30
DAY NOTICE & PUBLIC HEARING
Required:
18A:11-11 Public notice required for
alteration of contract terms of certain employees.
5.A board of education shall not
renegotiate, extend, amend, or otherwise alter the terms of a contract with a superintendent
of schools, assistant superintendent of schools, or school business
administrator, unless notice is provided to the public at least 30 days prior
to the scheduled action by the board. The board shall also hold a public
hearing and shall not take any action on the matter until the hearing has been
held. The board shall provide the public with at least 10 days' notice of the
public hearing.
L.2007, c.53, s.5.
Alisa DiChara’s short, baseless "legal" opinion:
Dear Mr. Capizzi:
After reviewing the
applicable statute, code section and case law, it is my opinion that the Board
is not required to provide 30 days notice to the public and public hearing
prior to voting on your contract as BA and the Superintendent's contract.
Notice is not necessary because the contracts are new contracts which are
replacing expired
contracts for existing employees as per NJAC 6A:23A-3.1a(3)(c).
Sincerely,
Alisa Di Chiara
Tonight’s
meeting:
Yes or No? Alisa DiChiara wouldn’t
answer. That said everything.
Ms. DiChiara was asked tonight if
Mr. Quatrone is currently working under an expired contract. She wouldn’t answer. I asked “Yes” or “No”? She wouldn’t’ answer. That was her opinion in an email but she
wouldn’t say it in public. Her email is
blatantly false. That false information
was sent to OFAC. Mr. Quatrone is working under a contract that automatically renewed on July 1, 2017 and was for five years. Tonight, it was altered.
$191,723
FOR UNUSED SICK DAYS
All other Lodi Board of Education employees are capped at $15,000. The law changed for superintendents in 2007. Mr. Quatrone could not produce any agreement from 2007 showing the Board agreed to pay him beyond $15,000 at the time of his retirement no matter what year that retirement would be.
The Board approved a contract that will pay Mr. Quatrone for his days accumulated as a Gym teacher but valued those days on his current Superintendent salary. No such agreement exists. Once again, the law changed in 2007. Mr. Quatrone was Superintendent for only about 5 years at that time.
The Board approved a contract that will pay Mr. Quatrone for his days accumulated as a Gym teacher but valued those days on his current Superintendent salary. No such agreement exists. Once again, the law changed in 2007. Mr. Quatrone was Superintendent for only about 5 years at that time.
Alisa
DiChiara’s short, baseless legal opinion:
Tonight’s
meeting: Alisa DiChiara didn’t provide anything from any of Quatrone’s contracts that would lead her to believe that Quatrone's sick
days as a Gym teacher would be part of a Superintendent contract. Frank Quatrone refused to disclose the number of days from when he was a Gym teacher that were used to calculate the $191,723.
Last year, Alisa DiChiara wasn't providing legal opinions on Mr. Quatrone's contract because she has family members working under the superintendent. Those same conflicts exist right now yet Ms. DiChiara took complete control over the matter.
Attorney Conflict of Interest
Last year, Alisa DiChiara wasn't providing legal opinions on Mr. Quatrone's contract because she has family members working under the superintendent. Those same conflicts exist right now yet Ms. DiChiara took complete control over the matter.
This post originally appeared on April 25, 2018
