tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179948411603820302024-03-13T19:04:55.330-07:00The 4th Ward GazetteThe 4th Ward Gazette:
An Englewood, NJ Newsletter focusing on the events impacting the 4th ward, its residents and the family and friends who care about the traditions and welfare of Englewood residents. Members of our "Neighborhood Watch Program" do not carry guns. We carry telephones and cameras. The 4th Ward Gazette is dedicated to uplifting the hearts & minds of a people long overdue for some success & recognition. It is a warm friendly bear hug for a Community.plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.comBlogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-88544114990847383252024-02-08T20:49:00.000-08:002024-02-08T20:49:14.238-08:00Introducing Englewood's Assistants<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">When is the Assistant Deputy City Manager going to be introduced to We, the People?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We pay his salary. It is an insult that this man has not been formally introduced to us. This speaks to what the Council and the City Manager thinks of us. According to his Linkedin profile he has been Deputy City Manager in Englewood for 5 months.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-birkner-57619a109/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">John Birkner</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZNJ8K1q5ybDSsI02p-YRrSD9fddh9bA1nVB_ME7yHCbYb7uU7U__UuwhgZ1JgFx3PvMb52US0P-g5FVb40xM-8STjgU7r1aSvGNNa1BscA3uORD0kNqoy2Dble4omdUSJW-901MnM8q3GUxIgDHF6nTKKrlDGOGQcpYnPVFcIofA-1867UWnxEHd-eQ/s800/1602694470549%20Birkner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZNJ8K1q5ybDSsI02p-YRrSD9fddh9bA1nVB_ME7yHCbYb7uU7U__UuwhgZ1JgFx3PvMb52US0P-g5FVb40xM-8STjgU7r1aSvGNNa1BscA3uORD0kNqoy2Dble4omdUSJW-901MnM8q3GUxIgDHF6nTKKrlDGOGQcpYnPVFcIofA-1867UWnxEHd-eQ/w229-h229/1602694470549%20Birkner.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">While serving as Westwood Mayor, he ran for NJ Assembly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In his own words...</div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">"Hello, I’m Westwood Mayor John Birkner Jr. and I’m running for State Assembly in District 39.Often when I tell that to people, they say how discouraged they are by the state of politics today. It’s a sentiment I share. That’s exactly why I first ran for mayor back in 2007. At that time, our town’s politics had become as unproductive as anything we see today in Washington or Trenton.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">My message then, as now: bring people together and work toward making our town better for everyone – not just Democrats, not just Republicans: everyone.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">From day one, I looked for ways to improve our community, by identifying and prioritizing long neglected infrastructure needs and stimulating small business growth. I received millions of dollars in grant funding to modernize our rail crossings and improve pedestrian and vehicular safety, and reclaiming a municipal landfill to create 110 acres of active and passive recreation parkland. </span><span style="font-family: times;">I worked to Protect our drinking water supply by remediating lead contamination, replacing leaky sewer lines, and reducing flood risks. Because senior citizens deserve a voice in how their town is run, I created Westwood’s first Senior Citizen Advisory Board.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">When Pascack Valley Hospital closed its doors. I committed to the job of building support to reopen that hospital.</span><span style="font-family: times;">Not many people believed it could get done. </span><span style="font-family: times;">I recognized how critical that hospital was to the entire region – not just for the medical care it provided, but also the jobs and local businesses it supported. </span><span style="font-family: times;">Cutting the ribbon on the new Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley was one of the proudest days in my public service.. </span><span style="font-family: times;">We got there by earning overwhelming public support throughout the region, and working across the aisle to build a true bi-partisan coalition of state and local officials coming together to do something bigger and more important than any party label.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">That’s exactly how my running mate Gerry Falotico and I are going to fight for our district in the Legislature. </span><span style="font-family: times;">We’re dealing with neglected roads and bridges, a broken transit system, underfunded local schools, and toxic chemicals threatening our drinking water.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">We need to recover from the legacy of Chris Christie’s refusal to confront the serious issues of gun violence, women’s healthcare, and climate change, aided by politicians like Bob Auth and Holly Schepisi who put party loyalty and ideology ahead of serving our communities. </span><span style="font-family: times;">Families in North Jersey pay some of the highest taxes anywhere. But for all the money we send to Trenton, we aren’t getting nearly enough back into our district to meet our needs.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Well, if you want change in Trenton, you have to change the people you send to Trenton.</span><span style="font-family: times;">Gerry and I are running on our records of bringing results to the communities we serve. </span><span style="font-family: times;">I know that we can win this election by earning the support of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Together we can help all the towns of the 39th district by: standing behind our teachers and first responders, caring for our seniors and veterans, supporting our small businesses, protecting our environment, and treating all people with dignity and respect – no matter their gender, their skin color, who they love, or how they pray.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">In short, we can make our district the sort of place where all our kids will be proud to grow up." John Birkner Jr.'s campaign rhetoric.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <b> ************************************************</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When is the Assistant Superintendent of Schools going to be introduced to the public? The one thing that I really liked about Dr. Carlisle's leadership is that he introduced all new hires and gave them the opportunity to speak to the Board and the Public. I was sitting directly behind her at a School Board Meeting. I did not know she was the Assistant Superintendent. She should have been introduced to the public. Based on my research, she deserves to have been introduced. What is up with this disrespect of We, the People?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://abc7ny.com/linden-school-5-new-jersey-where-dreams-come-alive-united-states-department-of-education/6543594/" target="_blank">Dr. Laura Scamardella</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPX97bg1eDluLTR5wmW6lHALBWmNWHza1Yd9CIqCHjYX1HJgdz9ejcWF5eFSSkmZzpaITdOtfeb3h3nQfN14QWVnoz1X-tRj4hmTGEaWNHQ7G1zY2A7Z0gU6dz3fNLG4xEIvP_XlgvV3ftBbkw97w5aL0OpCrkHZj1-pcbgOd1XzeATUU1_gUwDUXL18/s209/Assistant%20Supt..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="168" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPX97bg1eDluLTR5wmW6lHALBWmNWHza1Yd9CIqCHjYX1HJgdz9ejcWF5eFSSkmZzpaITdOtfeb3h3nQfN14QWVnoz1X-tRj4hmTGEaWNHQ7G1zY2A7Z0gU6dz3fNLG4xEIvP_XlgvV3ftBbkw97w5aL0OpCrkHZj1-pcbgOd1XzeATUU1_gUwDUXL18/s1600/Assistant%20Supt..jpg" width="168" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.tapinto.net/towns/linden/sections/education/articles/linden-s-school-no-5-chosen-as-a-national-esea-distinguished-school" target="_blank">School No. 5 Principal Dr. Laura Scamardella</a> was surprised by the honor and was excited to share the news with her staff.</span></p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“I am completely in awe of the<a href="https://www.eseanetwork.org/ds/schools/linden-school-number-5" target="_blank"> recognition and remain humbled by the tireless work</a> my entire staff continues to do each and every day for our students,” she said.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Englewood Public School District Agenda, On page 5 of 5</span></u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>September 17, 2023 8:57 AM</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>APPROVAL</b> –<b> ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CURRICULUM,
INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMEN</b>T</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> WHEREAS</b>, the Board of Education, accepts the recommendation of the Superintendent, to approve the
employment contract of Dr. Laura Scamardella, <b>ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CURRICULUM,
INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT</b>; and
RESOLVED, the Board of Education accepts the attached contracts as approved by the Bergen County Executive Superintendent with a start <b>date to be determined through June 30, 2024.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Dr. Scamardella's Mission and Mantra</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.eseanetwork.org/ds/schools/linden-school-number-5"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.eseanetwork.org/ds/schools/linden-school-number-5</span></a></p>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-35538281341928462212023-11-04T19:32:00.003-07:002023-11-04T19:32:37.412-07:00McCloud Speech<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/tl1pzQ6t55Q?si=ml6QKcs80VHrhIR6" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Just in case you are wondering why I keep voting for this <a href="https://4thwardunited.blogspot.com/2016/10/meet-bill-feinsten.html">guy.</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1. He graduated from Dwight Morrow High School.</span></h2><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2. He is proud to have graduated from Dwight Morrow High School.<br /><br /><br />3. He is consistently and publicly proud to have been born and raised in Englewood, NJ.<br /><br /><br />4. He maintains healthy friendships with other DMHS Alumni, regardless of race, religion or political affiliation.<br /><br /><br />5. He is present, respectful to the public and is able to read the room. He hears us.<br /><br /><br />6. He knows that he has to read, learn, question and share activities in his assigned Board Committees. He shows up ready to participate. <br /><br /><br />7. I respect him and believe that his votes in all areas will hold as priority the academic achievement, health and safety of our children.<br /><br /><br />8. He has fun, he is a scholar and shows up at the Community Garden with his gloves ready to work. He gets that "therapy from the soil" thing.</span></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9hlzJfp-qtPFREr17XsvwLutmsZDxQ4J9ZrSMTqdA0lrInQs3TCfyNiFjd1gdBvaqeg_PzlrU5XPJjNg5c774FatHOBbB2rL0T4-2mWW-YzdAk83ndcCTN0msbE9QjV0_0KYOr_e1piDH8pzVcvoaLQvL-UwCVheIDsA3CbDA6vmV-cwgg7ny27Ice28" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9hlzJfp-qtPFREr17XsvwLutmsZDxQ4J9ZrSMTqdA0lrInQs3TCfyNiFjd1gdBvaqeg_PzlrU5XPJjNg5c774FatHOBbB2rL0T4-2mWW-YzdAk83ndcCTN0msbE9QjV0_0KYOr_e1piDH8pzVcvoaLQvL-UwCVheIDsA3CbDA6vmV-cwgg7ny27Ice28=w509-h231" width="509" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Send out the weekend warrior call and he arrives, gloves and all.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>"'<br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">9. He is diligent in keeping up to date on the training provided by the New Jersey School Boards <span> </span>Association.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2rFNgm4bRLXcvkVuo1IN-ZeevVij2u5d68GKeuVfxD9XO8Tpg9dLTadvsqdvDVrJSPi-4AyRe2CVTEHc6EV4drFd4UnuBMaUFizDeL5Tw5LbEvOzM9i39ToBtN4hn096BURYvGLl6BGQrOh6S_EXvrGRFoYMgKzfNzvWszpXBBcIfDi1sGwy-69IBYFI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2rFNgm4bRLXcvkVuo1IN-ZeevVij2u5d68GKeuVfxD9XO8Tpg9dLTadvsqdvDVrJSPi-4AyRe2CVTEHc6EV4drFd4UnuBMaUFizDeL5Tw5LbEvOzM9i39ToBtN4hn096BURYvGLl6BGQrOh6S_EXvrGRFoYMgKzfNzvWszpXBBcIfDi1sGwy-69IBYFI=w465-h180" width="465" /></a></div><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">10. He is growing as a School Board Member and he grows some really beautiful mums, almost as pretty as mine. