>The Board of Education’s statement on the reason for Brooks’ withdrawal is an outrage. In typical fashion they now blame the parents who spoke in the best interests of their children, and not themselves.This is a time for us to unify, and not divide, and make sure they get it right next time around. The Board, however, has elected to use the language of division in their announcement.The public discussion of Brooks’ appointment is “reflective of Ridgewood’s supportive community and its values.”When we speak on behalf of our children we are not “undermin[ing] the process.”Call the Board of Ed now. Demand that they retract their public statement and that they publicly apologize for their unfortunate choice of words
>BOE Blames Parents for Brooks Fiasco and readers respond
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>The board made another mistake. Let’s see how long before they make it worse by attempting not to clean it up.
>Inflammatory blogging and anonymous posting hardly constitute “public discussion”.
>”Anonymous phone calls, emails, blogs, and web postings by some community members questioned his integrity, ethics and educational philosophy”.
This is exactly what happened and it’s disgusting behavior.
Nice going. I’m sure you’ll have problems with the next person chosen, too.
>Someone upset with “anonymous” posting, posting anonymously…LOL
>1:47
I suppose going to a board of ed meeting and being ignored by listless stares is “public discussion.”
Stop whining. How much do they pay you government workers? Enough to shrill for them as “anonymous” posters.
We’re all “anonymous” because it takes away all YOUR POWER. You can’t retaliate against “anonymous” people.
I know that makes you unhappy.
Get a hankie!
>Hey 2:37
This is news to you, but in a free society, voicing dissent is not “disgusting” behavior.
I know a system that will work just fine for you.
Get a plane ticket to Venezuela. The welcome mat is out for you.
What are you doing posting in a “free” and “uncensored” forum. It’s not your cup of tea.
>Inflammatory blogging and anonymous posting hardly constitute “public discussion”.
perhaps if the BOE would stop treating parent like sh*t ,people would be kinder
>The Fly nominates Janice Dime as Ridgewood’s next Superintendent
Hey Ridgewood; here’s a novel idea. Janice Dime, Paramus’ embattled superintendent, will soon be in need of a new job. Why don’t BOE members consider hiring her? She’d fit right in with their “we’re tired of hearing from loudmouthed parents” and “we know what’s best for your children so don’t butt in” philosophy.
No one on the BOE but Joe Vallerini blinked an eye when Dr. Porter gave his famous “so long as I’m the Superintendent, I’ll call the shots around here” speech, and from what I’ve read about Dr. Dime, she’s just as heavy handed and autocratic. We could probably get her cheap too.
What do think Shelia?
>Isn’t the Internet a wonderful tool for free speech. No longer are we censored by the editor of the Ridgewood News. Or subjected to the unchecked propaganda peddled by the BoE.
I love this country, what a great invention.
Thanks Al Gore.
>The BOE should stop whining and be glad that they were saved from embarassment by hiring a man with extreme financial conflicts of interest.
Brook’s “personal reasons” to decline the position is indeed personal…there’s possibility of exposing his financial affairs, which obviously he does not want to do. This lack of transparency proves that he is not the man for this job.
The request from parents is simple, remove TERC and put in a better math program like Singapore Math or Saxon. But the BOE keeps turning a deaf ear to the wishes of the community and instead blames the parents who care, the same people the BOE promised to serve with integrity.
>Ridgewood, I am appalled. You have let a very vocal few dictate. This poor behavior is not what we are all about.
Tell me, how do you expect that we will ever attract a good person, if there is always a “lynch mob” right around the corner? And your real estate values, let’s watch them hit the toilets, as the rest of the world watches our absurdity.
>Ridgewood, I am appalled…give it a rest if you gave a crap you would not want the BOE to hire such a huckster to begin with .Save the FAKE outrage worry about you kids for a change ,TERC has failed everywhere it has been tried and ALL THE EXPERTS AGREE ! .
>Its Francis’s fault. She made him leave before he even got here. My property values have dropped because of her. No one is going to want to buy a house in a town that is terrorized by this woman.
I say we burn a cross on her lawn.
>Hey 9:31 PM
I say we put up a statue of Frances in front of every school building as a reminder of freedom of speech and that it’s all about educating the children as best as possible.
And a banner for vormath.info across the main roads.
>Oh my. That’s a wildly inappropriate comment, even for this “out there” blog.
>What ever happened to the recall thing I read a couple of blogs ago.
Maybe now is a good time to act and start with a clean slate.
What was the number for recall?
Go door to door and get the signitures.
START THE RECALL NOW.
>The guidelines for conducting a recall currently exempt Vallerini and Lenhard, who haven’t been in office long enough to be recalled.
>Burn a cross on a village resident’s lawn?? This truely is over the top. This is the kind of hatred the BOE has incited with its reckless accusations.
Mark Bombace, I suspect you are reading this or at the least, your PR flack — who no doubt crafted the web site posting about Brooks — is tracking this blog.
How dare you set resident against resident? Have you forgotten you represent ALL of us?? That you are supposed to protect ALL of us? Or do you think you are in office only to protect teachers and administrators?
I suggest you pull the incendiary language about Brooks’ resignation from the school’s website. The BOE’s comments are simply unprofessional and unworthy of you, the BOE president. We deserve better.
>Let’s see some non-political people run for the BoE. People with brains and not people with a I’M THE RULER IN CHARGE additude.
How about some of the big mouth bloggers, if you think you know so much, take the reins.
Maybe the BoE should be told ( don’t they work for us ) that in the future, they should hold a public meeting to get Yea and Nay from the general public on issues of importance. They should publish the issues ahead of time so the people who care show up to vote.
The vote may not be binding but at least the Board will think twice about making a bad choice.
>Everyone should ignore the heckler here who says over the top stuff. Ignoring them will make them go away.
>9:31 pm – you should be ashamed of yourself that you could even think this one up – P.J. you shouldn’t post this kind of garbage.