Bancroft Bankrolls One Haddonfield
With the sale of Bancroft hanging in the balance, the institution contributed $3,500 to a campaign to promote the sale.
Bancroft Neurohealth has provided 85 percent of the funding for a group that describes itself as "grassroots" and advocates in favor of the $16 million public acquisition and development of Bancroft's 19.2-acre property on Kings Highway East. Bancroft, a center for the developmentally disabled and those with acquired brain injuries, gave $3,500 of One Haddonfield's $4,095 in contributions as of Dec. 27, according to a New Jersey Election Enforcement Commission filing. One Haddonfield describes itself as "a grassroots organization of concerned residents who support the Bancroft land acquisition." Voters will ultimately decide if the deal goes through in a Jan. 22, $12.5 million bond referendum. The cost of the deal to taxpayers was reduced …
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Joe T
1:36 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Rick, again it doesn't work like that. The cost per kid is an average. Next year if there are less kids and spending remains the same (we wish), the avg goes up or vice versa. What about other scenarios? What if all 20 homes had no kids, sent all their kids to private schools; every kid was 1 year old and would someday replace those graduating? What if today, a family of 20 moves into a home with… more ›