Since their campaign called me out, and since I am all
about “transparency”, I will gladly respond.
1) I am all about education. People that attend meetings are aware of
that. I can walk and chew bubble gum at
the same time. I can discuss education while defending the taxpayers against the $7.5M
scam and all the other rampant corruption that has consumed the district for
too long.
2) I have more knowledge of education than the
three “machine” candidates combined.
Scorzetti and Leto have no background in education. When I was a student at Lodi High School, Mrs.
Cardone was running political campaigns out of the High School library, even
handing out palm cards to students.
2) I have the highest respect for
teachers. I appreciate the hard work and
dedication of the teachers that put children before politics. I ran so teachers can be treated fairly.
I do have a problem with
the union leaders that continually hurt our students and divide our
community. I have a problem with
political campaigns being run out of our schools.
3) My background in education benefits me as a
Board member. I attended college on a
full academic scholarship, majoring in Mathematics and secondary education. My teaching record is unblemished. I only received good evaluations. Unlike the “machine”, I have nothing to
attack. So they make things up.
I taught four FULL years
in Elmwood Park. Most Math teachers didn’t
last more than a year at the High School.
I didn’t just abruptly “resign”.
Most Math teachers hired after me didn’t last more than a year.
I was hired in Tenafly
midyear after a teacher retired. I was
hired after a four round process.
Tenafly High School was ranked #2 at the time. At the end of that year, Tenafly lost its
state aid. Lots of positions were
eliminated and it’s last on, first to go.
A few months after that, I was notified by Tenafly that another position
would be opening up and to respond if interested. I didn’t feel like going back at that
point. I enjoyed running the family
business at the time.
