The high school is not under the auspices of the Committee, that's the school board and they've already talked about revamping it but that costs money they're not will to come to the voters and ask for just yet. They're also waiting on possible state funding for it as well.

Oh boy, I think if U check your tax statement that 60% of our taxes goes towards the schools in this town....If thats the case where does all the money go towards, pensions maintenance or just what the heck does the school board do with the money its now getting...Our part time assessor is fighting the reassessments that could be adding up to $50,000 to the assessed value of the houses now which is not what the market is saying our houses are worth...This is going to cost us $200,000....The mayor also wanted to know about flooding in this area, he said he was going to do something about it...From what I have read from the comments on this subject, this problem has been around since 2005 with studies to support how to fix it....Oh well, life goes on here, guess we shall have to live with it....No I am not moving for all the people that say leave....have a great day......

Our high school is far from ugly. Taxpayers footed an expensive remodel just a few years ago and the school is younger than most homes in this town.
You don’t know ugly. Obviously you have never been to Holy Cross, Palmyra, Willingboro, and Pemberton, most of the schools in this county or even Camden, Philadelphia, or Newark. Ugly is how the teacher's union, school officials and township employees treat the town’s taxpayers. That truly is ugly.
By the way, how does the color of a carport roof affect education?
I wouldn’t let the student’s jokes get your dander up. They say far worse things about the teachers and school officials.

@Erin. You need to take that up with the owners of the sewer plant which is the Cinnamisnon Sewer Authority at their next meeting

I was thinking the EXACT thing. What is being done? Positive changes would be nice to hear about. All I read was a bunch of blah and we can't afford it.

What do U want them to do buy up the property for more trees....We waste enough of our tax money on stuff....We have alot of empty stuff around, I wonder why....taxes to high....

Beth Bresnahan - I completely agree, it is an eyesore. All abandoned properties are, and Cinnaminson seems to have a lot of them. That gas station has been abandoned for some time, and it looks terrible! So does the abandoned Bo's Wok building. Something should be definitely be done about both of those locations.

News flash the gas station is going to be removed but what about the gas tanks they are still there....

Yes Barb, there were over 101 comments about the flooding in your area and alot of people made good comments about the dates, studies from 2003 and nothing is done thats really shameful....Than we have people adding about business that were here from 40 years ago thats good for history buffs....I agree with U, the mayor should be looking into that one and he said he was going to do it....

@Barb, just heard the weather forecast for tomorrow night and it looks real bad for flooding....hope it does not happen....good luck

Oh yea, and what is there tax rates and ratables....Are there homes in line with market values or are they over charged also....What is there population....Since when is it ok to say lets keep up with the JONES.....Thats like comparing states....U cannot do it....

Radio, how about doing a better job with the budget, I live on one why do we have to have our schools not live on one also....Just a thought....This is not a money pit....

John, Last time I checked, our schools do live within a budget. I have seen the budget; there not much "fat" in it. Between salaries, text books, transportation, maintenance, programs, etc. not much else can be cut. The increases have been minimal in the past few years. I know this becuase I go to the school board budget meetings.

The photo was taken in Winter 2012. It's the underside of the bus stop awning in front of the school. There were more photos taken of the front of the school. I know the township has different boards but, like Radiohead, I am unable to understand how our high school looks the way it does. And, how does our neighbor, Palmyra, manage to find the funding for the new community center? What are they doing that we are not? Haven't heard anything about the Devon Road bridge since article Sept 2012. And why don't we have a competent computer person who can revamp a website even if it is "other duties as assigned". Not one of the ideas in the article is feasible? So what is on the agenda for 2013 that will improve the quality of life for the town's residents (and I don't mean more shopping).....

As someone else mentioned weeks ago and I can confirm, the Devon Road Bridge has opened for cars. I use it almost daily.
What is your point about picture 119? Should we tear down the high school just because a little paint is peeling over a car port? If you want to see something that looks bad, look at our township property tax bill. Now that is ugly unless you are Bill Gates..
Perhaps you should compare Palmyra's budget to ours. I do know that their high school is older than ours. Maybe Palmyra is being run by true fiscal conservatives.

@dajoepa75, I have a feeling that people are not open to new ideas but are stuck on old ones and thats not including senior citizens....I like U do not understand how cinnaminson's schools can be so bad, I look at delran, delanco and others when I go by and I often think about the number of students that go there, there budgets and other costs and the tax structure they have...I would think we are all in the same boat, not for rowing, but I guess I am wrong....Who knows not me, going to watch the flyers now have a great evening....

@Radio, according to Allison we have a budget and its bare bones, so I do not know how Palmyra can do it with an older school and Cinnaminson cannot...I do not know the specifics but if we are paying about 60% of our taxes to the schools and they do not have a fund for setting aside money for new schools we are going to get hammered with tax increases...something is not adding up ok....thanks for your input....

