Charting the Goings-On in Teaneck
//The Bergen County Clerk has chosen Ballot Positions for the Teaneck Board of Education Race
The ballot positions will be:
Best of luck to everyone participating.
You can watch the drawing for ballot placement below
//Here’s what I know as of 7am on 11/3:
The ability of the County to add 3 numbers and provide a “Total” does not appear to be a thing.
The County has results of various sorts listed here:
As per the “Unofficial General Election Results link, the winners are currently Klein, Rodriguez and Greene.
But….
The link appears to only show two of the sets of numbers above. There are three:
Adding the election day totals and early voting totals appears to give the results that the County is currently posting on their site and that I posted last night.
When adding the Vote by Mail at the link above, the results change:
Why didn’t the County add the VBM to the results?
Were these all of the VBMs?
Are there more VBMs coming in?
These are open questions and I do not yet have the answers. But these are the links and numbers available thus far.
//In 2019, the Teaneck Board of Education hired Whitehall Associates, Inc. (a qualified demographer by the New Jersey Department of Education) to conduct an independent analysis of the effects of new development on the Teaneck Schools. The analysis
(available here) projected enrollments based on particular projects and to the overall school system through the 2023-24 school year. Some of the numbers were purely projections (as the pre-k and K classes hadn’t been born yet), but the rest were based on trends and the scientific methodology as outlined in the report and consistent with NJDOE practices.
To find that out, I contacted Superintendent Dr. Christopher Irving and asked for information regarding the number of students in these locations.
Below is a list of the predictions from Table 4 of the report and the corresponding chart indicates how well those predictions have been borne out in reality.
| Location | # of Apartment Units | Predicted # of school age children | Actual # of school age children | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 Teaneck Road | 226 | 44 | 14 | -30 |
| 1775 Windsor Road (Avalon) | 248 | 63 | 28 | -35 |
| 890 Palisade Avenue | 7 | 4 | 0 | -4 |
| 1387 Hill Street | 7 | 2 | 0 | -2 |
| 764 New Bridge Road | 19 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 1475 Palisade Avenue | 120 | 28 | 4 | -24 |
| 227 Teaneck Road | 24 | 7 | 11 | +4 |
| Totals | 651 | 149 | 57 | -92 |
Broken down by school, the numbers show an average of 1-2 kids per class, max. In short, there is roughly zero impact on the top line item in the school budget: staff, based on the people moving into new developments.
| School | # of students |
|---|---|
| Bryant Elementary School | 6 |
| AUCC‐ PK Location | 1 |
| Theodora Smiley Lacey School | 4 |
| Lowell Elementary School | 8 |
| Whittier Elementary School | 10 |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School | 5 |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School | 2 |
| Teaneck High School | 19 |
| Out of District | 1 |
| Charter School | 1 |
| Total | 57 |
Teaneck BOE: Independent Demographic Study of Impact of New Development
//There are 2 Municipal Questions on the Ballot this year.
Question #1: Moving the date of Council Elections
Question #2: Community Choice Aggregation.
//I reached out on facebook to the candidates for BOE about their positions on vaccine mandates for staff and mask mandates for students. I asked in a neutral way to try & get their honest opinions. Presented without comment are the responses I received from Victoria Fisher, Lori Fein, Yassine S. Elkaryani & Rachel Schiffman Secemski.
//As previously reported, Mr. Shamiq Syed who submitted petitions with Teaneck Board of Education Trustee Victoria Fisher and Jonathan Rodriguez, was preliminarily removed from the BOE race when it was determined he may not have met the one-year residency requirement.
Since that time, Mr. Syed provided various documents to support his claim / establish proof of residency.
Among the items received by the county were:
Continue reading “Breaking: Victoria Fisher’s Running Mate Officially Out Of BOE Race”
//Subject to certification by the County Clerk, the preliminary list of BOE candidates for the 2021 November election appears below:
If you’re a candidate and would like to participate in a “virtual” Meet & Greet to introduce yourself to Teaneck Today membership, please let me know. A formal invitation to all candidates will be going out as well.
* Indicates Incumbent
(three positions are open and brackets listed were chosen by the candidates)
UPDATE:
Please note that while Mr. Sahmiq Syed submitted an adequate number of petitions, he has been disqualified for not meeting the minimum residency requirement of living in Teaneck (1 year).
Board of Ed incumbent Victoria Fisher acknowledged in a social media post yesterday that the “campaign won’t be easy”.
Apparently, this is the first setback for the “Trust Equity Access” team.
//If you missed it while you were poolside or having bbq and watching the fireworks, I’d completely understand.
While most of us were celebrating the 4th of July, the BOE sent out a notice informing the public that a special meeting would be held tonight, July 7th.
The notice, says:
There will be only one item for discussion this evening (TBD) and public participation (virtual/live) will be kept to 1 hour. Formal action may be taken.
So, that’s…. informative?
Rumors started swirling, almost immediately. Some said the Superintendent, who was just granted a five-year contract last year, would be tossed out.
Turns out, the rumors were accurate:
Why? Continue reading “The Future Former Administration of the Teaneck BOE”
//Parents are willing to put up with a lot, but they will not sacrifice their children on the altar of public education.
Public schools have never been perfect. From education gaps to special education costs, our schools have always faced issues to a degree that isn’t seen in most private educational settings. But those were problems we knew and were dedicated to addressing.
We addressed them in schools.
But now? Continue reading “Civil Rights Lawsuits Filed: South Orange / Maplewood Parents Demand Schools Open”
//UPDATE: The unofficial results have been updated as returns are coming in. The post has been updated to reflect the new unofficial stats.
While ballots may still be counted for the next 10 days, as mail arrives, here are the unofficial counts from Bergen County for Teaneck.
Official Link to updated results (11/4/20)
Official Link to results (11/3/20)
Here is a breakdown of turnout by district. I made this based on information received from the County. It’s subject to change and I can’t verify the accuracy of the information. It also may not count those recently registered to vote. But, it’s the best I have at the moment.
| District | Voted | Registered | Turnout |
| 1 | 863 | 1,118 | 77.2% |
| 2 | 1,047 | 1,471 | 71.2% |
| 3 | 1,040 | 1,321 | 78.7% |
| 4 | 963 | 1,226 | 78.5% |
| 5 | 719 | 964 | 74.6% |
| 6 | 861 | 1,143 | 75.3% |
| 7 | 873 | 1,176 | 74.2% |
| 8 | 1,123 | 1,362 | 82.5% |
| 9 | 1,054 | 1,366 | 77.2% |
| 10 | 1,190 | 1,552 | 76.7% |
| 11 | 1,029 | 1,387 | 74.2% |
| 12 | 1,378 | 1,776 | 77.6% |
| 13 | 873 | 1,179 | 74.0% |
| 14 | 1,159 | 1,596 | 72.6% |
| 15 | 856 | 1,262 | 67.8% |
| 16 | 560 | 788 | 71.1% |
| 17 | 1,015 | 1,350 | 75.2% |
| 18 | 1,136 | 1,453 | 78.2% |
| 19 | 982 | 1,224 | 80.2% |
| 20 | 726 | 901 | 80.6% |
| 21 | 1,109 | 1,441 | 77.0% |
| 22 | 850 | 1,103 | 77.1% |
| 23 | 795 | 1,122 | 70.9% |
| Total | 22,201 | 29,281 | 75.8% |
| Voted | Registered | Turnout | |
| Dem | 13,419 | 16,320 | 82.2% |
| Rep | 2,933 | 3,721 | 78.8% |
| Una | 5,710 | 8,987 | 63.5% |
| 22,062 | 29,281 | 75.3% |
