are also destroing the animals that lived here. Don't forgett that the animals were propably here before we started romeing the earth. So let the youth of america grow up and live in a enviorment that they can call home and can share with the animals not with the building that surround them. I would like to see our goverment try to prevent this and/or try to stop it.
brittany Heun
core 2
(the best core ever)
P.S. Penn state ans Pitt rock !!!!!!!!!:)
If I were to something about our town, it'd probably be to have a place where teens could chill. We don't have much of any place to hang out, and most the places get boring after awhile. If we had a place, like a club for minor's, teens could hang out there and bands could play shows there. It'd be a local place to hang out and could even cut down on the drug-use if teens felt they had something else to do.
Something that I would change about my town is that all the schools should be checked for mold, and even if they don't have mold, there should be dehumidifiers in the classrooms. Humidity is one of the reasons that schools have mold in them.
Something I would change about our town is the amount of gas stations we build/have. Has no one heard of Global Warming?! It exists and is a threat. If our town cuts down on how many gas stations we have, it would cut down on how much oil is used and that cuts down the green house gases. Therefore allowing us to have a cleaner environment. This would give cleaner air for us to breathe, making everyone healthier.
Julianne Six
Core 3
Something that I would change about our town, it would be that we don't have sidewalks on some busy (but residential) streets. People go way over the speed limit, and people need a place to walk without the fear of being run over!
hallie earle
core 1.
Jennifer Pappas core 1
if i could change something about my town i would not have friday night student center instead there would be a place that kids our age go to have fun that is free. Maybey there could be buses that pick us up after school so that we dont have to walk. There could be a food area there so we could get after school snacks. this would be great so our parents would know what we were doing. there could be tutors there to help kids with there homwork or anything else.
Something I would Change in my town would be The Speed Limit on My Street (Smull Ave.) Too Many People ignore the sign of 25 MPH and drive about 40 MPH Average. Many Children I know Live on Smull Ave. Play there all the time and it would be safer if speeding cars didn't come every few seconds.
If i could change one thing about Caldwell/West Caldwell i would change how people are buy land and cutting down the trees than bulding another house or building.If people keep doing this there will be no more land or wildlife left.
Rachel K. Core 2
Something I would change about my town is that citizens should be more informed about important events, meetings, elections, etc. I know we have a little message board by the rec department, but that's not enough! If it weren't for social studies class I wouldn't have even know about the previous local election.
Jacqueline Schaeffer
Core 4
One thing i would change about our town is the amount of trees that are being cut down. They are being cut down to make space for new places such as nail salons, italian restaurants and chinese food places. We don't need any more of these and it is taking asway the habitat for many animals.
-Lina Smorra Core 4
Something I would change about the town is the construction. Sure, construction is great, but it's very noisy, and unnecessary. We already have enough restaurants and shops, and animal habitats are constantly being destroyed. also, the pollution from the construction (dust, dirt, gases) is very irratating, too.
Eric S. Core 3
If I could change anything about my town i would change the number of students per class. With less kids in each class students will get the attention they need to succeed and learn as much as they can. As the weather gets hotter, the schools get hotter, too. Will less kids in a room, it won't be as hot. It is much easier to learn when you are comfortable. This can also kep kids from violating the school dress code. Also, with more classes there are more teachers needed. This can provide many jobs to people.
Aly Papasidero
CORE 2
What I would change about my town is that there would be a different languages avalible to students. Not only that but have these languages start at a younger age so the language will stick with the child longer. This would also be benifitial because it will help student expand on their learning and do better on their S.A.T.s.
I would change the amount of time in between the tax reassessments so that when the towns are reassessed, it is not as much of a surprise like it is when they wait 10-20 years.
What I would change about my town is to have more languages avalible for the students. This would be benifitial because it will help students do well on there SAT's and make them more aware of other countries.
If i would change anything about west caldwell i would put a skate park and make the cops less stricked because the cops give out way to much warning to the kids for breaking the law for example me i got three warning from the cops all ready.
Mrs. Lincoln rocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If i could change anything about our town, i would stop the consruction of new buildings unless they are absolutely necessary. I feel that we are tearing down too much wilderness in order to keep the flow of residence and business strong. It may be beneficial for us as humans, but think about all of the little animals that we have come to know and love. The fate of all wildlife in West Caldwell and Caldwell depend on uour decisions. For example, if we decided to keep on tearing down trees and building, there will be very little wildlife in these towns. The animals are helpless in this situation, they cannot adapt and change do better fit their surroundings as fast as we tear down their homes and replace them with ours. Keep the green and dont be mean. Help the animals and the environment.
