Frank,
Thank you for this valuable information!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycheech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "apoojo" <apoojo@> wrote:
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> > > thank you, for keeping us informed, the two serious problems, are
> > monsters, can you share more information on either, especially the
> > second one? or will we have to let it play out and read about it in
> > the papers? is the audit and its recommendations available to the
> > public or do we have to wait to you vote on your corrective action
> > plan? >
> > >
>
> We've already voted on the corrective action plans, and voted to
> accept those documents, so I stated that night that I believe they
> are public documents and should be made available to those interested
> immediately. The Board Secretary, Mr. Mahmoud agreed with me.
> However, the Acting Superintendent, Mrs. McDavid, said that they
> should not be made public for two reasons: first, she said, the
> minutes of that meeting have to be approved by the board, and
> secondly, what if the state does not approve the corrective action
> plans? Needless to say, I disagree with both. The fact remains that
> the board voted to accept the reports and the CAP's. They should be
> released as such. If I were not on the board, I would have gone to
> central office the following day, requested the documents, and if not
> given them, filed an "Open Public Records Act" (OPRA) form to put on
> record that I wanted to see those documents. That would give the
> district the responsibility to either release the documents within a
> few days at most or to put in writing the reasons why they were not
> released.
> Fortunately, the reporter from the Coaster (Joanne Pappianni
> (sp?))was there and taking notes rather furiously, so at least her
> report should be published next Thursday. Board members had lots of
> questions and will have more once they "digest" the contents of the
> reports.
> Hope that helps.
> Frank D'Alessandro
>
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