Committee for an Elected Orange School Board

11/06/2022

Vote for Tyrone Tarver (1G) & Anthony Nimely (2G)
Orange Township School Board Election
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Parents For Excellence

10/27/2022

Vote for Tyrone Tarver (1G) & Anthony Nimely (2G)
Orange Township School Board Election
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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10/11/2022

Vote for Tyrone Tarver (1G) & Anthony Nimely (2G)
Orange Township School Board Election
Tuesday, November 8, 2022

01/08/2018

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INCREDIBLE!!!
This Is Just A Shame!!!

In 2017, Mayor Warren's School Board spent a total of $80,704.88 in Legal Fees to stop School Board Elections from happening.

Parents and Citizens fought all year for this to happen. But the Orange Board of Education thought it necessary to spend tens of thousands of Student Monies to prevent Parents from having a direct say in their childrens' education.

But the story doesn't end there. The above legal fees still do not cover all "additional costs and expenses" the Orange BOE spent fighting and suing Parents and Citizens. All of this just to ensure that Orange remain a Mayor Warren appointed School Board.

To date, those additional costs and totals have yet to be forwarded to our Committee.

And...the above amount does not include legal defense fees for our City Clerk, who was also sued by Mayor Warren's School Board. These fees were also paid by taxpayer dollars.

At a time when...
- Orange is one of the Absolute Worst performing districts in the State;
- Annually, Orange receives a very low QSAC score for its Instructional Practices;
- Cuts to Orange Scholars Academy were enacted;
- After School Programs were cut,
- Orange Teachers' salaries are much lower than all surrounding districts;

Orange cannot afford for Politics, Frivolous Lawsuits, and Reckless and Irresponsible Spending of our Childrens' Educational Funding to remain a very huge obstacle in the Education of our Children!!!

Please attend tomorrow's School Board Meeting and let your voice be heard!!

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - 7pm
Orange Preparatory Academy
400 Central Avenue
Orange NJ

12/06/2017

Enough is Enough!!

On Friday, December 1, 2017, our committee received notice that the January 23, 2018 School Board Special Election that the public voted on and approved will not take place.

On November 7, 2017, Orange Township voters approved a referendum reclassifying Orange from a Mayor Appointed School Board to a Citizen Elected School Board. 86% of the votes cast that day overwhelmingly favored School Board elections as well as holding a Special Election in Jan. 2018 for two additional school board members, as required by law, and as written in the Interpretive Statement that appeared on the ballot.

The Orange BOE was to file for a Jan. 23rd Special Election date. County Clerk Christopher Durkin tried to contact the Orange BOE members, the BOE Business Administrator and Orange Schools Superintendent for a two-week period beginning before and ending after the deadline date. All parties chose not to return Mr. Durkin’s calls until well after the deadline. The Orange BOE ignored the Will of the People, and unfortunately, Orange has missed the January Special Election deadline.

As a result of this willful negligence, the last Special Election date available is March 13, 2017. We have yet to see if the Orange BOE chooses to adhere to law or will once again act unlawfully and not file for this election by the Jan. 12th deadline.

Our Committee, our allies and our neighbors are incensed, to say the least…but not surprised. The actions of the Orange School Board members are consistently contrary to the wants of the people.

It is this wanton disrespect that led us to form the CTOSB. Our intent is to preserve the remaining citizen privileges as outlined in the November 2017 Interpretive Statement. We are gathering signatures for one more petition asking voters if they wish to keep regular BOE elections in April. Doing so will allow citizens to vote on the Budget and General Tax Levy. If elections are moved to November, the public loses the right to vote on the Budget and Tax Levy and will not be able to convert back to an April election date for a 5-year period.

It is imperative that we do not allow Orange Public Officials to routinely ignore parents and residents. Orange citizens came together in an unprecedented way, successfully advocating for school board elections. Let’s not lose sight of the powers that we possess granted to us by the government. Let’s continue the fight for our rights and work together for our own best interests, especially when Orange Public Officials continue to act otherwise.

Sincerely,

Committee for a Transparent Orange School Board

12/02/2017

DO THE APPOINTED ORANGE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ACT FOR THE PEOPLE?

OP/ED by Dhiren Shah (Publisher)
*Local Talk Newspaper*

https://localtalkweekly.com/hot-story-2

11/08/2017

10/31/2017

WE WON...AGAIN!!!

The Mayor's Appointed School Board used Student Funds to appeal our Citizens' group legal victory to try and stop our election from happening. And they lost...AGAIN!!!

Although our Committee is ecstatic, we are still very concerned. Hundreds of Thousands of dollars was given by the Mayor and School Board to their legal team. That money should have been used towards improving our Children's education.

In the 2016-2017 school year...
2600 (84%) of our students failed State Math exams.
2200 (71%) of our students failed State Language Arts exams.
Orange 4th & 8th graders ranked in the bottom 5% in all of New Jersey for the State Science (NJASK) exams.

Vote November 7th for an Orange Elected School Board!! Let's Elect Parents and Citizens who will hold the School Administration accountable for our Children's' Education!!!

10/27/2017

ORANGE CITIZENS ARE JOINING OUR FIGHT!!!

Some have said our Orange community displays too much apathy and will not make their voices heard!! Well, this Committee is proud to say we Wholeheartedly DISAGREE!!

Orange citizens are not just donating money, they are actually signing up to volunteer and work TOGETHER with us to Change our CIty for the Better!! This has been a most inspiring experience!!

We are so proud of Orange for stepping up and coming together on this issue!!

Mayor Warren's School Board is using hundreds of thousands of our Tax dollars to sue Parents & Citizens!! This has to Stop Now!!

If you can't volunteer, please click on the link below to make an Anonymous or Named donation for our children and Legal Fees.

Thank you so much to all of our new allies working to Change Orange for the Children!!!

Please join us in defending our Voter Rights as Parents and Citizens of Orange, NJ. Mayor Warren's Board of Education is spending Hundreds of Thousands of our own Tax Dollars to hire Attorneys to stop us from becoming an Elected School Board. We Parents and Citizens are paying for our own attorney's...