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAx89mm7DiTUlwTSL09ffKZbCTmMSmwkgIcgMnLB-mxeBehFCb_WYnfoSJ-F0Vf8OoBD1sJg-0Sz0AWMnv0njUg4BKiBdHDwaqnXensuCOmqfHA-oo9HQxMMstNZlLohRK-SQ_y8h19BOymLMUovl_ukp3Owvuaq_z59lxu2UVQzBRTBSSw7LuiYZE-Qo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAx89mm7DiTUlwTSL09ffKZbCTmMSmwkgIcgMnLB-mxeBehFCb_WYnfoSJ-F0Vf8OoBD1sJg-0Sz0AWMnv0njUg4BKiBdHDwaqnXensuCOmqfHA-oo9HQxMMstNZlLohRK-SQ_y8h19BOymLMUovl_ukp3Owvuaq_z59lxu2UVQzBRTBSSw7LuiYZE-Qo=w521-h219" width="521" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">He will work hard for your children.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Vote William Feinsten </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Column #2 November 7th</span></b></div></span></b></div>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-32130252962416822122023-07-02T11:38:00.002-07:002023-07-02T11:39:44.354-07:00Gross Negligence or Stupidity?<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAWav-rngZG2-_2X34wh9HtWIX2NM7f_4H8d26cJpgUY8ffxtpnHnSuDw82BbhSud_7yS0NtCnpG9PjPPKLpySmDBSL035h5SLCb9LjzhmM7sBUL19zS0VVHQ0fATgXpCG1CXRSAeJD97TD42L7xq81FJfszU9yAI4N0Rf3Tip7wE2ENFRsR3gLUnoWU5/s1600/IMG_0061.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAWav-rngZG2-_2X34wh9HtWIX2NM7f_4H8d26cJpgUY8ffxtpnHnSuDw82BbhSud_7yS0NtCnpG9PjPPKLpySmDBSL035h5SLCb9LjzhmM7sBUL19zS0VVHQ0fATgXpCG1CXRSAeJD97TD42L7xq81FJfszU9yAI4N0Rf3Tip7wE2ENFRsR3gLUnoWU5/w509-h379/IMG_0061.jpg" width="509" /></a></p><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://weather.com/weather/weekend/l/Newark+NJ?canonicalCityId=dcc47129e3f7932fd4c2ff0b8867a6be19844cda91c6918b41b3363e60f1fe26">Northern New Jersey</a> is under possible severe weather warnings for this weekend. So why is it that this much protested against worksite has been left like this over the Holiday weekend? Why is this massive crane perched over Englewood and not over the worksite? Why was it not secured? Why was it left over the Holiday? </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Is anyone watching what is going on over there?</b> Is anyone listening to the Residents in the area who have been complaining about construction on this site since before the work even started? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I would not like this thing hanging about anywhere near my home</b>. As it is, another 4th Ward Resident sent me this photo because he is concerned about his property, his family and neighbors who live in the area?<br /><br /><b>Is anyone keeping tabs on this work? </b>Is this okay with the powers that be? Who will be held responsible for any property damage or injuries that could occur as a result of this obvious negligence?</span></p>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-43219591157029223952023-04-01T14:35:00.005-07:002023-04-01T23:11:36.313-07:00The Loaded Agenda<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Englewood Residents: </span></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please watch and listen to the latest Englewood City Council Meeting. Pay close attention at the 2 hour 37 minute point. 2:37:14. </span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 x1l90r2v" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_p3" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x1f6kntn xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Elected Government Officials are totally out of order</b> when they behave as if they have been attacked when Voters point out inequities in their decisions on how to use public money.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>It was totally inappropriate for Councilpersons</b>, Dr. Ken Rosensweig and Dr. Lisa Wisotsky to begin a dialogue while sitting on Council, in session <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>that intently mixed the affairs of Church and State. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>This discourse took place while the Mother of a murdered Mentally Distressed child</b></i> sat behind me longing for answers. That Mother had to listen to testimony that suggests that the thing that she dreads has already happened. As she grieves for the loss of her son who was killed by an enraged Policewoman, who seemed in Mental Distress herself, she learns that this Mentally Distressed Policewoman may have already been promoted to Detective.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The statements of these Elected Government Officials urged members of the public to go on Social Media and Stand Up Against the hatred of Jews</b>. It made my heart hurt. I could hear the Mother's breathing change as did mine.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The room became hot with rage, but the desired "reaction" did not come. The Public which was made up of African Americans with only 3 persons lacking melanin, did not take the bait. The meeting continued.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><i><u>Madame City Council President:</u> </i></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Was it okay to use the "dog whistle of anti-semitism" when they felt tired, intolerant and pressed to provide answers to explain Council decisions? Did that not make you feel uncomfortable?</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>That loaded agenda was hiding something.</b> Perhaps it was the Resolution that suggests the City Council is for sale. The Developer says that the City has accepted $100,000 to amend the project that they are proposing to build on the Wetlands. Wow! Isn't that interesting. Money makes it okay to develop Flood prone areas.
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The Council's time and ours must be used more wisely</b>. At least the Board of Education gives us the agenda to review while we wait. We also get to wait in a place where we can sit down and read the agenda. If I remember correctly, that is also what the Council did at one time. Perhaps we should revisit that practice. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Closed Session was so long that one Council Person found it impossible to keep his eyes open</b> once the Public Session commenced. Is that the reason he started a conversation that would have previously caused a riot?</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Next time, create a lighter agenda so Council Members won't have to resort to baiting a grieving family to riot so the meeting can be dismissed.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.youtube.com/live/biyhzlRp4hw?feature=shareTo&fbclid=IwAR1kigExbTrHnmi1tOyjjuvYUVUciqiZAD3bLQsiAOivepBn5P_WUhien-U" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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Wilson for 4th Ward ouncil<p><b> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>An important message from someone with deep ties to Englewood, NJ and the 4th Ward.</i></span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUPzvAk6PRSSS-rZeEPOI08TepVtC5J9KjdneAcJLeciDcHwqq-wKCPNFXEUi0Iany3f90vrz1Kz4nHBgZ3evR1C7joqYX7Lqs4gs4eHPa4z4legMoQWNQh4PWCcO_N67Om0mHlbZuARtRJJrw8_S6xq9ZOIDImeb1m1CYcr4UrZxg5VSxCGwqyG3Y" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="150" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUPzvAk6PRSSS-rZeEPOI08TepVtC5J9KjdneAcJLeciDcHwqq-wKCPNFXEUi0Iany3f90vrz1Kz4nHBgZ3evR1C7joqYX7Lqs4gs4eHPa4z4legMoQWNQh4PWCcO_N67Om0mHlbZuARtRJJrw8_S6xq9ZOIDImeb1m1CYcr4UrZxg5VSxCGwqyG3Y=w178-h321" width="178" /></a></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>"My name is Renard G. Wright. I have <br />historical ties </span><span>to politics in Englewood </span></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>that I feel blessed to </span><span>have. </span></span><div><div><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: large;">I want to endorse Mr. Kevin Wilson for </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: large;">Councilman of the fourth ward. The 4th Ward </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>is a place that is very special to me</span><span>. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>By any measure, </span><span>Kevin is a lifetime </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Englewood Resident </span><span>who has accepted </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>his role in the community.</span><span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>This includes the camps </span><span>for children, </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>school </span><span>supplies, </span><span>and Jabari Leadership </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>to </span><span>name a few. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Kevin Is the right man to follow </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Wayne Hamer, because he is committed </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>to an Englewood that </span><span>embraces diversity, </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">equity, and growth."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Renard G. Wright endorses </i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Kevin A. Wilson for 4th Ward Council.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Vote</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1QWiLgcUsx-VEYoLm4Xpv1WEkDuoEMFqrs4Hhq89ZumHEoQlJLuREwC16EuusqAunBby0xs2FRf5WX0Cr39WHEvY1If6lA0k_X5vXdz0BeQNUbBhi2BEd4O2jjPuf9VKzSj4KKN1WyAxYz0pzMeawEnFQfgWiDvyKd21IGsnYgmBsGFPIBY2rT3PI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="763" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1QWiLgcUsx-VEYoLm4Xpv1WEkDuoEMFqrs4Hhq89ZumHEoQlJLuREwC16EuusqAunBby0xs2FRf5WX0Cr39WHEvY1If6lA0k_X5vXdz0BeQNUbBhi2BEd4O2jjPuf9VKzSj4KKN1WyAxYz0pzMeawEnFQfgWiDvyKd21IGsnYgmBsGFPIBY2rT3PI" width="313" /></a></div></div><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>June 7th - Elect Kevin A. Wilson</b> <b>Column #2</b></span><b style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: left;"> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">JUNE 7, 2022 </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Polls Open 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM</b></span></p><span style="background-color: white;"><u><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><u>PRIMARY – EARLY VOTING DATES</u></div></span></u><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2022</div></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2022</span></div></span></div></div></div>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-2313128806867425212022-05-03T17:59:00.001-07:002022-05-05T18:08:56.141-07:00Kevin A. Wilson for a Stronger 4th Ward Voice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASB-HxAXEVWdqD0RP7EaC_tlzpmTd9dKVvWkWKNpDHzZs5kZWUjW7QMAo4OlNtssc3zP2Rlngqh2qACVL27LWUFftYJmZbU2rnqgaiqPlEXMRE0YNPajA9tImDusylyNWJRJRFyxukql9fA2kHQ7iPfcerxi6J8-RFKSP5LmuaCqhdlK-qiDO7nMr/s763/279382976_4863508727081226_7789486984842554415_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="763" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASB-HxAXEVWdqD0RP7EaC_tlzpmTd9dKVvWkWKNpDHzZs5kZWUjW7QMAo4OlNtssc3zP2Rlngqh2qACVL27LWUFftYJmZbU2rnqgaiqPlEXMRE0YNPajA9tImDusylyNWJRJRFyxukql9fA2kHQ7iPfcerxi6J8-RFKSP5LmuaCqhdlK-qiDO7nMr/s320/279382976_4863508727081226_7789486984842554415_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Hello 4th Ward Neighbors,</p><p>I am a proud Native Resident of the 4th Ward. I have pride in my place. I was born, raised, and worked in the 4th Ward. I graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey. I played football and was part of the team that won the 1979 Championship. I am a dedicated father of one daughter, Cortney and two young men, Kaelen and Kai. My fiancé, Monica Strickland is a lovely woman and supports me wholeheartedly.</p><p>After college, I worked with my father's construction company, "Wilson & Wilsons". During our decades in business, we built many homes throughout the city of Englewood and Bergen County. We employed hundreds of our neighbors. Working in this field taught me hard work, the importance of entrepreneurship, and the value of homeownership in a community.