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R e s i d e n t i a l C u s t o m e r
Changes
made to
school
elections
By SEAN PATRICK MURPHY
The Medford Sun
The school board elections
in Medford will be held in No-
vember at the same time as
the general elections.
The board of education
voted to make the change at
its last meeting. The elections
were previously held in
April.
Bryan McGair, assistant su-
perintendent for finance and
support services, said the res-
olution was adopted in step
with a law recently signed
by Gov. Christie which allows
local school districts to
pass a resolution to move their
election of board members to
the November general elec-
tion.
The law also states there is
no need for a public vote on a
school budget if it is at or
below the 2 percent cap man-
dated by the state.
This year, three full-term
seats are up grabs, plus one
unexpired seat.
This truly enables a board
of education to develop a long-
term budgeting process, Mc-
Gair said. I believe we should
have a three-to five-year budg-
et plan.
As long as were at or
below state mandated cap, that
means the board can progress
Arts center readies for jazz
By SEAN PATRICK MURPHY
The Medford Sun
Jazz lovers are in for a treat at
the Medford Arts Center.
On Friday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m.,
Brian Betz and Denis DiBlasio
will be playing a duet at the cen-
ter located at 18 N. Main St.
The $10 tickets will be sold at
the door. Get there early as only
50 people (including musicians)
are allowed in the space at one
time.
The music that I perform is
jazz, Betz said. Specific influ-
ences would come from the
bebop, hardbop, bossa nova and
modal genres of jazz respective-
ly.
He began his musical endeav-
ors at the age of 6, taking guitar
lessons at a local music store. At
15, he acquired an interest in jazz
and began jazz guitar lessons.
From there, he went on to
Rowan University to study jazz
guitar, where he obtained a bach-
elors and masters degree in
music. His greatest influences are
Wes Montgomery, George Ben-
son, Tal Farlow and Stan Getz.
These are just a few, Betz
said. There are really too many
to name. In my position, the
greatest challenge of being a mu-
sician in today's age is finding an
audience to truly listen to this
great American art form of
music we call jazz. The most re-
warding aspect for me is perform-
ing, writing and recording my
music.
Saxophonist DiBlasio said the
concert will include standard jazz
tunes in a duet setting, which he
calls intimate and straight
ahead.
Its a fun way to play, he said.
DiBlasio said music was fun
for him as a kid, as much fun as
sports and hanging out.
Music was just another fun
thing, he said.
DiBlasio includes Sonny
Rollins and Count Basie as two of
his many influences.
Trying to keep creative, just
trying to maintain it all, is his
greatest challenge.
And the best part?
The feeling you get playing it
and playing it for people who ap-
preciate it, DiBlasio said.
He said handing down knowl-
edge to his students that he
learned from others is also very
rewarding.
You feel like youre in a long
line of integrity, DiBlasio said.
Medford Arts Center volunteer
Tony Femiano helped put the
show together.
He has known DiBlasio for
many, many years.
Femiano taught music, had a
jazz band and met DiBlasio when
the latter was performing a con-
cert.
Femiano is enthused about the
show.
I can assure you if Denis is in-
volved its top notch, theres no
question about it, he said. I
Special to The Sun
Denis DiBlasio plays sax while accompanied by guitarist Brian Betz. The pair will play soon at the
Medford Arts Center.
please see ARTIST, page 11 please see BOARD, page 2
with an approval of the budget
with an approval from the state
department of education and
move forward in a budget plan-
ning cycle that we know would
not be inhibited for a defeat of
the budgets.
McGair said the board is very
frugal in its nature and very com-
petent in the budgeting process,
and feels this is going to allow the
board to budget long-term, set
goals, set priorities and move for-
ward with them.
Overall, our schools do a won-
derful job and I think in large
part, our community does believe
that. But yes, the tax burden has
gotten very, very significant, he
said. We think its going to take
some of that discontent and
anger that is generated through
the archaic process that has gone
on for years, and years, and
years.
In other business, date vio-
lence was discussed at the school
board meeting.
Medford Superintendent of
Schools Joseph DelRossi said the
K-8 district is not an area where
there is much of a problem with
date violence.
While the issue is addressed at
the high school level, children in
middle school are just starting to
form relationships.
I think that the legislation
and the policy and procedures
that weve developed are good
proactive measures; however,
there is not a need here in Med-
ford for us to hang our hat on,
DelRossi said, noting the district
already intervenes when cases of
bullying, harassment or general
misconduct arise.
We address those issues
in a timely manner, he said.
This is not a really big change
for us.
The superintendent said he
sees the need for date violence
awareness at the high school
level across the state in part
because high school relation-
ships are more complex, especial-
ly when dealing with young
adults.
DelRossi said usually legisla-
tion is created as a reaction to
something that has happened.
Something happens some-
where in the state and a legisla-
tor thinks he has to do some-
thing, he said. I dont think dis-
tricts like ours need to be painted
with a broad brush.
These are issues weve been
dealing with appropriately over
an extended period of time.
DelRossi said the principal, as-
sistant principals and counselors
are all involved when a student
misbehaves.
He said kids treating each
other with respect is the hardest
thing to instill in students
and that the district reinforces
the golden rule concept that
everyone has differences and
one has to respect those differ-
ences.
I dont think were going to
see much of a change because
these are issues that we deal with
effectively and in a timely man-
ner, DelRossi said.
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