Ur kidding me...
She will be missed for allowing Ritacco to steal $2million...
She will be missed for allowing the education at TRRS decline...
She will be missed for hiring unqualified/substandard friends and relatives to positions...

Baxter, Gearity, Jazieniak need to go also... then that is the end of the Ritacco era...
they come up in 2013..

Baxter is probably not running as he gave $8500 from his campaign fund to Kakavas and Ruether.

Exactly, all under the crook need to go! They should just walk away now why let them continue until term is up. Anyone involved with insurance on the board should go from now.

Glad your children did so well, but fact is many graduates from Tomss River schools including those in honors classes need to take remedial classes when they get to colleges. Toms River schools have been going down hill for some time now. They used to be good schools at one time, but no more.

Facts.... where do I start...
Regarding recent teacher hires... 1/3 had below 3.0 GPA in college... they were hired because they knew someone in the district... i've got their resumes and transcripts.
TRRS High school rankings... have declined the past 10 years... they use to be ranked from the 50th to 60th percentile and are now in the 30th to 40th percentile...
Test scores have gone down throughout the district..
These days... students of TRRS have a harder time getting into top colleges...
Based upon my experiences... I would say 20% of the teachers need to be replaced...
Not only does there need to be accountability of teachers... but with administrators...
You just can't make this stuff up!!!

Ken..and that is entirely the fault of the staff? Students at the high school level are placed in classes they do not belong in all of the time. There is a thought in the schools about the classes...AP is really Honors, Honors is really College Prep, College Prep is really General Studies, General Studies is really Special Ed, and Special Ed is really the Alternative School.

When you have gotten rid of your prerequisites for classes and anyone can take an AP class, or anyone can take an Honors class with a C or even a D in the previous year, there is something flawed with the system, and it's not simply blame the teachers.

I do not disagree with JD that hiring a teacher with below at least a 3.0 is a good idea, however we also have look at other issues in this district and the classrooms...not simply paint a broad stroke picture blaming the teaching staff.

People should stop blaming the teachers all the time and start looking at themselves. Too many parents think they should not be part of their children's education and that is all up to the teachers. Yes, I will agree that there are teachers that got their positions because of who they knew and this is a problem. I also know that there are many teachers that went through the years of substituting in the district as they watched people walk out of college and get positions. Just remember that there are many qualified teachers out there that truly paid their dues, had the good college grades and deserve to be respected for what they do everyday.

chtulu2000.... It may not be all the teachers fault, but the fact you have a lot of sub par teachers does not help. I am not saying all are sub par , but a lot are. Also since they are teachers isn't their job to teach. Yes parents do need to get involved and need to help their children and make sure the children do their work, but the teachers do need to know how to teach.

JD u remain a moron who spouts information as if it were fact. U got what u asked for now all of toms river will pay the price. FYI. I am not the union president nor did I post under ur name. I've been out helping our community while u sit pouring words of wisdom to us all

Just the facts pavlivdogs...
and you know I spout the facts... GPA's, etc..
TRRS will be better off with the clean slate of members... time to improve the schools education!!!
Don't worry... we have your IP address... did you get a call from TR PD?
"the original JD"

Thank you Kathy... screen name #17...
and yes... I do know it all... thank you very much.. I am not a bully... you just may not like the facts.... but they are the facts...and I just can't make them up... I just OPRA for the facts...
"the original JD"