</p><p>Later, I joined the Englewood Fire Department, where I served my community for 29 years until I retired in May 2020. Being a firefighter was one of my life's highlights as I selfishly dedicated my life to serving others. </p><p><b>My <a href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/englewood/2016/12/21/longtime-englewood-employee-honored/95714548/?fbclid=IwAR1GX3mCbBTG4twTsUBhh9JklfS5i27gMIXV02MMSb5NhxFtKm6WMsGSbwU" target="_blank">Political life began when my stepfather</a>, </b>the late Jack Drakeford introduced me to caring Residents and Local Officials who were making a difference in our community. I wanted to be part of this as well. Therefore, I began the work as:</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Founding President of Englewood's Chapter of the Jabari Society- part of an International organization that helps young Black men become firefighters</li><li>Co-founder of Urban League's program "From The Ground Up" where youth were employed to build our existing fire house, that bears my stepfather's name.</li><li>Counselor for <a href="http://www.bergenresourcenet.org/search/bergen-county-juvenile-fire-prevention-program-care-plus-nj/" target="_blank">Bergen County Juvenile Firesetter Program </a>- The goal of the program is to reduce the overall problem of firesetting by working with juvenile firesetters to identify underlying issues and provide intervention to minimize firesetting behaviors.</li><li>Former VP of Relief Association - provided monetary support to fallen fire Fighter's widows</li><li>Served on Englewood Board of Adjustment in 2016</li></ul><div><b>4th Ward Neighbors, elect me as your councilman,</b> and I will work to make sure that the 4th Ward has an effective communicator that will speak directly on your behalf regarding numerous issues.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Future Development in the 4th Ward</li><li>Trash</li><li>Flooding</li><li>Safety</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/fQaLYeam9q8" target="_blank">Programs for kids</a></li><li>Education, Health and Recreation for all ages</li></ul><div>If elected, I plan to work hard to preserve our beautiful city bringing positive results to the Residents of the 4th Ward.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>If you have any questions or concerns, I am happy to personally meet with you. Please send me an email - Kwilson4thward@gmail.com or stop by 328 W. Palisade Ave.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RarS0JglHRl9MJVEjc2qX0xEUfFKFZNCjAzSjoRXsbJMZOZ6klu0l3pbVwaP4fAVWvPO64em9HScCHdqaRbFvaSdHhTye5dXAIeHHBjF3jqQKCDtUTwz2X3DS860J97uB2UowV7tHfWsT0kB0owanPhXenAA0v-CaHt4dmozaJdqe4zhNMVZN3ZV/s298/Wilson2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="266" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RarS0JglHRl9MJVEjc2qX0xEUfFKFZNCjAzSjoRXsbJMZOZ6klu0l3pbVwaP4fAVWvPO64em9HScCHdqaRbFvaSdHhTye5dXAIeHHBjF3jqQKCDtUTwz2X3DS860J97uB2UowV7tHfWsT0kB0owanPhXenAA0v-CaHt4dmozaJdqe4zhNMVZN3ZV/w266-h260/Wilson2.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>June 7th - Elect Kevin A. Wilson</b> <b>Column #2</b></span><b style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: left;"> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION </span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">JUNE 7, 2022 </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Polls Open 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM</b></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><u><br />PRIMARY – EARLY VOTING DATES </u><br />FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2022 <br />SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022 <br />SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2022</b></span>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-26832654414618034132022-04-12T18:04:00.005-07:002022-04-12T18:21:12.269-07:00Is the Englewood Democratic Committee Dying?<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Where is the LINE?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Will the Committee survive without the line?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the November Election, a Candidate who had previously benefitted from the LINE controlled by the Democratic big wigs at the County complained about something that folks like me have been complaining about for years.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now it seems that LINE has disappeared.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Where is the LINE?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Is it gone, because an unknown is seeking our support for 4th Ward Council?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I know Peter Jansen, Lisa Wisotsky and Kevin Wilson</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">BUT</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Who is Maryelena Vargas?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVLJFKEqLnMXUvCiccmwbKDzpljsA13CKL3YVbtjFSOQYeTkLfJVyBo9i7IXPoqg_inuY6ZefpmHyn6gQxqdfZwRBFsMD6-1eE8wHZ5iXpWBKddc-v9vMYKNWS-m7BxN9_xMo66LD4g7xrzQ-Ze8fv4NJBRjejw-SmJLF306iLUf4m_moTlR4S-rCw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="843" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVLJFKEqLnMXUvCiccmwbKDzpljsA13CKL3YVbtjFSOQYeTkLfJVyBo9i7IXPoqg_inuY6ZefpmHyn6gQxqdfZwRBFsMD6-1eE8wHZ5iXpWBKddc-v9vMYKNWS-m7BxN9_xMo66LD4g7xrzQ-Ze8fv4NJBRjejw-SmJLF306iLUf4m_moTlR4S-rCw=w442-h484" width="442" /></a></div>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-39697374032749667572022-04-12T17:44:00.005-07:002022-04-12T17:54:55.081-07:00Wearing The Mask?<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Mask Mandates and Food Service Workers</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">No More Mask Mandate for the students.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Question: Should there be a mask Mandate for the School Cafeteria Worker? Should the lunch lady wear a mask and a hair</b><b>net?<br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://news.dunkindonuts.com/blog/the-story-behind-dunkin-munchkins-donut-hole-treats" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="360" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYEdDelCvXFGSHsYX47j1lcClvkKVCRQQ4vYsScn7GiViqdRYzR1Xl8GK12IVHpYMyLXsHYR_p1047ETsaKNw_kN5T9ZPOZ_ABBBcxh-FOXhIr510gqQ6un8u01g_VwQ5qwrYyXvVFwhj4LPgElvGKNoQVDw3Um0ERWT5Lzr9Iw_Ta5Z8Nrx6qmAqM=w217-h177" width="217" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I was having a bad day. I craved comfort food. For me that is a munchkin. A Dunkin' Donut Hole treat with Jelly inside. The Server was not wearing a mask. I asked him why, and he said that he did not need one because he was vaccinated. I told him that I was also vaccinated, but that I was following the advice of the sign on the entrance door where customers are required to wear a mask. I walked out without ordering. 2 months later, I tried to buy my munchkins again. This time, only 1 worker behind the counter was wearing a mask. I left again without ordering.</b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" dir="rtl" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.blackbeardeli.com/product/Ham-Maple-Glazed" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWpF8MPxkbQQy6I1s2HlxyYUcXZcJG90Q8ZXE8YVFURNdyqSnwR_g4HnKNSR5-2nYHl90m-e96iLutNwh2orc_O8jXEIwl3W18D8GjQ1c_sz-4pDqiXXKnJSfpod9SVsB5k7zA0UurYc8RiDDy96gEqKyKkAbqdrbD4u-yxXPu60xrBzrRvAoFKF5T=w205-h168" width="205" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>My granddaughter likes the lunches I make her. At least once a week, she gets a Black Bear Honey Glazed ham sandwich with Jarlsberg cheese and lettuce on Pepperidge Farm 15 grain whole wheat bread. She loves it. Twice now, I have gone to the Deli at our only Shoprite and the Deli Workers were not wearing masks. I walked out without my cold cuts. It is my right, and I will continue to do the same. A friend told me I was being silly because there is no way for me to know what is going on behind the scenes. Thing is, yeah, maybe, but I do have something to say about what I see with my own eyes. Food Service Workers should mask up. </b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Lunch Lady needs to wear her mask.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Food Service Workers need to wear masks.</span></b></p>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-47083369246725039732021-12-17T16:14:00.001-08:002021-12-17T16:19:15.348-08:00"I Want Dwight Morrow High School to Gleam Academically"<div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <img height="351" src="https://scontent.fewr1-5.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/267756637_4935135716508034_3274766181833653406_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=HxXfOHerUJcAX_xkEck&_nc_ht=scontent.fewr1-5.fna&oh=00_AT-UXWJlxjzOlCeeEkZplaIG8z0ozCGNuQRI9WjIeQFRSg&oe=61C1294E" style="font-size: large;" width="312" /></p></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Friends, Raiders, and Englewoodians, please lend me your ears!</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>As many of you know by now, the Englewood elected BOE has selected Joseph Armental as principal of our flagship, my Alma Mater, Dwight Morrow High School. This measure did not pass on the first vote, but it has passed. </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Now we, as the beloved community who want our schools to live up to our real legacy of academic greatness, must be team players, with all oars rowing in the same direction.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b style="font-size: large;">The BOE has spoken. Joseph Armental and all of the administrators in our District need our support</b><span style="font-size: medium;">. It is unfair to expect that the normalization of mediocrity and failure that has pervaded, persisted, and plagued us for years is going to dissipate in an instant—and we need to be forthright in our admission we have developed a culture of mediocrity and failure. Instead, we need a change of ethos that is the result of a shared desire for revolutionary change in our District.</span><br /><br /><i style="font-size: large;"><b>For this, we must create strategic, mission-centered, data-driven plans, with benchmarks and dates, because we have very serious issues before us. We urgently need strong academic leadership on all levels.<br /></b></i><b style="font-size: large;"><br />We must find a way to infuse Mathematics and Language Arts throughout our curricula with all deliberate speed.</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> In this effort, we should note the immense connectivity between the Fine and Performing Arts and Mathematics, as well as all other disciplines.</span><br /><b style="font-size: large;"><br />The data that are before us beg our attention and concerted efforts.</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> We need to question very seriously the veracity of labeling a program as “Gifted” when 90% and more of the students are in need of remediation. Instead of fancy labels and slick talk, we need to emphasize the basics. Sports is a great metaphor for this. No team wins without a firm mastery of the fundamentals.</span><br /><br /><br /><b style="font-size: large;">The same is true with any subject matter.</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Acquisition of the foundational behaviors is critical to sustained success. Continuing with the metaphor, teams succeed when the members practice and perfect their crafts to the utmost of their abilities and work together for a common goal (pun intended).</span><br /><br /><br /><b style="font-size: large;">In order for us as a school district to reroute from this unwelcome path, we need everyone to take ownership of tasks before us.</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> We must admit readily that <u>no one person</u> has all the answers or abilities, and we must never be hesitant to seek the expertise of those who are knowledgeable and have proven track records.</span><br /><br /><br /><b style="font-size: large;">Additionally, we must cease our uncritical acceptance of premises that are current falsehoods. </b><span style="font-size: medium;">The data show that some of our notions about the promise of the extant choice programs to elevate academic performance at the high school are, at best, inconclusive. This is not to suggest the elimination of choice programs, but to suggest a continuous review of their viability and purposes for our District and to develop data-driven benchmarks for them.</span><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">More than I can express here, I want THE Dwight Morrow High School to gleam academically. Together, we can make this happen. “Once A Raider, Always A Raider!”</span></b><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Submitted With Much LOVE—Lynette Adrian Bickham</b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-79308314309238005532021-11-20T19:26:00.002-08:002021-11-20T19:29:52.274-08:00Start Strong?