A NJBOE Testimony's Excerpt: Claims of Favoritism, Cronyism and Nepotism Talk of Equal Employment Opportunity Violations

Because of my ability to exercise my First Amendment Constitutional Right of Freedom of Speech by speaking out at various Advisory Board Meetings regarding:

1)The exposition of wasteful spending of hard-earned Federal and State Tax Dollars,and,

2) Exposing a small portion of the corruption, cronyism, nepotism, favoritism, and,

3) Exposing the favoritism that's being demonstrated in hiring,promoting, and placing unqualified and incompetent administrators over well seasoned veteran administrators, under the "guise" of "interim", (acting), and/or temporary placement, and,

4) Exposing the gross violations of Constitutional laws regarding Employee Rights under the Civil Rights Act,the Equal Employment Opportunity Act;as well as, numerous violations of the District's own labor Relations laws, and rules of engagement concerning ample and proper notification regarding the hiring,promotion, and transfer of employees;

The above excerpt from a testimonial delivered to the NJ Board of Education made me think of our own school district, Plainfield. Since 2007 the Plainfield school district has seen on and off "interim" and "acting" staff appointments and positions being filled without ever being advertised, so when I read the testimony by a Newark schools' employee and saw her claims of violations to her district's labor relations and to the EEOA (Equal Employment Opportunity Act) I thought of our district's grievances by staff and wondered if the illustrated violations below are one reason for some of the many grievances filed within the Plainfield school system.

Reasons behind grievances is something that will never be discussed in public by the district but we, as stakeholders, must be aware of what the working conditions and environment within the school district are, after all, our vote contributes, or not, to the working conditions the school district offers to the Plainfield school district employees.

Anyway. The above excerpt, from another district's employee, just brings another angle from where to view our own district and the decisions that are made by the district's administration and our elected school board.

The entire testimony can be found HERE.