Recall Everyday Math in Long Valley NJ

Former BOE President Harmon Agrees, Endorses Roehrich, Frenchman

Washington Township, April 7, 2008 – Washington Township K-8 BOE Candidates Bill Roehrich and Eric Frenchman today jointly called for a review of the Everyday Math curriculum installed in Washington Township schools in 2004.

“I have been very impressed with the depth of the passion Eric has revealed is out there among Long Valley parents on the Everyday Math issue,” said Roehrich, who was not on the BOE in 2004 when the Everyday Math curriculum was installed. “And I am concerned about the ramifications for our children as they go on to high school calculus and algebra. It is my understanding that there are issues there. We need to review this.”

“Other Morris County towns have gone down the Everyday or New Math trail and rejected it,” said Eric Frenchman, who details his research at www.ericfrenchman 2008.com. “Based on community input and the March 13, 2008 recommendations from the National Mathematics Advisory Panel which rejected Everyday Math’s core principles of spiraling, calculator use, and refusal to teach the standard algorithms, it is critical for our school district to reevaluate using the Everyday Math curriculum.”

Former BOE President Jim Harmon echoed the call for a review of the program. “In 2004, I spoke out vigorously against the adoption of Everyday Math. I did not feel that there was enough information presented to justify such a radical change. I voted against the adoption of Everyday Math along with Michael Rubright, a past BOE member who is an educator and a principal in another township.”

“I applaud Eric Frenchman for bringing this issue to the forefront, and getting so many parents to speak out about their concerns,” said Harmon, who also is endorsing Roehrich and Frenchman for the Board of Education.

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