<p><b style="font-size: large;">By now, many either have attended virtually, or have heard and seen the data from the <a href="https://www.epsd.org/o/epsd/article/592614" target="_blank">11/18/2021 Englewood, NJ BOE meeting</a>.</b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">There is much to unpack and there are data not mentioned that need to be brought forward. As we view student performance, we must ask for connecting data, because it never is prudent to view student performance data in isolation. So, I have a few questions, if I may:</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(1) What are the attendance data for each school?</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(2) And for the high school, what are the period-by-period attendance data?</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(3) What are the teacher observation data for each school--is there any correlation between the high marks that teachers earn and student performance? Are teachers receiving stellar marks while there are glaring student performance deficits?</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(4) What are the demographic data for the teachers along the areas of student performance?</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(5) What are the data that measure the effectiveness of In-Service / Professional Development--how has student achievement improved or stagnated as a result?</span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />(6) What are the data for the frequency of principals visiting classroom--not for formal observations, but to get a sense of what actually is going on in the schools?</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(7) What are the data for the time allocated for collaboration among teachers of the same subject to share in best practices? (</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(8) What are the data for the methodology of choosing principals for our schools to ensure that they are academic leaders and that they have the opportunity to share best practices with one another? </span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> (9) What is the ecumenical outreach? What are the data regarding partnerships with our local houses of worship fostering their assistance in community outreach? </span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">(10) What are the data regarding the delivery of support to our students who still are displaced from Hurricane Ida? </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> (11) Do the curricula guides exist and what fidelity is there to implementation? How is this measured?</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> (12) What is the per capita student spending and what is the itemized list of deliverables? </span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">(13) With these troubling levels of performance, are individualized strategies indicated for each student, teacher, and administer? </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> (14) What are the strategies between the feeder and the receiver schools to ensure readiness as students transition from one campus to another? </span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">(15) What are the data on teacher-student ratios? Are smaller class sizes indicated?</span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">As an alumna, and as a former Dwight Morrow High School teacher, I can attest that these are only a small fragment of the important introspective questions that educators ask with great regularity, and have been asking over the years. Because student performance does not occur in a vacuum, it is one of a myriad of components that need to be examined and addressed. The onus of responsibility for student performance does not reside solely with the students. This is a matter for all of us—parents, teachers, administrators, the Englewood community, as well as the students. We should ask pertinent questions. If no one has learned, then no one has taught. We cannot accept that everyone on the campuses, except the students, has stellar performance indicators. If the students have not acquired the knowledge in a manner that they own it and can synthesize it, then we have not taught them. This is a hard truth, but if we are finally going to be transparent and listen to the personnel on the frontlines, then we need to own up to this.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> I submit this in all humility and with Much Love And Concern. L.A.B.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Lynette Adrian Peters-Bickham</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.epsd.org/o/epsd/article/592614" target="_blank">Link to the full Report on the EPSD Website</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="318" src="https://scontent.fewr1-6.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/258713592_4838520312836242_1555610328336242909_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_rgb565=1&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=OSfZr9C9n-cAX87bCPP&_nc_ht=scontent.fewr1-6.fna&oh=dc8fb442b0a9b9030141d0e675e0bf45&oe=619E56DD" width="541" /></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="stjgntxs ni8dbmo4 l82x9zwi uo3d90p7 h905i5nu monazrh9" data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic" style="border-radius: 0px 0px 8px 8px; font-family: inherit; overflow: hidden;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; 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margin: -6px -4px; min-width: 0px; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; white-space: nowrap; z-index: 0;"><div class="rq0escxv l9j0dhe7 du4w35lb j83agx80 cbu4d94t pfnyh3mw d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz ph5uu5jm b3onmgus iuny7tx3 ipjc6fyt" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; font-family: inherit; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; padding: 6px 4px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><span class="pq6dq46d" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="pq6dq46d" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="pq6dq46d" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="pq6dq46d" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.epsd.org/o/epsd/article/592614" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-50885843800214827352021-11-06T19:08:00.005-07:002021-11-06T19:27:20.908-07:00 Open Letter to the Englewood Board of Education<p>Dear Englewood Board of Education,</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-grhuf0bOdzw/YYcqQUS5YyI/AAAAAAAAQFc/6ID3lqnOl50qnQ0PgNC_BGjDFNiQwULjgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1536" height="181" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-grhuf0bOdzw/YYcqQUS5YyI/AAAAAAAAQFc/6ID3lqnOl50qnQ0PgNC_BGjDFNiQwULjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w242-h181/image.png" width="242" /></a></div>I fought for 3 years to gain access to Genesis so I could monitor the Academic Success of the children in my home. I was given access to the opening page of the website and was told, there you go, commence monitoring the children's progress. It took half a school year to get the Administration to understand that the only tab on the page that worked for me was the one labeled "Logout". So in effect, I was given access to the opening page and nothing else. Near the end of the 2019-20 school year, the then Superintendent finally gave me access.<br /><br />The School year 2020-21 may have been horrible for other parents, but it was better for this one. The older child exceeded expectations, because I could monitor her. The younger child was still suffering from the shock of being thrown into a Virtual World with one Teacher and waking up, the next school year, in a Virtual World with 7 Teachers. He was placed in Honors Classes. We never requested this. After 3 weeks of struggling, he commented that having 7 teachers who all gave an assignment everyday was driving him crazy. I could see that it was. It was impossible to help him. He would not accept, nor participate in a discussion of what the problem was. He refused help from me, Guidance and his teachers. His work only improved a tiny bit after he was finally placed in mainstream classes. Part of him remained in the Honors Classes as he continued to communicate with his former classmates privately via Teams Chat.<br /><br />Added to this problem was the fact that Teams, which was created for businesses has a Social Media Platform as part of it. The Social Media Platform is called "Private Chat". Teachers do not control Private Chat. After much searching, many emails and telephone calls, it was determined that no one in District seemed to understand that this Private Chat Feature could be turned off completely. It could also be left up to the Teacher whether of not to keep it on. Mind you, children could communicate 24 hours a day through this feature. Teachers cannot see the conversations in this Private Chat Room. This means that students may carry on Private Conversations without Supervision of any adult. Not enough energy was spent on trying to solve this problem. I was NEVER satisfied with any of the answers from EPSD regarding this problem. It should also be noted here that Teams offers students the option of being able to contact persons outside of their grade and their schools. I have witnessed this myself. In my ventures inside Teams, I have noticed that this young one was invited to contact students in the high school.<br /><br />I was told on various occasions that I should go into Teams and check out what was going on. I did this, and quite frankly, I wish I never had. I found conversations that I wish I could unsee. My excursion into his Private Chat world caused problems that he called "an invasion of his privacy". We had verbal battles concerning this invasion of his privacy. Private Chat is still on. Students are sitting in class behind barriers unable to see classmates as they look from right to left, unless they lean back and peer around the barriers. Why? It seems the Administration allowed a Custodian to choose the barriers that sit on the students' desks. These barriers are white and are not transparent to the right and to the left. This leaves the student inside a box able to see straight ahead and into the screen of their laptops. The Teacher <b><i>is competing with a device that is supposed to be helping them. </i></b>This is cruel and unusual punishment for both student and teacher. Students should be able to see each other and see the Teacher as she/he moves about the room as demonstrated in this <a href="https://youtu.be/shd91yDB-58" target="_blank">short video</a> where a Superintendent tests the shield in a classroom.<p></p><p>Students are sitting at desks, behind partitions, wearing masks, unable to see their classmates, looking into the screen of a laptop. <b><i>Please rate this learning environment.</i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xFYdHVF-4AA/YYcqi10fR7I/AAAAAAAAQFk/WstOlL5rOIUzdEZboAFQwv4esZlalIxFQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="1512" height="208" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xFYdHVF-4AA/YYcqi10fR7I/AAAAAAAAQFk/WstOlL5rOIUzdEZboAFQwv4esZlalIxFQCLcBGAsYHQ/w236-h208/image.png" width="236" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /></i></b><br /><br />So now there are students who are watching videos, television, surfing the net and conversing in Private Chat while the teacher is trying to teach a class. Some of you might think that the teacher can control this. Think again. Imagine yourself in the same situation. How would you control it?<br /><p></p><p>So, those of you out there talking about how students are falling behind, please.<br /><br />Meanwhile, you, School Board members are still conducting Board Meetings on Zoom. You say that more parents may attend, and are attending. You cannot prove that by me. I do see that you are less tolerant of each other than when you were seated at that long table in person. There a hundreds of School Boards around the state and the country who are meeting in person and still streaming to tax payers at home. Figure it out, you have an entire department of capable Tech people who know how to do this. Use them for their strengths. Learn something from the Techies.