UNofficially Winslow Receives Email

UNofficially Winslow has received several emails in connection with current events pertaining to the Winslow Township Board of Education.

You may click on the items posted below, which will direct you to the original unedited and unconfirmed email that was received by UNofficially Winslow.

This posting containing received emails by UNofficially Winslow will be updated as new emails pertaining to the Winslow School District and Board of Education are received.

A link on right side margin (blue area, lower right) of UNofficially Winslow has been added for your convenience to check this posting for any new emails that have been received by UNofficially Winslow.

Email #261 received January 23, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: Holcomb, Parker & Winslow Schools.

Email #262 received January 23, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow Attachment to email #261 RE: Reasons for Pat Parker Recall effort.

Email #263 received January 24, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: Winslow Schools, Pat Parker & Sweet 16 party.

Email #264 received January 25, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: Winslow School Board.

Email #265 received January 25, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: Winslow School Layoffs.

Email #266 received January 25, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: Winslow Schools & Layoffs.

Email #274 received January 27,2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: Winslow Schools, Parker, petition and possible repercussions.

Email#287 received January29, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: petition repercussions

Email#289 received January 31, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: Upset Winslow Employee

Email #301 received February 8, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: School Programs

Email #302 received February 8, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: B.O.E. Meetings, Parker, Wright, and B.O.E.

Email #303 received February 9, 2006 by UNofficially Winslow RE: "...20 bags of pot..."

COURIER-POST ARTICLES PERTAINING TO WINSLOW SCHOOL ISSUES

January 23, 2006 Winslow faces school deficit, possible layoffs. (Pat Parker, School Board President recall matter)

January 24, 2006 Facing deficit, Winslow may cut 23 school positions

January 24, 2006 Courier-Post EditorialExplain Winslow school deficit

January 25, 2006 Winslow debates job cuts

January 26, 2006 Winslow board plugs budget gap

DID WINSLOW'S SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT PAT PARKER CONDUCT AN ILLEGAL MEETING?

DID SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT PAT PARKER CONDUCT AN ILLEGAL MEETING?


WINSLOW TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 26, 2005 READ:

"NO QUORUM WAS PRESENT. THE BOARD PRESIDENT WAS ADVISED BY THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THE MEETING COULD NOT BEGIN IN ACCORDANCE TO THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT. HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT (PAT PARKER) DIRECTED THE MEETING TO BEGIN."

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL TEXT OF THE WINSLOW TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES OF APRIL 26, 2005.

Originally posted to UNofficially Winslow on May 31, 2005.

RECALL OF B.O.E. PRESIDENT IN PROGRESS

Three Winslow Township residents have formed a committee to recall Pat Parker from the office of Winslow Township Board of Education. Pat Parker is currently the Board's President. Click here for details.

UNofficially Winslow Receives Email

I really enjoy your web page. It keeps me up to date with what is going on in the township. I hope that you might focus more on our school district as it is appears to be going down hill fast. I have talked to many teachers as well as administrators and they all say the same. They are being micro managed by the Board of Education and are not allowed to do what they love doing Teaching.

Keep up the good work!

Your Fan!


In a 2nd email the same author writes:

I really enjoy your web page. As I am able to keep informed with what is going on in the Township. I hope that you will take a look at the School District as the pay to play people are moving into that area to take care of their friends by providing contracts and jobs.

The above email contained the text below in an attachment.


Secret meetings

A resident writes:
Don't just focus on town hall the politicians are making every effort to make room for jobs in the school district, Which happens to be the largest employer in Winslow Township. Mrs. Parker will go after anyone who she believes to be not backing the party. After all who do you think paid for her campaign? Mrs. Holcomb backs her up as she tears down the school district with her grudge match. They are presently unhappy that the democrats no longer hold the control at town hall, and are scrambling to make sure they meet their agenda before April. On November 21 they held a board meeting at School #3. Funny thing was no one knew about it except for the chosen few. On November 14 they had another meeting no one was allowed to come to that one. Not even Mrs. Parker's chosen Superintendent and Business Administrator. What were they doing behind closed doors? Can anyone get any answers from the school district about what is going on? The teachers are telling me that they have no money for supplies for their classrooms. Plus many of the teachers say that they hate to come to work because they feel that they have no support from the Board of Education or the district office. The teachers that I have spoken to say that it is like a factory, and that what the present administration is worry about is dust bunnies in a corner and teachers having a cup of coffee, not what the students are getting out of a lesson. Thus my kids are suffering.

Can anyone tell me why after we past a budget last April there is such a shortage of money in the school district? Why are the staff members so upset that they tell me they are looking for jobs outside of Winslow? Can we really afford to lose good teachers and support staff that teach our kids and keep them safe?

UNofficially Winslow has previously reported similar facts of a previous School Board meeting that the above email to UNofficially Winslow is addressing. Below is a re-print of the posting.

Winslow school bias lawsuit revived

REPRINTED FROM THE COURIER-POST

By JIM WALSH • Courier-Post Staff • April 15, 2011

WINSLOW — A white man, who was fired by the township school district after complaining of reverse discrimination, can sue under the state's Whistleblower's Law, an appeals court ruled Thursday.

The decision revived a legal challenge by Jerry Hester, a former director of facilities and operations for the Winslow district. He is suing the school board and former board president Patricia Parker.

Hester contends his August 2007 dismissal was payback for his internal complaint, made in December 2005, and his civil suit, filed in May 2007, that claimed he faced bias due to his race.

District officials pointed instead to problems at the local high school, including mouse droppings in the cafeteria that led to citations from Camden County health officials in 2007.

A Superior Court judge initially dismissed Hester's suit. But a three-judge panel said Thursday that Hester should be able to argue as a whistleblower, saying his complaints, if true, would show illegal activity in the district.

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