The group met for the first time last night at the Wilson Recreation Center in Highlands. We are here to improve our children's education. The group made clear that they are not a partisan organization and are not endorsing any candidate for the April election.
Parents say they are concerned that there are no standards to the curriculum.
Two homeroom classes in the same grade often appear to be on very different learning tracks, according to Lynne Hawley, whose two children are high honors students in the 291-student elementary school. Donna Conrad, a parent of a pre-K student in Highlands said she was convinced as a child that Atlantic Highlands students were better prepared than Highlands students when they combined in 7th grade at Henry Hudson Regional School. They knew their times tables. I know what that felt like. Hawley raised her concerns in a letter sent to the board in February 2000.