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qXynmcVjcq8/YYcupYarFLI/AAAAAAAAQFs/AjEpjMqhh2UMJyytL2NXRCYaXShNhjOOACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qXynmcVjcq8/YYcupYarFLI/AAAAAAAAQFs/AjEpjMqhh2UMJyytL2NXRCYaXShNhjOOACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="240" /></a></div><br />Why not this one, with a mask? For my taxes, they could also lose the laptop in class or minimize the use of this tool. Did no one consider that all of the distractions available on the laptop may be transporting students away from the realm of teaching and learning?<p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-88QJSrH8gu8/YYcxPA1WnAI/AAAAAAAAQF0/CSZMX2v6FV4d4ychYFF9Q8q2SWFLdW0OwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="520" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-88QJSrH8gu8/YYcxPA1WnAI/AAAAAAAAQF0/CSZMX2v6FV4d4ychYFF9Q8q2SWFLdW0OwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Students should be able to see each other. For many years, we have been teaching them to think outside the box. Now we have put them inside one. Why are we expecting them to produce their best work?</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sedl.org/txcc/resources/strategies/ayp/RocksRiversandWetBabies13/AndHowAretheChildren.pdf" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: large;">...And how are the children?</span></i></a></p><p><br /></p>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-15464122102897194202021-10-21T18:34:00.002-07:002021-10-21T19:35:06.664-07:00...And How Are the Children?<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our BOE has spent more than 10 years trying to put an electronic sign @DMHS. Every year they spend hours discussing this sign. Right now, they are discussing this sign. </span></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Meanwhile, Crossing Guards are missing all over the District. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Cross Walks are missing all over town. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have not seen a Security Guard since School started and they just gave the head of Security an enormous raise. What the What? </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">The light that is supposed to be flashing on Tryon Avenue to slow traffic down, during the school day, as they pass the Middle School does not work. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Virtual Learning ended, but never ended because students are still learning Virtually while they sit in school being possibly exposed to Covid 19. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Students are still engrossed in Private Chat on Teams, some even watch TV while the Teacher is teaching.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Achievement is in the basement, </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Health and Safety are compromised and the Board is worrying about an Electronic sign again for the 10th year. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">We do not have a High School Principal</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">We do not have a Superintendent of Schools</span></li></ul></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">What is wrong with the Priorities of this Board of Education and this City? An Electronic sign is not going to improve Student Achievement.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">I continue to be under impressed. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, our Interim Superintendent and the HS Principal just resigned.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4rqYTHKCE58/YXIU1OqMdkI/AAAAAAAAQBI/8OsKaYK0nEAVGkdOOxLk7d2qXhHUELpkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s220/47272586_1160289010796477_6193230222494531584_n%255B1%255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="197" height="459" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4rqYTHKCE58/YXIU1OqMdkI/AAAAAAAAQBI/8OsKaYK0nEAVGkdOOxLk7d2qXhHUELpkwCLcBGAsYHQ/w408-h459/47272586_1160289010796477_6193230222494531584_n%255B1%255D.png" width="408" /></a></div><br />
</span></div></div>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-5257175829853086832021-10-16T17:27:00.005-07:002023-04-10T01:08:28.292-07:00Note Change in Polling Place for Ward 1, District 4<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0daQ2k5uW2k/YWttjaOL24I/AAAAAAAAQAQ/gU-xldeI9PsHKl30j-4CZoqba0QMzFP-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1109/245934429_113628947762573_6970642539420114324_n%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="905" height="722" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0daQ2k5uW2k/YWttjaOL24I/AAAAAAAAQAQ/gU-xldeI9PsHKl30j-4CZoqba0QMzFP-QCLcBGAsYHQ/w518-h722/245934429_113628947762573_6970642539420114324_n%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-44221730133215027212021-10-16T13:31:00.004-07:002021-10-16T14:32:10.104-07:00An Election Reminder<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">NJ Elections have Rules that must be followed</span></b></p><p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-transform: uppercase;">ELECTIONEERING</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>[N.J.S.A. 19:34-5 to 19:34-15] Election Law</b></span></i></p><br /><b>A. INTERFERENCE WITH THE CONDUCT OF ELECTION</b><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />1. No person shall, during an election, with intent to hinder or delay same, or to hinder or delay any voter in the preparation of his ballot, remove or destroy any of the ballots or pencils placed in the booths or compartments for the purpose of enabling the voter to prepare his ballot.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />2. Any person willfully violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) and imprisonment until such fine and the costs of the conviction are paid.</blockquote><br /><b>B. OBSTRUCTION OR INTERFERING WITH POLLING PLACE OR VOTERS</b><br /><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. No person shall tamper, deface or interfere with polling booth.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">2. No person shall obstruct the entrance to any polling place.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">3. No person shall obstruct or interfere with any voter.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">4. o person shall loiter or do any electioneering within the polling place.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">5. No person shall electioneer within one hundred feet (100') of any polling place.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">6. This shall not be construed to prohibit a minor from entering a polling place on the day of an election to vote in a simulated election at that polling place as permitted by N.J.S.A. 19:34-6b. </blockquote><br /><b>C. ELECTIONEERING WITHIN OR ABOUT POLLING PLACE</b><br /><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. No person shall distribute or display any circular or printed matter.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">2. No person shall suggest or solicit any support for any candidate, party or public question WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FEET (100') OF THE OUTSIDE ENTRANCE TO ANY POLLING PLACE OR ROOM.</blockquote><br /><b>D. PERSONS ALLOWED IN POLLING PLACE:</b><br /><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. Officers connected with the election.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">2. Candidates; </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">3. Duly authorized challengers;</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">4. Voters as are present for the purpose of voting.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">5. Persons connected with the operation of a simulated election for minors and minors present for the purpose of voting in a simulated election as permitted by N.J.S.A. 19:34-6b.</blockquote><b><div><b><br /></b></div><u>CHALLENGERS</u></b><br /><i><br />[<b>N.J.S.A. 19:7-3 to 19:7-6] NJ Election Law</b></i><br /><b><br />A. FILING OF APPOINTMENT OR APPLICATIONS</b><br /><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. Filed with County Board of Elections.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">2. Filed 2nd Tuesday preceding any election.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">3. Must be a registered voter in the County.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">4. Can only serve in district to which appointed (except At-Large Challengers).</blockquote><br /><b>B. PERMITS TO CHALLENGERS</b><br /><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. Permit must be filed with the District Board.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">2. Permit may only be used by person it was issued to.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">3. Candidate may act as challenger. [N.J.S.A. 19:7-2]</blockquote><br /><br /><b>C. TYPE OF CHALLENGERS</b><br /><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. Authorized challengers for respective political parties.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">2. Authorized challengers for candidate.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">3. Proponents or opponents of a public question.</blockquote><b><br />D. POWERS</b><br /><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. Power to challenge the right to vote of any person.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">2. May ask all necessary questions to determine the right to vote.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">3. May be present while votes cast are being counted.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">4. Power to challenge the counting.</blockquote><br /><b>E. BADGE</b><br /><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. Every challenger shall wear a badge.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">2. Badge is furnished by the County Board of Elections.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">3. Badge indicates which party or candidate the challenger represents.</blockquote><br /><b>F. LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF CHALLENGERS</b><br /><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. The Chairman of the County Committee, a Candidate for an office and proponents or opponents of a public question appearing on the ballot may appoint two (2) challengers to serve in each election district. The Chairman of the County Committee of each political party may also appoint additional challengers (At-large challengers) for any election equal in number to the municipalities in the county and such challengers may exercise their powers at the polling place of any election district in the county during the time an election occurs therein. </blockquote><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">2. Not more than one (1) challenger may be present at any one time in the polling place for a Political Party, Candidate, Public Question.</blockquote><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">3. More than one (1) challenger may be present only with the permission of the County Board of Elections, and upon request, a like number shall be permitted to be present on behalf of<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"> </a>any opposing party candidate or public question.</blockquote><br /> plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-13038936209288512312021-10-14T17:32:00.002-07:002023-04-10T01:12:53.024-07:00Building Educational Excellence<p><br /></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-436914190369199327" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 579px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Englewood Moms </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fighting For Educational Excellence</span></b></p><p style="font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>ENGLEWOOD Residents,</b> I’ve known </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-q66pz984 gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/collette.thompson1?__cft__[0]=AZVWJcI1PB5uwpRFRmOxlz8am-8B0jGM8VaF43_AK7MgiMXVeLHSQwoBY-5ZmyUYIOlu8oHMQl-ddiytzt2iaj8FTwkZ9oG20O69BGiEoeKxxzZnnFkCKhl9ry8tCs9vQYjaa23aZmKlgkKSc8iiaSR_I8zVRe0iR3-2C8OFCJ1AhoDaW-L5O3UXSCPTS3VFj_oRV3LwY35AGfHzfdsuNh0g&__tn__=-]K-y-R" role="link" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Collette Walker Thompson</span></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-q66pz984 gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/amy.jonesbulluck?