<333 Farrell Patterson <333
If i could change anything in my town it would be to have cameras on the traffic lights.Many times when I'm in the car sitting at a traffic light someone goes through a red light. many people don't look before they go. So when their light is green and someone goes through a red light they can cause an accident.If the camera catches you then you would get a ticket from the police.
One thing I would change about my town is the park. I think that the park is a great place for recreation and fresh air and that the township could maybe plant some more grass and clean up the pond.
Edward K.
core 3
somthing that i would change is that we would stop building condos and leave the natral habbat alone so the animal have some where to live
Core 4
i would change the amount of houses being devolped. I mean come on everywhere you go you see a construction site. Do people want to see houses crammed together or a beatiful forest? Day by day we are taking away the earths life.
NOTRE DAME!!!
If I could change any thing about my town it would be to get more copes on the streets to slow down the people that are speeding.
I would change a couple of things in our town. First i would stop building new houses and apartments and build a nice sports complex with turf so we can play on it right after it rains and we dont have to worry about ruining the field. Or we could use the money to put down turf on Bonnel and the Oval. I also think we need more cops on speed patrol because we have a lot of speeders in our town and we have a lot of kids and we want the kids in our town to be safe.
Andrew Fiore
Core 2
Lets go Nets and PSU
Somthing I would change in my town is getting more recreational places such as bowling alleys for kids to hang out at and have fun not too far away from home
Bobby Peters
Core 2
Go Notre Dame!
If i could change one thing about my town it would probably be to add an animal shelter in town. I love animals and i help out at one of the petsmarts...the lady said they dont have enough room for all the cats and dogs that come in. so maybe there could be some way our town could pitch in and give these poor animals a home or a nice place to stay. Maybe a house or old apartment building would work.
I would change three things in our town. First i would put more police officers on patrol because to many people speed. Second i think we should have lights at all the sports complexes and turf on the football fields. Last, i think the people that dont cut their lawn should get a ticket. it makes the town look dirty
Matty Graz
core 4
FSU!!!!!!!!
If I can change one thing in this town, it would definately be, without question, the amount of banks, salons and pizzerias. It is not that these places are not necessary, but they are in excess.
What we need more of are places of entertainment and day-care for children. Land is being wasted because there are at least five banks in a square mile. We probably have the most banks in the tri-state area. Our town could be a better place if we get rid of some of these places.
Core 3
Notre Dame is the best
If I could change anything about my town I would probably like it if we got rid of all the banks and replaced them with something useful (or maybe merged them into one giant bank building). I would also try to use that space that the banks set up to make a park with a jungle gym or something recreational. I would also like less strip malls. I can't help but wonder what it would look like if you could look through the space all the strip malls now occupy. I might have slightly smaller class sizes. Small classes means more attention but less opinions, and opinions matter. That is what I would change about our town if I could (although there are an infinite amount of small tweaks I would make but they are not really important).
Something that our town could use is another middle school and elementary school. Our middle school is very crowded and most of the elementary schools are to. Also with all the banks in our town we could use more police to protect them from being robbed.
JR Auletta
core 2
If I could change something in our town, I would change the music programs. I love music, and our town/school does not have a good music program where kids could really get together and play instruments. I am not counting the school bands because it does not really act like an actual band like "Green Day" and "The Offspring". I would like to have programs where kids could get together that play drums, bass, guitar, piano, singing, and other various instruments. Music is important, music relaxes the brain.
if i could chang somtin about our town it would be that students had the choice of learning diff languages. also, we should start to learn them at a young age bc then we could learn more.
Meredith King
Core 3
Texas is best!!!
The one thing i would change about our town is there needs to be more open space. We need more open space to play sports and other things like that. i know that space is an issue in our town because On the lacrosse team some times we can not practice because the field is being used.
