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KENILWORTH, NJ - Please see the following information from Harding Elementary School Principal Mr. Ronald Bubnowski and Vice Principal Mrs. Carol Carrara.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We are excited to announce the opening of registration for full-day pre-K for the 2025-26 school year! Moving from a half-day to a full-day program means even more opportunities for your child to learn, play, and grow. With extra time for hands-on learning and fun activities, our program helps children build important skills while making the transition to school easier for both students and families.

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This year, registration was slightly delayed as we awaited confirmation of state funding that supports our annual budget, including our pre-K program. This funding allows us to accurately determine pre-K staffing needs and the number of available spots.

Pre-K registration for Harding Elementary School opens on March 17 and will remain open through May 2. If the number of registrations exceeds the available spots, a lottery will be held to ensure all applicants have an equal chance of admittance.

● Lottery drawing: May 6

● Notification: Families will receive a letter by May 15 indicating their child’s acceptance or position on the waiting list.

● Registration packets: Available on our website at www.KenilworthSchools.com. Select Harding Elementary School and then Student Enrollment.

Our long-term goal is to provide full-day, tuition-free pre-K to all families in the Kenilworth community, and we aim to achieve this over the next five years. As part of this effort, we will be applying later this year for a Preschool Expansion Aid (PEA) grant. If our district is approved for the PEA grant, we will receive funding to offer additional pre-K sections in early 2026. To efficiently and effectively expand this service, we anticipate partnering with trusted local preschool providers.

Families who successfully register this spring and secure a lottery spot for their child will have a seat in a pre-K class for the entire 2025-26 school year. Those placed on the waitlist may indicate their interest in securing a seat in January 2026, when additional spots may become available. We look forward to sharing more updates on pre-K opportunities that will help Harding students build a strong foundation for success!

Sincerely,

Mr. Ron Bubnowski,

Principal

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Mrs. Carol Carrara,

Assistant Principal

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JIM STABILE

White-footed mice are not nice because they carry Lyme disease, so Harding Township wants to ban trapping and hunting for foxes and coyotes.

Why? Because they eat mice that carry ticks that cause Lyme disease. But Harding's well-intentioned plan is futile.

The white-footed mouse is a preferred prey species for a long list of avian, mammalian and reptilian predators, not only coyotes foxes, a Penn State research study said.

Snakes, weasels, and owls are the principle consumers of the mice, but almost any carnivore (including shrews, skunks, coyotes, bobcats, foxes, hawks, house cats, and even wood ducks) can and will eat them.

Typical white-footed mice brood sizes are three to five young and females have three to four litters per year. Other mice are more prolific.

"I seriously doubt that hunters and trappers take enough coyotes or foxes to make any difference in the mice population in Harding Township," said Bob Eriksen, an experienced and certified wildlife biologist. "Besides, there is a carrying capacity for predators and it's not based on mouse numbers--rather it is based on density dependent factors such as disease.

"Distemper, sarcoptic mange and rabies are the primary density-dependent factors that limit canid populations in the absence of trapping and hunting," he continued. "Predators rarely control or limit prey populations except in situations involving large ungulates such as elk and moose in Yellowstone vs. wolves or on Isle Royale."

In recent years, anti-hunters have tried to sell the idea that the deer are no problem with Lyme and shouldn't be hunted, so they blame the mouse. Lyme experts in Connecticut told me deer are essential big-blood reservoirs for ticks. Harding encourages deer hunting.

Lyme and other deer tick-borne diseases can sometimes be lessened by greatly reducing the deer population on which the adult ticks depend for feeding and reproduction.

Lyme disease cases fell following deer eradication on a Monhegan Island, Maine, and following deer control in Mumford Cove, Connecticut.

The NJ Outdoors Alliance (NJOA), Sportsmen's Alliance and Safari Club International(SFI) and New Jersey bear hunters plan to sue Governor Murphy for his ban of bear hunting on state land.

Paul Babaz, president of the SFI, said Murphy's executive order on bear hunting "was pure politics and should be overturned in favor of sound wildlife management."

A lot of state land--like wildlife management areas--was purchased by sportsmen's funds. Bear hunting will start Oct. 9 on private, municipal, county and federal land.

Only 23 anglers entered the Knee Deep Club's Lake Hopatcong hybrid striper contest last weekend. The hybrid fishing was hit-or-miss in August and September. The contest was a miss.

Jack Dziduch of Clifton won with a 4-pound 4-ounce fish worth $184. Ryan Gilfillan of Landing was runner up with his four-pounder,and got $137.50 and Ron Sarnacki of Woodside, NY, was third for $74 with his 2-pound-12 striper. Lou Marcucci got a $20 gift certificate from the Jefferson Diner for fourth place with his 2-pound-5 hybrid.

"Several walleyes in the four-pound pound range were weighed in, along with pickerel, some nice crappies, and lots of white perch," said Laurie Murphy of Dow's Boat Rentals at the lake. "We will remain open until November sometime with boat rentals, and are always stocked with bait and tackle."

Robert Glinka weighed in a smallmouth at 3 lbs. 4 oz. at Dow's. Also at the lake, the year's last Knee Deep fishing contest will be for walleyes Saturday from 5 a.m. until noon on Sunday. Dow's will be open early for the contest weekend.

Calendar

Tuesday: Morris County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs will meet at 8 p.m. at the Dover Fire Department, Sussex Street

Saturday: Youth waterfowl hunt for hunters ages 10-15, under direct supervision of a licensed hunter 21 years old, check the rules at the Hunting Digest

Saturday: Knee Deep Club's Walleye Fishing Contest at Lake Hopatcong

Oct. 8: Bear hunting season opens

Oct. 9: Annual Fall trout stocking starts