__cft__[0]=AZVWJcI1PB5uwpRFRmOxlz8am-8B0jGM8VaF43_AK7MgiMXVeLHSQwoBY-5ZmyUYIOlu8oHMQl-ddiytzt2iaj8FTwkZ9oG20O69BGiEoeKxxzZnnFkCKhl9ry8tCs9vQYjaa23aZmKlgkKSc8iiaSR_I8zVRe0iR3-2C8OFCJ1AhoDaW-L5O3UXSCPTS3VFj_oRV3LwY35AGfHzfdsuNh0g&__tn__=-]K-y-R" role="link" style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Amy Jones Bulluck</span></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for several years. I have watched how involved they have become in the community. Some people don't know that their involvement in the ENGLEWOOD community and school system didn’t just start over the last few months. </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m-A7JpbCHQY/YV9xikF-E8I/AAAAAAAAP-8/oxOZzXpIavgZfuHMBswaAB-iBlWSLYtngCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/244995327_991542368350203_5505954799740975577_n.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #3778cd; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="692" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m-A7JpbCHQY/YV9xikF-E8I/AAAAAAAAP-8/oxOZzXpIavgZfuHMBswaAB-iBlWSLYtngCLcBGAsYHQ/w322-h692/244995327_991542368350203_5505954799740975577_n.jpg" style="background: rgb(155, 54, 54); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="322" /></a></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 13px;"><div style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Their involvement and concern for the welfare and fair treatment of the children </b>of ENGLEWOOD spans over more than a decade. They have made it their mission to attend School Board meetings. They are looking for ways to become part of the solution to bring back equity in our school system. In addition to attending School Board meetings, they have helped to establish the NAACP student Organization, in which they work as mentors for the youth. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>They were profoundly empathetic and helpful to Residents while organizing a "recovery mission" </b>after our community was devastated by Hurricane Ida. They were on the front lines daily, making sure families were being cared for, with dignity and understanding. These ladies have demonstrated that they are "of" the Community in which they live.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Collette and Amy possess all of the qualities and qualifications we could ever hope for in school board members</b>. These two women are mothers, community advocates, and leaders, who have never been afraid to speak up for what is right. They never back down when it comes to our children.
<b>When you pull the lever for Amy and Collette, you are pulling the lever for a better future </b>for your children. We can be assured our children’s best interest is being fought for and protected.
<div style="text-align: justify;">Collette and Amy, thank you for taking up the CHALLENGE of bringing back Educational Excellence to the ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT!</div></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">VOTE COLUMNS 7 AND 8 ON YOUR BALLOT!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Debbie Bland Manning, EdD. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e4e6eb; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Assistant Dean of Adjunct Administration and Adjunct Professor Of Sociology @Bergen Community College</span></div></div></div>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-12970772290651440502021-10-10T14:52:00.054-07:002021-10-13T16:38:03.316-07:00Amy Jones Bulluck is Ready & Running<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I have been watching Amy Jones Bulluck step up to serve her Community for a very long time.</b> She is always on the front lines at Christmas, while making sure that the children of the incarcerated and others get presents. The Christmas Angel Tree generates loads of smiles at a time of year when many are depressed and feeling alone. She also takes a special interest in the elderly. She is a single Mother who gives of her soul and her time to those in need. I was not surprised to learn that she was on the forefront of the recovery effort first thing in the morning after Hurricane Ida tore through our City. She worked alongside other caring Souls to make sure that Englewood Residents were evacuated from devastated areas with dignity. I am proud to give my support to someone so giving. She continues to give as she announces her Candidacy for the Englewood Board of Education. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Join me in voting column 7 for Amy Jones Bulluck on November 2, 2021.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/2ExyyISfSj0" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2ExyyISfSj0/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;">Vote Column 7 and Elect Amy Jones Bulluck to the Englewood Board of Education</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: 700;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nxLBRiNn60M/YWNegknzQXI/AAAAAAAAP_8/Au3gVDUj-eUAnTs1lk2g1PDUj6X-nxMTQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="431" height="358" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nxLBRiNn60M/YWNegknzQXI/AAAAAAAAP_8/Au3gVDUj-eUAnTs1lk2g1PDUj6X-nxMTQCLcBGAsYHQ/w460-h358/image.png" width="460" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Column 7 and Column 8</span></span></b></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit the <a href="https://buildingeducationalexcellence.com/?fbclid=IwAR3jwCIoKeXM67z3-UqztM6f_kelLb6rbRd9TX7cM6zP3Grhrv3EMAg0KJw" style="color: #37cd5a;" target="_blank">Candidates' Website</a>. Learn more</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>about their vision and read testimonials from dedicated supporters.</b></span></p><div><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Bergen County</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>In Person Early Voting Locations</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Open: October 23 - October 31 - </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Monday-Saturday: 10 am to 8 pm: </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Sunday: 10 am to 6 pm</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Fort Lee</span> </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Jack Alter Community Center </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Inwood 1355 Terrace</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Garfield</span> </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Rescue Engine Company #3</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>159 Gaston Avenue</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Hackensack</span> </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>One Bergen County Plaza</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Mahwah</span> </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Senior Center</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>475 Corporate Drive</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Paramus</span> </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Bergen Community, </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>IT building</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>400 Paramus Road</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: red;">River Vale</span> </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>River Vale Community Center</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>628 River Vale Road</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Rutherford</span> </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The Williams Center</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>15 Sylvan Street</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Teaneck</span> </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Richard Rodda Center</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>250 Colonial Court</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: red;">Woodcliff Lake</span> </b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Tice Senior Center</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>411 Chestnut Ridge Road</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div></div>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-33231737677287759522021-10-09T18:08:00.215-07:002021-10-10T11:14:31.740-07:00READY AND RUNNING<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">READY AND RUNNING</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Vote Column 8 and Elect Colletta Thompson to the Englewood Board of Education</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I’ve known <a href="https://www.facebook.com/collette.thompson1?__cft__[0]=AZVWJcI1PB5uwpRFRmOxlz8am-8B0jGM8VaF43_AK7MgiMXVeLHSQwoBY-5ZmyUYIOlu8oHMQl-ddiytzt2iaj8FTwkZ9oG20O69BGiEoeKxxzZnnFkCKhl9ry8tCs9vQYjaa23aZmKlgkKSc8iiaSR_I8zVRe0iR3-2C8OFCJ1AhoDaW-L5O3UXSCPTS3VFj_oRV3LwY35AGfHzfdsuNh0g&__tn__=-]K-y-R">Collette Walker Thompson</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amy.jonesbulluck?__cft__[0]=AZVWJcI1PB5uwpRFRmOxlz8am-8B0jGM8VaF43_AK7MgiMXVeLHSQwoBY-5ZmyUYIOlu8oHMQl-ddiytzt2iaj8FTwkZ9oG20O69BGiEoeKxxzZnnFkCKhl9ry8tCs9vQYjaa23aZmKlgkKSc8iiaSR_I8zVRe0iR3-2C8OFCJ1AhoDaW-L5O3UXSCPTS3VFj_oRV3LwY35AGfHzfdsuNh0g&__tn__=-]K-y-R">Amy Jones Bulluck</a> for many years. I have watched them raise their children, become involved in the Community and face challenging obstacles with courage. Collette has attended School Board Meetings, City Council Meetings and has participated in PTO functions for years. Colletta has watched the Board function and not function with increased dismay. In a time of great turmoil, Colletta has decided to give of her incredible energy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0T6iArKnPY" width="453" youtube-src-id="_0T6iArKnPY"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;">Vote Column 8 and Elect Colletta Thompson to the Englewood Board of Education</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZHbSwhh5qTQ/YWMdjwNzWtI/AAAAAAAAP_k/LRxAHlWmd6Y6epK8brUq4IpeWQGFVoQYQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="431" height="343" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZHbSwhh5qTQ/YWMdjwNzWtI/AAAAAAAAP_k/LRxAHlWmd6Y6epK8brUq4IpeWQGFVoQYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w456-h343/image.png" width="456" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> Column 7 and Column 8</span></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Visit the <a href="https://buildingeducationalexcellence.com/?fbclid=IwAR3jwCIoKeXM67z3-UqztM6f_kelLb6rbRd9TX7cM6zP3Grhrv3EMAg0KJw" target="_blank">Candidates' Website</a>. Learn more</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>about their vision and read testimonials from dedicated supporters.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Bergen County</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>In Person Early Voting Locations</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Open: October 23 - October 31 - </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Monday-Saturday: 10 am to 8 pm: </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Sunday: 10 am to 6 pm</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Fort Lee</span> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Jack Alter Community Center </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Inwood 1355 Terrace</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Garfield</span> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Rescue Engine Company #3</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>159 Gaston Avenue</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Hackensack</span> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">One Bergen County Plaza</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Mahwah</span> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Senior Center</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>475 Corporate Drive</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Paramus</span> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Bergen Community, </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>IT building</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>400 Paramus Road</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">River Vale</span> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>River Vale Community Center</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>628 River Vale Road</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Rutherford</span> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>The Williams Center</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>15 Sylvan Street</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Teaneck</span> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Richard Rodda Center</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>250 Colonial Court</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Woodcliff Lake</span> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Tice Senior Center</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>411 Chestnut Ridge Road</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-6453298169582739232020-10-03T12:31:00.010-07:002020-10-05T19:47:49.382-07:00Bill Feinstein's Message to The 4th Ward<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Elf3Pe80Cw" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Bill Feinstein is a Candidate for the Board of Education in Englewood, NJ.