School buses are now back on the road, even for students attending private schools (see related story). The students that settle for being educated in one of the state’s highest-ranked public school systems will also be in district-funded school buses. All those buses may have a difficult time getting to the schools, given some unfortunately-timed road work in West Windsor.
The Township has posted a traffic advisory for Route 571, which experiences heavy volume and back-ups under normal conditions. Between Wallace Road and Clarksville Road (the location of High School South), the thoroughfare will undergo milling and paving for approximately 10 days, starting on or about Monday, September 11.
Other notable things happening in the coming school year:
High School North will be the first WW-P school to use MealTime, a debit system that will allow students to purchase food from the cafeteria without cash or a card. Students will enter their ID numbers on a keypad, and the cost of their purchase will be deducted from an account, which can be replenished through the school district’s web site. Other schools are expected to make MealTime available throughout the school district, pending the elimination of any problems that arise through its use at North.
The system, similar to one already in place in Princeton schools, is designed to make it more convenient and faster to get through the lunch line. It also allows parents to see what their children are purchasing at lunch.
They won’t be buying junk food, at least not with MealTime, and not in any of the school cafeterias. Due to the adoption of a new state-mandated nutrition policy, the cafeterias will make more nutritious food available, and will no longer sell some of the more unhealthy options available in the past. The district eliminated selling a la carte french fries, added more vegetables to the menu, and got rid of sugary snacks and drinks.
High School South received a donation of $4,000 to put towards a new scoreboard at the baseball field. The initial donation was anonymous, and the Pirates Home Run Club matched that donation. The balance of the purchase price will most likely be made up from the Athletic Department’s budget. The total cost of the scoreboard is expected to be $21,000.
