Following is a copy of a letter the Brigantine Board of Education sent in response to a letter from Anne Phillips, vice president of the Brigantine Taxpayers Association:

Dear Mrs. Phillips:

I am in receipt of your letter dated April 7, 2012 in which you state that the board overlooked what you believe to be excessive supervisory personnel comprised of two principals and a superintendent in our school district.

First, I must assure you that this Board of Education takes their fiduciary duty to approve an annual budget reviewing personnel, operations, governance, curriculum, and fiscal management with forensic review and diligent scrutiny.

To the editor:

We would first like to thank you so very much for all the hard work that you and your team has done to spread the word of the March of Dimes over the last few years. As we remain active volunteers for the March of Dimes we need and want to spread awareness of an autoimmune disease called eosinophilic esophagitis that affects the GI system. Our daughter, Lauren DiSanto, who was also born 16 weeks early, was diagnosed with this disease just before she turned two years old by having an upper endoscopy with biopsies performed. Lauren just turned six years old in March and she is preparing for scope number 17, aside from other surgeries she has already had where she has been put under general anesthesia.

To the editor:

The first time that I have heard about Brigantine considering smoke free beaches, or smoke free public places, was when I read our local papers, and learned about a meeting to discuss the steps to implement an ordinance. I do not always catch every article in the paper but I did not realize that smoking was an issue that needed such severe action as to create laws prohibiting the use of tobacco.

Washington Drive

To the editor:

The residents of 100 block of Washington Drive would like to thank the city of Brigantine for their safety of our children who can walk the sidewalks rather than the the streets to school.