</b> Bill has been diligently attending School Board Meetings for nearly 10 years. He is an independent thinker who knows what a School Board member is supposed to do. He is not a yes man. He takes into consideration all sides of an issue before taking a stand. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>He does not go away when the vote does not go his way.</b> His resolve is not affected by the number of votes between him and the person elected. Last Election, there were a mere 12 votes between Bill and the other Candidate. Every time he runs, the space between him and the one he has to beat gets smaller. Between Elections, he is involved and still working for your children. Bill is a winner who possesses the self determination that we should all nurture in our children. Never give up. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>Vote Bill Feinstein, column 4 for Englewood Board of Education.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sR8bN6Zi048/X3kSoTCR6yI/AAAAAAAAPuM/z07sw05ksJkwSwmxpC2_SHM4VrBKNzW3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/DSCF1186.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="181" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sR8bN6Zi048/X3kSoTCR6yI/AAAAAAAAPuM/z07sw05ksJkwSwmxpC2_SHM4VrBKNzW3gCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h181/DSCF1186.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Did you notice anything different about your Ballot?</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">There are 2 Ballots in the envelope.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>One ballot is a <u>Non-Partisan</u> School Board Elections Ballot.</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b><div><b>The other is a <u>Partisan Ballot .</u></b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MBdYgIxTBjw/X3kSoeOi8RI/AAAAAAAAPuU/6GdMWpjZDmUSBRScbEZJ6w1mbyYgjyXjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/DSCF1187.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="181" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MBdYgIxTBjw/X3kSoeOi8RI/AAAAAAAAPuU/6GdMWpjZDmUSBRScbEZJ6w1mbyYgjyXjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h181/DSCF1187.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5U9pq3EVPvE/X3kSoWo2o6I/AAAAAAAAPuQ/XdgVSc6STQAG8M5O3w3G0eMnB74VEZlGACLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/DSCF1188.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5U9pq3EVPvE/X3kSoWo2o6I/AAAAAAAAPuQ/XdgVSc6STQAG8M5O3w3G0eMnB74VEZlGACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSCF1188.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Bill's name was on the Ballot for the School Board in 2016, 2017, 2019 and many of us wrote him in as a Personal Choice in 2018. Why did we write him in? Because he comes with his sleeves rolled up with his own gloves when he is needed in the Community, regardless of the job. Bill Feinstein is part of the Community, not just someone who wants to be on the School Board. In the photos above <a href="https://www.facebook.com/1733401030213595/videos/469653283630382" target="_blank">he is doing his part</a> to prepare the Teaching Garden at the Louie Bacoat Historic Community Garden for the children who will use the beds in the Spring. His family is among the founding members of this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BacoatHistoricCommunityGarden/videos" target="_blank">Community S.T.E.A.M Education Project.</a></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div></div><div><div><b>What is Partisan and Nonpartisan?</b></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><u><b>Think of it this way: </b></u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">Partisan</span><span style="background-color: white;">: I will do what my </span><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">party</span><span style="background-color: white;"> wants. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">Nonpartisan</span><span style="background-color: white;">: I will do what is the right thing, regardless of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">party</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">Bipartisan</span><span style="background-color: white;">: I will get together with the other party to agree what to do. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Politics and Party Loyalty is <u>not supposed </u>to get involved </b>in the selection of School Board Members. School Board Elections are supposed to be Nonpartisan.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8GK386yLU4Q/X3ji5sWZ3cI/AAAAAAAAPtY/LMjV2J9P-t0SMs7q9C-wUf7a2c0EReqOACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="513" height="315" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8GK386yLU4Q/X3ji5sWZ3cI/AAAAAAAAPtY/LMjV2J9P-t0SMs7q9C-wUf7a2c0EReqOACLcBGAsYHQ/w202-h315/image.png" width="202" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The last time there was any indication, in Englewood,</b> at election time, that School Board Elections are non- partisan was April 16, 2013. Those elected are pictured in the photo to the right. From left to right, Devry Pazant, Carol Feinstein, Jeff Carter.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I was told by my 4th Ward Councilman that the results of that Election were a blip</b> and totally accidental. I was totally disgusted with that comment, because a lot of people did a lot of work to bring about those results. Some of us had been in the streets going house to house and having Campaign events for several months. Calling the results a blip negated all of our hard work. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>We held a People's Town Hall. It was a Survival Summit</b> focusing on Solutions, not complaints. We held a very engaging and wonderfully rewarding event that should be replicated sometime in the future. It was called, "The Woman's Day of Action". We called upon all women in the City to come together and walk with us in the 4th Ward. The objective was to go house to house in Englewood's 4th Ward encouraging Residents to vote and letting them know that we cared about them and their children.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><b>There was a general impression going around that 4th Ward Residents do not ever vote.</b> Little attention was given to the fact that we had/have the lowest number of registered voters in the City. We decided to test the theory of naysayers who claimed that 4th Ward Residents did not care about their kids and therefore felt no need to vote, attend PTO meetings, Back To School Nights, Parent Conferences or any other event that involved their children. It was a get to know your neighbor day. We wanted to make sure that every family in the 4th Ward was aware of how much they were needed and that they could do something to change their children's educational world. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>We paired off Teachers from all over the County with Parents and other Residents.</b> We gave them addresses of registered voters and sent them off with their assigned streets. I was paired off with the vibrant young lady in the middle of that photo. We covered a lot of ground, rang a lot of doorbells and had conversations with the most unlikely people. I learned a lot about Carol Feinstein and the City of Englewood on that fateful day. Not one door was closed to us. Happy faces greeted us at the doorway wondering why their former teacher, or the former teacher of their mom, dad, or child was standing at their door. There were families cooking out in their yards with no thought to voting who slapped their foreheads and said, "yes, of course", they were going to vote. The general consensus was that the People were left feeling really good that they had gotten a visit that day. It showed on Election Day. Across the 4th Ward Parents, Teachers and other Residents had similar stories."</div><div><br /></div><div><b>It did surprise everyone in town that we got all three Candidates elected.</b> It was not a good time for Education in Englewood. Over 100 support staff, many who lived in the 4th Ward, had been laid off in 2012 when the positions of Secretary and Paraprofessional (Teacher's Aide) had been abolished. We learned a lot about how that "job action" of <u>Outsourcing</u> these positions had impacted the 4th Ward and low income families. The impact has not gone away and the District has still not shown that any money was saved.</div><div><br /><b>In April 2013, the "Pro Outsourcing" Board Members still outnumbered our grass roots Candidates</b>. It took only 5 School Board Members to move the School Board Elections to November where they have been lost in <u>Partisanship </u>ever since. The Pro Outsourcing Board even took a vote in the very first meeting to block 2 of our newly elected Board Members from voting on Personnel issues. This happened in April of 2013, before the end of the month in which the so called blip occurred. Very much the same way Mitch McConnell handcuffed Barak Obama, the Pro Outsourcing Members handcuffed 2 of the newly elected Board Members on the issue of Personnel. There have been no more blips since then. Did the General Election's Partisan atmosphere do what many projected it would? </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Did 528 School Districts save money and increase the number of voters participating in School Board Elections or did they immerse Public Education into a Political and Partisan mire in which there is no chance to recover?</b></div><div><b><br />This Grandmother was very glad to see 2 Ballots when I opened that envelope and learned that the Partisan Election had been separated on paper, at least. </b></div><div><br /><br /></div></div></div>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-34828330285615046022020-09-17T22:33:00.015-07:002020-10-03T19:19:00.473-07:00Vote Column 4, Because you Deserve More<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Rhuq_dTWKs" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><b>Englewood Students, Parents and Administrators need Board Members who will never give up the fight for Educational Excellence for all students regardless of race, class, where they live or the economic status of their parents. I am confident that Bill Feinstein is the man for the job.</b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We need Board members with the intestinal fortitude to stand their ground for the sake </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">of the children.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We need Board Members who will turn the Narrative back to the subject of the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">children and what is best for them.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We need Board Members who think of the whole child and do not spend the entire </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">meeting speaking on subjects that do not impact the Education of children.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We need Board Members who will insure that school buildings are maintained </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">in a way that makes a safe and clean environment to learn.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We need Board Members who are willing to get the training necessary to create policy and who understand that they do not run the District.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We need Board Members who do not hesitate to involve students, teachers, administrators and Community in the Goal setting that become the District Goals on which the Superintendent bases his Goals for the District.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We need Board Members who are not afraid to say no to the Superintendent and can recognize when the School Leader is micromanaging the District are willing to ask questions about process.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We need Board Members who understand that the Superintendent manages the District and trusts the teachers and Administrators to impart the information that nurtures a safe environment that encourages students, parents, teachers, staff and administrators to do their very best.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">We need School Board Members who hold </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">"high expectations </span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">of achievement" </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">for ALL students </span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">and not just one group.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-64762466622274141802020-09-01T18:27:00.003-07:002020-10-02T13:46:11.026-07:00What is the Zone?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: medium;">My open letter to EPSD about The Zone. </span><br />
