Also, you may wish to remind the board that the rule is:
"a board of education shall be required to set aside a portion of every meeting of the board of education, the length of the portion to be determined by the board of education, for public comment on any school district issue that a member of the public feels may be of concern to the residents of the municipality or school district."
It doesn't say that the president or the BOE needs to feel that way. And that a denial to let people speak may be deemed an Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) violation, as well as a violation of Free Speech and Civil Rights.
Further, if the Board is stopping certain groups from referencing BLM but not others, they may be in violation of the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and other statutes.
If they claim that it's not permitted, ask what explicit category under Section 10:4-12 they are using to prohibit you, otherwise you will continue and any interruptions may find the board in Court.
It would be great if BLM sent a single black child to college, sponsored one scholarship, gave a homeless family a place to live, paid a mortgage of a black police officer’s family or a soldier’s family. But none of that has ever happened. Instead, the “leaders” of BLM have lined their pockets with millions of dollars. Maybe it started out as something else, but now BLM is a hate group. It is sad, especially in a world where so many people could use a little help and some support.
BLM is not the ultimate problem here. Yes it is a low-life racket run by ignorant, self-engrossed scum of the earth. But the much bigger problem is that this racket is enabled by millions of white middle class who have emerged from their Lefty college campus sheep-dip full of virtue-signalling nonsense about 'racism'. And why? Because it gives them a nice feeling about themselves plus a chance to feel superior to those other white "deplorables".
Appreciate your coverage of this issue in various NJ school systems. I have a question: do you have any specific reports of pro-Palestine activities (marches, in-school events, teacher/administrator statements, etc) in Glen Rock or Ridgewood (Bergen County) schools? I have been sending some of your posts to a friend who has kids in HS there and she says their school has had "support Israel" events, which I was happy to hear. Anything else going on there that you or your readers can report? Thanks for the great work.
I sent that one to my friend and her reply was that their school had a support Israel event. Not sure what the form of that was but as I said, I was pleased to hear that. My sense is that institutionally, under the power of the teachers unions and various NGOs as well as the Federal Government Department of Ed, all of our public schools have been captured by this new state religion (Woke, CRT/Queer Theory, LGBTQ+, etc.). It may not be as monolithic as some of us who oppose this ideology perceive it but its now embedded. That's why I'm looking for specific examples in this case of anti-Israel school activities post October 7. Hope everyone is on the lookout for such expressions too.
The local BOE here in Teaneck attempted to shut me down. I reached out to the Foundation for Individual rRghts and Expression.
If you’d like pointers, feel free to email me at keith@teanecktoday.com
https://www.thefire.org/news/new-jersey-school-board-selectively-restricts-public-comments-about-israeli-palestinian
Thank you!
Also, you may wish to remind the board that the rule is:
"a board of education shall be required to set aside a portion of every meeting of the board of education, the length of the portion to be determined by the board of education, for public comment on any school district issue that a member of the public feels may be of concern to the residents of the municipality or school district."
It doesn't say that the president or the BOE needs to feel that way. And that a denial to let people speak may be deemed an Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) violation, as well as a violation of Free Speech and Civil Rights.
Further, if the Board is stopping certain groups from referencing BLM but not others, they may be in violation of the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and other statutes.
If they claim that it's not permitted, ask what explicit category under Section 10:4-12 they are using to prohibit you, otherwise you will continue and any interruptions may find the board in Court.
https://casetext.com/statute/new-jersey-statutes/title-10-civil-rights/chapter-104-legislative-findings-and-declaration/section-104-12-meetings-open-to-public-exceptions
It would be great if BLM sent a single black child to college, sponsored one scholarship, gave a homeless family a place to live, paid a mortgage of a black police officer’s family or a soldier’s family. But none of that has ever happened. Instead, the “leaders” of BLM have lined their pockets with millions of dollars. Maybe it started out as something else, but now BLM is a hate group. It is sad, especially in a world where so many people could use a little help and some support.
They kept the money for themselves instead of giving back to the community.
BLM is not the ultimate problem here. Yes it is a low-life racket run by ignorant, self-engrossed scum of the earth. But the much bigger problem is that this racket is enabled by millions of white middle class who have emerged from their Lefty college campus sheep-dip full of virtue-signalling nonsense about 'racism'. And why? Because it gives them a nice feeling about themselves plus a chance to feel superior to those other white "deplorables".
Appreciate your coverage of this issue in various NJ school systems. I have a question: do you have any specific reports of pro-Palestine activities (marches, in-school events, teacher/administrator statements, etc) in Glen Rock or Ridgewood (Bergen County) schools? I have been sending some of your posts to a friend who has kids in HS there and she says their school has had "support Israel" events, which I was happy to hear. Anything else going on there that you or your readers can report? Thanks for the great work.
The Anti-Israel protests seem to only be happening in heavily Jewish areas.
There was an article about Teaneck.
I sent that one to my friend and her reply was that their school had a support Israel event. Not sure what the form of that was but as I said, I was pleased to hear that. My sense is that institutionally, under the power of the teachers unions and various NGOs as well as the Federal Government Department of Ed, all of our public schools have been captured by this new state religion (Woke, CRT/Queer Theory, LGBTQ+, etc.). It may not be as monolithic as some of us who oppose this ideology perceive it but its now embedded. That's why I'm looking for specific examples in this case of anti-Israel school activities post October 7. Hope everyone is on the lookout for such expressions too.
We can unify people.
Lots of people pointing out problems. Anyone discussing peaceful solutions?
For the past two years we have been trying to find solutions to our biggest problem: THE CORRUPTION OF THE SYSTEMS THAT GOVERN OUR LIVES.
Is it solvable? Yes of course. All problems that do not defy the laws of physics are solvable.
This took us 2 years to write this. How to fix corrupt government in 3 simple steps:
https://open.substack.com/pub/joshketry/p/how-to-fix-corrupt-government-in?r=7oa9d&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post