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Educate To Empower
My history in Woodbridge Township dates to the mid 1950’s, at which time my parents moved our family from Newark to Hopelawn. The transition was not easy, as we found Hopelawn #10 school was ahead of the parochial school I left in Newark. I and my younger brother both had to repeat our respective grades. Owing to the excellence of the Woodbridge school system, at that time, and the wonderful, caring teachers, my brother and I quickly adopted to the school’s educational level. My middle and high school education was split between St. Mary’s in Perth Amboy and Woodbridge High School. Undergraduate studies focused on Business, psychology and obtaining a Real Estate license.
My employment history began with very blue collar, union affiliated, employment. For two years, as a Union Carbide employee, I attended vocational school for industrial pipefitting. When the opportunity arose for me to enter the corporate business world, I made that transition. Eventually by career lead me to employment with international engineering and construction corporations. Corporate life took me from New Jersey, to living and working in Houston, Texas, to London, England, to Japan, and to So. Korea, China, Kuwait, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia. During my professional career I managed procurement, long-range planning, Logistics, and new business development, at a senior corporate executive level.
While working in Saudi Arabia, I sustained a severe back injury, one which forced me into early retirement, long before I so desired it. Since my early retirement, I have been involved with the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, a Trustee of NJ FOG (Foundation for Open Government), the USMC League, and as a community activist for better government and schooling.
Life and professional experiences provided me with a unique set of skills which I hope to use to the betterment of our school district. My objectives are to ensure our school district focuses on educating, not indoctrinating students.
To ensure the hundreds of millions of dollars,
(currently $398,750,856.14) in the school district budget provides a true Return On Investment (ROI) to taxpayers and, especially, meets the educational needs of the students.
To accomplish my objective, I will use my business, life and communication skills to work with all concerned, I.e., fellow board members, the Administration, the Staff, parents and students alike, in addition to Township's Municipal Administration.
Arts' Programs, Sports, Social Clubs , school safety will be in the forefront of my tenure on the Board.
Expenditures on social ideologies, such as DEI, Gender Affriming Care, and other social constructs which do not match the Community's moral beliefs and standards will take a backseat to program which ensure students will receive the training and education they will need to succeed in life.
When such disagreements do arise, which, inevitably they will, I will not only listen, which one must do to identify and understand the basis of the disagreement, I would endeavor to settle the disagreement in a fair and equitable manner.
Public School are a government body in their own right. Nevertheless, they are held accountable to State and Federal laws and regulations. In that context they are expected to cooperate with law enforcement, at every level.
The school must address the falling test scores at every grade level, especially in reading and math. Studies need to be done to ascertain if classroom sizes are too crowded and/or are understaffed, curricular are suited to the needs of the students, while meeting applicable State and Federal mandates.
Vocational training and participating in the Fine Arts allow students to express themselves in ways that only studying the 3R's does not allow.
Vocational training and the Arts encourage self-expression and provide emotional outlets, especially for young minds.
