The 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.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Destination Englewood? Did only Certain People Get The Memo?
Destination Englewood? This letter was emailed to the 4th Ward Gazette by a very dissatisfied resident who recently moved her family to Englewood.
October 8, 2014
Good day:
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I am writing in regard to a recent insulting experience as a patron of Selena's Perfect Nails on Palisades Ave, Englewood, NJ.
Having been serviced here in the past, I was quite surprised by such dismay from the owner. The same owner that shared a compliment with me in regard to my daughter; that has also frequented this establishment for years. She expressed that my teenage daughter is always very courteous and pleasant.
Today, I entered for a mani/pedi to a rather empty salon and she tells me it will be an hour wait.
I reply "ok" and continued to select my polish.. Another woman walks in 10 minutes later and she asked her politely to sign in. She said the young lady will be right with her?
Am I chop liver? I politely ask her "Why am I told an hour and the other walk-in gets serviced immediately?"
She tells me that no one wants to do my nails at her Salon? Yet, the workers all greeted me with friendly hello's and smiles?
I ask her if she no longer wants my business and she proceeds to tell me NO!!!
She doesn't need my money? The nerve! After I have patronized this business with my daughter and myself for years?
I said as you wish and proceeded out the door!
I am disgusted by business owners that don't respect or value my money in Englewood.
Residents and taxpayers should be treated with dignity and respect.
Without us, there is no you!
Englewood, you have got to do better!
Sincerely,
Disgusted Taxpayer
Selena's Perfect Nails
97 W Palisade Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
(201) 227-7100
October 8, 2014
Good day:
I am writing in regard to a recent insulting experience as a patron of Selena's Perfect Nails on Palisades Ave, Englewood, NJ.Having been serviced here in the past, I was quite surprised by such dismay from the owner. The same owner that shared a compliment with me in regard to my daughter; that has also frequented this establishment for years. She expressed that my teenage daughter is always very courteous and pleasant.
Today, I entered for a mani/pedi to a rather empty salon and she tells me it will be an hour wait.
I reply "ok" and continued to select my polish.. Another woman walks in 10 minutes later and she asked her politely to sign in. She said the young lady will be right with her?
Am I chop liver? I politely ask her "Why am I told an hour and the other walk-in gets serviced immediately?"She tells me that no one wants to do my nails at her Salon? Yet, the workers all greeted me with friendly hello's and smiles?
I ask her if she no longer wants my business and she proceeds to tell me NO!!!
She doesn't need my money? The nerve! After I have patronized this business with my daughter and myself for years?
I said as you wish and proceeded out the door!
I am disgusted by business owners that don't respect or value my money in Englewood.
Residents and taxpayers should be treated with dignity and respect.
Without us, there is no you!
Englewood, you have got to do better!
Sincerely,
Disgusted Taxpayer
Selena's Perfect Nails
97 W Palisade Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
Friday, October 31, 2014
Unadorned Facts And Statistics...
"...This is not a 1 Year Phenomena....."
Michael Roth, Interim Superintendent of the Englewood Public Schools - Addressed the public at the Englewood School Board Meeting, October 16, 2014.
This is what the Interim Superintendent had to say about Test Scores.
This is what the Interim Superintendent had to say about Test Scores.
"Since we received the scores, we’ve been very concerned. We
have been taking them apart trying to find out, what went wrong, what is not going
right. However, there are 2 particular areas.
1 is from 3rd to 4th grade in
Language Arts. The other one is going from 6th to 7th grade in
mathematics.
Where the other scores went up a couple of points or down a couple
of points, those 2 specific areas fell off a cliff. They didn’t go up or down
by 1 or 2 points. They went off by almost 30 points. We’ve been trying to pull
it apart.
We’ve gone back to approximately 2006 so far.
That’s been happening in Englewood every single year. I
don’t wanna give you a glib, answer. Right now, I am as confused as you. It
doesn’t make sense that on the other years, there is fluctuation of a couple points,
which is normally what you expect. If
you’re getting better, you’ll see a certain trend going upward. If there is a
problem you will see a certain trend going downward. You never see a 30 point
drop. I mean, it just doesn’t happen, and yet…
I don’t accept that as an answer this is not a one
year phenomena. This has been happening, or close to it, for every single
year. There is always a reason. There is a cause and effect. We’re going to
have to find it. We are going to work to find it and I don’t want to give you a
glib answer. I just don’t know.
That’s why I wanted people to see unadorned facts and
statistics. So we can dedicate ourselves to doing something about it. It doesn’t
do any good to not face the facts. And that’s what it is…it is a very fair
question. And I’m going to have to come to you with some answers. But I just
don’t have them now. I don’t have them now."
Stephen Brown was School Board President 2006 - w/vice President Glenn Garrison
" " 2007 - w/vice President
Glenn Garrison was president in 2008 - w/vice President Stephen Brown
Henry Pruitt III was president in 2009 - w/vice President Stephen Brown
Stephen Brown was also President of the Board of Education in 2012 - 2013 and spearheaded the Outsourcing of irreplaceable student support staff.
The people of Englewood voted Stephen and Glenn off the School Board in 2013.
These 2 SEEK members are the architects of the present situation and cannot be trusted to
correct it. They are clearly part of the problem.
Stephen Brown was also President of the Board of Education in 2012 - 2013 and spearheaded the Outsourcing of irreplaceable student support staff.
The people of Englewood voted Stephen and Glenn off the School Board in 2013.
These 2 SEEK members are the architects of the present situation and cannot be trusted to
correct it. They are clearly part of the problem.
History cannot be changed simply because 2 SEEK Candidates want to turn back the sands of time and rewrite it for themselves.
The graph below was copied from a page from
FAST = Fiscal Accountability Starts Today
Look Back and Learn from Past Mistakes
History is a good teacher. Some people still do not know the FACTS. There is a formula for how
Superintendents are paid in the State of New Jersey. We have just gone through nearly 4 years of SEEK Board Members refusing to follow the laws of the state of New Jersey..jpg)
Look back and remember why Glenn Garrison and Stephen Brown were not re-elected in 2013. These 2 people have no remorse for wrong decisions made in the past. Both of these people spent 9 years on the Board and watched the Test Scores drop so low that our High School is now designated a FOCUS SCHOOL.
The decision to Outsource deprived children of vital in class support. Test Scores dropped even lower. These 2 are the manufacturers of the "failure factory" that they created through neglect while they spent time on everything except student academic improvement.
The people who created the problem cannot be trusted to correct it. Do not be fooled by these 2.
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