Updated with correction and better formatting – Princeton resident and former school board member Jean Durbin explains why she thinks the school district’s bond referendum is worth supporting.

“For years, Mercer County has maintained that it is merely replacing the airport terminal, not expanding operations, and therefore does not need to study the environmental and health impacts of increased air and vehicle traffic. But the facts belie these claims: the terminal building will quadruple in size; the number of usable airplane parking positions will double; and new taxiways will be built.”