The thing(s) that I would change about are goverment is that there are way to many buisnesses and town houses. How do these people expect the people of our town to make bigger schools, bigger classes, and even make new schools which might make more special needs children which is not that bad. The education of our you is crusial and I belive that the teachers that are educating our children now are great and are the best for the job. But by building more buldings you are cutting down on the space that the children have to grow up in. I would hate to be the kid that when asked when you were little how was your nabiorhood. The answer would now be "my nabiorhood has a lot of buildings." this is a child that did not have a place to play soccer or other sports in because his/her town would rather have a nail salon than a soccer feild. You are also destroing the animals that live here and people always complain that there are to many bears and deer romeing around and you can thank your goverment for that and your goverment is also distroyng their habitat. Don't forgett that the animals were propbably here before we started romeing the earth. So let the youth of america grow up and live in a enviorment that they can call home and can share with the animals not with the building that surround them. I would like to see our goverment try to prevent this and/or try to stop it I hope you would too and that you agree that the future of the world depends on the education of our youth.
Brittany Heun
core 2
(the best core ever)
P.S. Penn state and Pitt rock !!!!!!!!!:)
Something I would change about my town is the incentive and empasis put on acmademcis. I bielive that kids should be rewarded in school with trophies, candy (specifically gum), and special privelges because they are rewarded wtih these types of things in sports. Getting rewarded would make a lot of kids care about school.
Dylan Silver
core 3
pps....also this technolagy thing is making learning fun
Go MrS lInCoLn !!!
If I could change on thing in our town, it would be to have a turf field and lights at JCHS. It would be great to play football home on a turf field, especially at night with lights.
Mike L.
If i could change anything about my town i would most likely try to put a small place for kids to hang out like an arcade, batting cages, or minigolf. In our town there arent many places for kids to hang out. If there was a place for kids to stay occupied they may not get involved with drugs and alchohol.That's why i'd have a change like this in our town.
Daniel Guerriero Core3
If I could change anything in my town, it would be the number of parks we have. I think we have too many buildings and not enough parks. We should have more parks to build more homes for animals.
I would change the amount of that are used on speed patrol, because a lot of teenagers go way over the speed limit.
I would change the school because the class are to big.
If I could change anything about my town it would be that our school would have more languges, sports, and home ec. or somthing.
Something that i would change in my town is the politics. There are so many politics with sports,because alot of kids aren't getting a chance with sports while there kid makes the team when there not that good.
Andrew Cucolo
core 1
if i could change anything in my town i would change the diversity of businesses in our town (we have a ton of banks and nail salons--definetly WAY too much). I would also add more ethnic places to eat, like a Morroccan restaurant.
If i could change anything in my town it would be less wasting of electricity in municipal buildings because that would mean that they can waste money instead of giving it to school budgets. it would also help the environment by not wasting petrol
Something that i would change about our town is i would make the high school football field turf and add lights. Also i would make more fields to play sports on.
Something i would change about my town is the cafeteria food in the school. If we had healthier kids it would lead to healthier adults.
Kelly Fleming Core:4
If there was one thing i could change about my town it would be all the trees that are being cut down for houses and condos. Our state modo is the garden state.
if i could change something in our town i would have more cops around the town there are tom many people that speed through the town with out a care in the world for the people that are around them. i see people driveing that dont even stop for people with baby carts. there needs to be more enforcment
If i could change onw thing in our town i would put more security in the stores there may not be shoplifters but we should always be safe.
One thing i would change about my town is i would stop people from building up businesses and cutting down trees. They are ruening the homes of animals and then the animals find a home in our back yard which dosn't provide the right food for them and then they get ill spreding deseases around to humans. One sad problem leads to another , and another. All they need to do is stop thinging about money and start caring for our earth and animal's.
If i would change anything about my town i would probably change the parks. The problem with the parks is that there is people leaving trash on the ground sometimes broken glass there is also vandilisim on the walls.With the trash on the ground it doesnt help us since were going through globel warming.If we have enough money to keep building new apartments pr banks then we should have enough to fix up the park. All i want is for the park to be cleaner for the kids to play there.
If I could change anything in my town, I would stop all the constant apartment and condo building and build another park (sort of like the gazibo in town)
Will Reddan Core 1
CIVICS RULES!!
if i could change anything in my town i would change the amount chain stores. over the last couple of years the u.s. has become too much chain brand stores such as McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys, etc ... i would like our town to make an ordiance protecting more of those stores coming in and leaving orginal and family run stores.
Something i would change is all the nail places. Their are way to many on Bloomfield ave.
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