“When I pay my taxes, my taxes are to be spent on schools and school children,” he said, adding the board should not be in the business of cricket and has a fiscal responsibility to the taxpayer. “In our conversation with the three representatives of the league, we shared the transition would go back to the recreation department,” Bragen said, noting the district would continue to maintain the pitches and cut the grass as close to the weekends during the cricket season.īoard President Doug Schneider said, speaking on a personal level, he believes the board should not invest any funds for adult recreation nor invest in field maintenance or construction if it does not pertain to the schools. In previous years, the township Recreation Department handled the facility building uses for the schools. Typically, the understanding I had, is the leagues are primarily adults rather than students and children.” When discussions began for this year, questions arose about children and students of Edison Township. It was a lot more work for us, but we tried to do it and accommodate it. I know a lot of people in our office spent time working with a few people in scheduling. Last year, we wound up overseeing it and coordinating efforts. “In the past, the BOE has never been involved in the Cricket League. “The typical use of facilities for an outside agency for any group is $100 per occurrence so we thought in discussions that price was fair,” he said. Schools Superintendent Bernard Bragen said in March he met with three representatives of the Cricket League and talked about what the process was going to be. Members of the fraternity, which has expanded from seven teams to 47-plus teams since they formed 22 years ago, attended the Edison Board of Education (BOE) on April 26 and Township Council meeting on April 27 to express their concerns. “This charge was an unprecedented increase from the $50 charges in the past and much higher than what the township is charging of $160 per team for the year,” said Vijay Dy, who is representing the Cricketing Fraternity.
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