John, have you been inside Palmyra HS? I have. It's older than Moses. Years ago they had a multi million dollar face lift (I think it was a grant) just to keep it open for another few years. That school has been on the brink of being condemed many times. If you may or may not recall, Palmyra was attempting to send their kids to our schools in exchange for tuition and that was voted down. If I recall correctly I think Pal. HS had a big problem with mold a few years back. So they are just scrimping by and going year by year same as us. You just apparently have not heard about it. Palmyra HS is in worse shape than CHS and they don't have the funds either to build a new school.

@Skitch - How long has it been since you were inside PHS? What is it exactly that makes it so awful? The technology in every classroom? The laptops available to every student? The fact that we are proud to still be able to use a part of the original building, that represents more than 100 year old tradition of community education? You should check out facts before you post inflammatory comments that are based on "if I recall correctly..." instead of documented or verifiable information. Half of the staff are alumni, which says something about how they feel about the education they received and the education they are trying to provide to today's students.

@Cindy, The last time i was in Palmyra HS was when it was under a multi million dollar renovation and a cinderblock wall fell down. I said nothing about the school being awful!! I said nothing about the education that the kids were receiving, or the staff, or the technology in the classrooms as i am sure they are top notch like ours. I was only commenting on the building itself. It's old. To clarify, I know they had a mold problem, I just don't recall what year it was. The problem made the paper. As a claims adjuster i also handled those claims. So I know what i am talking about. My point is is John seems to think that PHS is rolling in the dough and able to maintain the school on a budget when we all know that the budget is primarily made up of salaries, pensions, benefits and very little for anything else. All schools are operating on a shoe string budget. When the budget gets voted on and the people object to any increases in the budget, it's very hard to set aside money in an account for renovations etc when the money isn't there.

@Skitch - Sorry, I get defensive about my alma mater/place of employment. What with living in a house that's over 100 years old, and having a distorted sense of time to begin with, I forget that the parts of the school that I still think of as "new" were actually built prior to the construction of the high school in Cinnaminson in the late 60s. The funds that the Palmyra School District received were used to make the schools handicapped accesible, update the heating and cooling system, and thankfully, we no longer have a mold problem.

I believe the Palmyra Comm Ctr was part of a development arrangement by a builder. Houses were going to be built along with the comm ctr. The comm ctr was built first and the builder i think went under and gave the ctr to the town. Palmyra helps off setting the cost by renting out the gyms/room to various clubs organizations. For example-Wrestling clubs. So Palmyra didn't build or pay for their comm ctr. I can tell you I have been over there several times and every time i was there the place was empty and echoing. Perhaps Cinna can work out some arrangement with Pal. for the use of their ctr for our residents instead of building our own. Just a thought.

@Radio, I will take you up on your offer; you are more than welcome to pay more of my property taxes. Thanks, thanks. thanks!!!

thats just the problem it will not go towards the schools it will go to the pension fund and other items needed not for the schools, maybe they set up an account for future expenditures in there so called budget, do not know but they must do something...

The problem is that paying more money in taxes does not necessarily mean that it goes to the school kids. Rather, the extra money goes toward the inflated salaries of school administrators (do you know how much they make?), teacher's salaries and stipends, and a lot of other wasteful spending at the schools.

@Pundit, oh thats a great idea, buy up land to build another high school, this is not the movie money pit....Oh well, I am glad your not in charge...have a happy

I think Cinnaminson could give the HS the much needed face lift right where it is. I have seen other schools do it so why wouldn't we be able to do it. The work would be done in phases. The kids may not have the entire use of the school at the time and it might be a little tight for awhile but so be it.

As we learned when there was a plan to build a community center at Wood Park, the land is deed restricted. No permanent buildings can be built there or it reverts back to the Westfield Meeting. Memorial Park is a different issue, but I would hate to see a park turned into a school.

Good Afternoon Radiohead. Where in this article is it mentioned that schools being updated or improved is on the agenda? It wasn't in the article that I read. The article welcomed other ideas and you were very happy to include the idea for school improvements and Barb never complained once. She is perfectly justified including the flood problem just as you are to mention schools. If you want to say that she should reserve her comments for another article then so should you, the Patch did an article on updating the schools did they not? You can find that article by typing it in the search box above. I am not a fan of intolerance, I prefer an open forum and open minds. Have a great day.

Barb, I feel your pain and no one can understand unless they have to set their alarms to get up with high tides! We still believe the 900+ units of cinnaminson harbor contributed to these recently new issues. No one seems to care for the small neighborhood being ruined. Our homes have been surrounded and flooded about 6 times in 18-24 months. We also want to move. But how do you sell!!!?? Gotta go now. Moving vehicles to higher ground. Grrrrrrrrrr......

The 4th? Public session is 3rd Monday. What am I missing?

@Barb, Kim, good luck to U guys, I hope the turtles do not put there heads back into there shells...