Always

Vote like the lives of your children depend on your doing so!

Thursday, April 4, 2013

We Have Tried Trust For the Last 9 Years!

Did you know that while property taxes were kept low, our fees for the pool, recreation programs and summer school went up?

The Price of the pool, recreation programs and summer school ARE NOW much too expensive for our children TO PARTICIPATE.

Who benefited from the tax break? Did you? I would prefer successful students who do well on tests TO A FAKE PROPERTY TAX BREAK.

I prefer seasoned and dedicated secretaries and paraprofessionals at work instead of collecting unemployment.

The unemployment is costing the district millions, while the 2 outsource companies collect a million each and the "independent contractors" work without adequate training or criminal background and history checks.

I want to see the same smile on my child's face when he/she arrives home that he/she left with in the morning.

I prefer a strong Child Study Team with qualified student support.

I prefer happy children who FEEL SAFE AND are NOT afraid of BULLYING at school.

I prefer teachers who are not afraid of bullying at school.

I prefer a PARENT/GUARDIAN FRIENDLY SCHOOL POLICY.

I prefer Administrators who are good leaders and are allowed to run the district without fear of reprisal from the Superintendent or the Board of Education.

Trust?: I prefer accountability and truth... WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TRUST FOR 9 YEARS...THAT IS NOT WORKING IN OUR FAVOR!

I prefer HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR ALL STUDENTS!

I PREFER A CHANGE IN THE GOOD OLE BOYS NETWORK!

I PREFER A BOARD THAT PUTS THE INTEREST OF THE PARENTS WITH CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOVE THOSE WHO DO NOT USE THE DISTRICT BUT STILL BENEFIT FROM OUR TAX DOLLARS.

MAKE A NOTE OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!
3, 4 and 5! KEEP PUBLIC EDUCATION ALIVE!

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Meet the Candidates: Find Out Where You Vote!

ENGLEWOOD RESIDENTS: Do you know where to vote in 

the School Board Elections?

Polling Places have changed again!  Click here to find your street in order to determine your WARD, DISTRICT and POLLING PLACE.

April 16, 2013....  7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Lines 3, 4 and 5. Keep Public Education Alive!
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THE CAMPAIGN  TRAIL 
Come out and question the incumbents and the new Candidates. Find out where they stand on the subject of Education and why they want to become School Board Members. Question the incumbents on policies supported during their 9 years already served on the School Board.

Meet the Candidates:
1.) Parent Teacher Organization of EPSD
     Meet the Candidates Forum 
     April 8, 2013 @ 6:30 pm
     Place: McCloud Elementary School 


2.) League of Women Voters 
     Meet the Candidates Forum
     April 11, 2013 at 7:30 pm
     Place: Public Safety Complex
     73 Van Brunt Street

Streets Wards and Districts
http://www.cityofenglewood.org/filestorage/1441/1468/2265/1477/ROSTER_OF_STREETS-_WARDS_AND_DISTRICTS-_12-13-12.pdf


Polling Places
http://www.cityofenglewood.org/filestorage/1441/1468/2265/1477/PollingLocations_2013.pdf


NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
DATES FOR 2013 SCHOOL ELECTION AND BUDGET PROCEDURES


Tuesday, March 26, 2013


The 4 Wards Coalition 4 Empowerment is 
Proud to Support
The Dream Team


Left to Right: Devry Pazant, Carol Feinstein, 
Junius "Jeff"Carter 
Candidates for Englewood School Board
Lines 3, 4 and 5
Keep Public Education Alive!
Vote April 16, 2013
7 am - 9 pm

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

How Do We Build a Great School Board?

How do we build a successful School Board that interprets to the staff the aspirations of the community for its school? How do we build a School Board that responds to the needs of the "People" and holds the "Achievement of ALL students" as priority above all else?

1. Examine the track record of the incumbents.   A bit of history as viewed from out here.  Suburbanite 2010.

2. Learn and use the OPRA PROCESS. (Open Public Records Act)

3. Learn and use the Open Public Meetings Act law. 

4. Read and Learn about THE SCHOOL ETHICS COMMISSION and the School Ethics Act.

5. Learn to write and to file ETHICS VIOLATIONS using the official School Ethics Complaint forms from the New Jersey State Department of Education.  

6. Make sure that the Board appoints a Delegate and an Alternate to the New Jersey School Boards Association during reorganization. (Reorganization meeting is held after the School Board election.)

7. Make sure the Superintendent is evaluated on a yearly basis, in writing, in a public meeting, based on whether the Goals and Objectives the Board and the Superintendent set together are met.

8. Demand to see this written evaluation form. If you must, OPRA (request in writing) the evaluation form in the finished version.

9. Write and file ETHICS VIOLATIONS on Board Members when they are seen involved in activities that are outlined as infractions by the School Ethics Commission. Read the frequently asked questions and answers about filing ethics violations.

10. Support the teachers, principals and Superintendents when they are hard working professionals and the results of their hard work is evident in the success of the students.

11. Make sure that all School Board Members get the training that is mandated and required. Praise them when they go beyond the requirement and positive results in student achievement are evident.


12. Read and understand the role of the New Jersey School Boards Association. If a School Board shuts out this organization, it is very suspicious and against the law. Taxpayers pay over $26,000.00 per year for the serices of the New Jersey School Boards Association. This is the organization that trains the School Board Members in the state of New Jersey after we elect them. When more of the community understands what the School Board is supposed to do, we will have a better school system, with more effective employees and smarter more well trained children.


Education Matters: Legal Aspects of Board Service

Open Public Meetings Act or Sunshine Law


Open Public Meetings Act..What Boards should know about Education.



Education Matters: Annual Goal Setting



Education Matters: Legal Aspects of Board Service
The Chief School Administrator Evaluation Process 
or
The Process of Evaluating the School Superintendent