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I am writing to urge you to take decisive action, to lead--and find a way to support The Zone for the 2020-2021 school year. Now is not a time to reduce the mental health and community supports for students and faculty.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I understand that Trenton is in crisis and has no good choices to make. However, Trenton does not know what we know, which is that Englewood Public Schools were in crisis before the pandemic. I know this because through the leadership of Mariam Gerges and Liz Corsini, along with Sanetta Ponton, I helped lead hours of workshops for DMHS faculty and administrators last year.</span></div>
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We heard first hand how difficult the conditions in the school were, their struggles in reaching students, and their desire to lead their colleagues in creating a better climate in which students, regardless of their traumas, could learn and thrive. We were having these conversations and workshops in August, September, January and February. What will those discussions sound like over Zoom this year?</div>
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I can assure you that the kind of professional development and coaching that your faculty and administrators received last year through these workshops would have cost EPSD thousands of dollars--but you got it "free" from Bergen Family Center, The Zone and the community members like Sanetta, Flat Rock Brook and me--who will do almost anything for Englewood's children. Most importantly, EPSD got all this expertise for "free" because the community knows the value that Bergen Family Center brings--and when called upon by them, we show up.</div>
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Now it is time for EPSD to show up for The Zone. I assure you that your students and faculty cannot survive, let alone thrive, without the support that The Zone and its committed staff provide. They pivoted seamlessly to the virtual world, and connected with students in a matter of days. In fact, there were moments on the weekly community calls that Sanetta organized, when it became obvious that Bergen Family Center knew more about some of EPSD students than the district did itself. You need The Zone, we all know you do.</div>
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Find the money--in the paper clip and toner budget, in the snacks for professional development budget--find the money. </div>
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Step up and lead. The times demand it.</div>
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plumwalk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/17454293763847871950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717994841160382030.post-1498104394972216412020-08-20T19:51:00.001-07:002020-08-20T19:52:50.784-07:00Our Community Needs The Resource!<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">For 20+ years community members of Englewood, NJ have been advocating for a community center.</span></b> </span></p><p><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I have watched other surrounding municipalities build and enhance their community centers while we continue to fight for one in Englewood. One must ask why. What is it that is preventing city leadership from allowing a community center in Englewood?</span></p><b><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Q8Qap0OAjw/Xz80WV31NmI/AAAAAAAAPrk/9BfLTTwWOpwBk-DcQCY_KEOmqFhKEA2fACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/elder%2Bwork.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="174" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Q8Qap0OAjw/Xz80WV31NmI/AAAAAAAAPrk/9BfLTTwWOpwBk-DcQCY_KEOmqFhKEA2fACLcBGAsYHQ/w262-h174/elder%2Bwork.jpg" width="262" /></a></div>There have been a plethora of excuses</b> including financing, programming, location, and even blaming the Jews. All bullshit.</span><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><b><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Our schools are steadily declining, people are sleeping in our parks</b>, violent crime is increasing but yet all leadership seems to care about is $$$. The bullshit story goes like this-</span><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><b><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The city is broke so let’s bring in more ratables by declaring areas in need of redevelopment </b>and offer PILOTs so we can attract big developers who will come in and change the dynamics of neighborhoods ( where most leadership does not live). The city gets PILOT money, developers make money, and the schools get nothing, people living here get nothing and we don’t know if anyone in leadership gets anything</span><img alt="😜" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f61c" data-image-whitelisted="" goomoji="1f61c" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f61c" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. What is wrong with this picture?</span><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><b><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>These developments change neighborhoods. </b>The Bennett Rd project, for example, not only has destroyed the character of the neighborhood aesthetically, but chances are it will change the demographic of the population. How? By diluting the population. By changing the neighborhood demographic. Keep in mind 1 William is also in this same neighborhood.</span><div><span style="color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="600" height="262" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tk48pDbmZmY/Xz80xBN2usI/AAAAAAAAPrs/ZYCh7Okl4RU91pDW7ggqV6C2oxSlQp4XQCLcBGAsYHQ/w164-h262/minor%2Bin%2Bhandcuffs.jpg" width="164" /></div><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>(Please don’t try to accuse me of promoting segregation,</b> because that is not what this is. First, it was white people who created these communities of color through redlining. The fact of the matter is we all find comfort in being around others with whom we share a cultural familiarity). These 2 projects will bring in probably a minimum of 400 people, many of whom, if not most, will NOT be people of color. Now, let me be clear, this is significant because people of color have distinct wants and needs from leadership (on all levels) that stem from their experiences in this country. Diluting the neighborhood demographics dilutes the voting power of people of color. People of color were herded into these neighborhoods through redlining and now you want to take them back.</span><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><b><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The question is what are you giving us in return?</b> So far....nothing, but that’s not because we haven’t asked. We’ve been asking for a community center for 30 years and yet here we are. What’s ironic is that we aren’t asking for something that would only benefit us but we are asking for something that would enhance Englewood at large.</span><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">So now that we’ve established the plan, whether you choose to acknowledge or not, and the ask, where do we go from here?</span><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><b><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EhiVowdKyNA/Xz81CL9FSpI/AAAAAAAAPr0/v6c4WrUgktggCcG1TkJxIV8JZSfXjqWigCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/food%2Bfor%2Bthe%2Bneedy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="197" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EhiVowdKyNA/Xz81CL9FSpI/AAAAAAAAPr0/v6c4WrUgktggCcG1TkJxIV8JZSfXjqWigCLcBGAsYHQ/w262-h197/food%2Bfor%2Bthe%2Bneedy.jpg" width="262" /></a></div>People are our greatest investment and now is the time for leadership to start investing</b> in the people of Englewood. We have got to take a proactive step towards supporting residents, especially given the uncertain times ahead. We must have a centrally located facility not just for programming but clearly there are socio-economic needs. Every week somebody touts how many meals have been given out by various organizations. Thank God for these organizations because many would not eat without them. I am concerned however that I don’t not hear any leadership acknowledging the fact that, off my rough calculation, close to 2000 meals are being given out each week indicates we have a real problem with poverty in Englewood. Poverty, poor performing school district (based on SLA scores), increase crime, people sleeping in parks and yet our lovely leadership still refuses to invest in the people.</span><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><b><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Our entire community needs the resource. </b>A place to promote mental/physical well-being, enhance environmental awareness, develop social awareness, increase efficiency of current services, provide space for schools, essential worker childcare, provide social resources, etc.....<br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jzp8GHjfi1Y/Xz81ZVgp40I/AAAAAAAAPsA/7RhwHDYK9fQxY7EG8aWaCQAAdSWboO32QCLcBGAsYHQ/s356/Liberty%2Bschool%2Bfacade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="339" height="285" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jzp8GHjfi1Y/Xz81ZVgp40I/AAAAAAAAPsA/7RhwHDYK9fQxY7EG8aWaCQAAdSWboO32QCLcBGAsYHQ/w271-h285/Liberty%2Bschool%2Bfacade.jpg" width="271" /></a></div>Many refer to the Liberty School as the gateway to our city.</b> Well shouldn’t a gateway be a place that welcomes people with a myriad of offerings and services. Usually upon entering a place you have a welcome center, information center, resources.</span><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><b><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>It is incumbent upon the city council President Charles Cobb</b> to put on the agenda ASAP the issuing an RFP for a community center at the Liberty School site. Englewood is suffering and the personal agendas must be pushed to the side. We have a unique once in a lifetime opportunity with Metro Community Center and that must be explored. It is deplorable that there is an organization willing to invest more into the people of Englewood than our own city leadership.</span><b><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Gauging temperatures-we already know we have a fever</b>, it’s called socio-economic crisis</span><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><b><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b><span face="" style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FO5S3bZH7I/Xz82C6hY9jI/AAAAAAAAPsQ/LhfI4vSlocAMHkvaQ-42dOErZKXXMqW4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/gentrfy%2Bthis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="112" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FO5S3bZH7I/Xz82C6hY9jI/AAAAAAAAPsQ/LhfI4vSlocAMHkvaQ-42dOErZKXXMqW4ACLcBGAsYHQ/w168-h112/gentrfy%2Bthis.jpg" width="168" /></a></div>Sustainability</b>- make it happen, hire a grant writer, create foundation, get sponsorship, whatever it takes, that’s why we elected you, figure it out.</span><br style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #15232b; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; 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