There were a few inaccuracies mentioned at Meet the Candidates night – I wanted to set the record straight with the correct information for the ones that I caught.
1. The NJEA has NOT endorsed Roxbury C.A.R.E. – Someone sent an email out from her work account – she is not a teacher and not even a member of the njea even though she works there– she is a secretary who has worked in many different businesses, and just happens to be employed by the njea. Saying that this is an endorsement is somewhat akin to saying if someone who works for Verizon and sends out an email from her business email showing support to C.A.R.E. that Verizon is giving them an endorsement. Mr Heard had assured the woman who sent the email on Thursday that he would put out a retraction but has now decided he will not.
2. My son is in a political/legal studies class, and many of them attended the meeting. After their discussion in class about the detailed budget and whether or not it was out for the public to view, they decided to see if they could find it. It had been stated at the meeting multiple times that the version released to the public was 6 pages. It took the kids less than 5 seconds on the district website to locate it. The version they found was a line by line budget that showed expenditures back to 07-08. I know kids are tech savvy – but seriously? 5 seconds?
3. The amount that Roxbury spends per student is NOT $17,000. I have NO idea where Mr Heard found that number, but it is completely inaccurate. The comparative spending guide is on the state website and printed out in the board office as required. There are excerpts also on the district website in the budget presentation from March 28. Roxbury spends $13005 per student for all costs to educate a student. If you look at the March 28 presentation, or come to the meeting tonight, you will see that 5th from the BOTTOM in Morris County for how much we spend per student.
The meeting was taped by a student and will be on the district website soon. If you weren’t able to attend, please be sure to watch it!
Remember to vote on Wednesday, April 27!!
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It is bad enough that thge union candidates don't know what they are talking about. But it looks like Ms. Brooks doesn't know her head from her ...
ReplyDeleteWe could only wonder how things got so bad!
PS... Annette - I know this is complex math for you, but just take the total budget and divide by students. 17K per student. It is not that hard for the rest of us.
Commenting on the email from the NJEA employee:
ReplyDeleteEven if it was just her own opinion and not that of the NJEA, she should have never used her work email to send it. It is misleading and very unprofessional. Remember - she is making her pay check from taxpayer money. So, in my opinion it doesn't fit well with either side.
Regardless of whether she was right or wrong to send the email out of her work account - it is far from an endorsement by the NJEA. To state that that is an endorsement is no different than stating my sending an email from this account is an endorsement by Google - which is completely absurd.
ReplyDeleteI didn't say it was and endorsement. I said "So, in my opinion it doesn't fit well with either side."
ReplyDeleteYou might want to re-read that.