Month: June 2026

A Leadership Vacuum Approaches: Teaneck Public Schools Confronts Complete Executive Resignation Crisis

Keith Kaplan / / Board of Education, Budget, Elections, Lawsuits, Meetings, Teaneck

A Leadership Vacuum Approaches: Teaneck Public Schools Confronts Complete Executive Resignation Crisis

Teaneck Public Schools is racing toward an unprecedented administrative emergency. By the start of July, our school district will have no functioning Superintendent and no Assistant Superintendent, leaving the helm of our public education system completely vacant during the most critical operational period of the fiscal year. [Ed. Note: the Superintendent said he will stay on through mid-August]

This institutional void is the result of a rapid succession of top-tier administrative departures that have caught parents and local observers entirely off guard. With the crucial summer months arriving—a window strictly designated for sealing municipal budgets, confirming staff contracts, finalizing curricula, and securing safety protocols—residents are left demanding to know who is genuinely running the district.

1. The Superintendent’s Sudden Exit & A Familiar Pattern

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A $50M Lawsuit, Repeated Defeats, and an Eleventh-Hour Switch: What the Teaneck BOE is Hiding Tonight

Keith Kaplan / / Board of Education, Lawsuits, Teaneck

Tonight, June 4, 2026, at 7:00 PM, the Teaneck Board of Education is holding a special public meeting at the Central Administration Office. It will not be recorded, and it will not be live-streamed.

Under New Jersey’s new public notice framework (P.L. 2025, c. 72), the Board is allowed to post its notices on its website instead of print newspapers. But while the law has modernized, the Board’s tactics have not. A review of the timeline reveals that the Board is using a digital shell game to keep the public completely in the dark about a massive, high-stakes legal crisis.

The Eleventh-Hour Bait-and-Switch

On May 28, 2026, trustees shared an official notice stating that the sole purpose of tonight’s unrecorded meeting was the Superintendent’s Evaluation (documented in “May 28, 2026 post re Superintendent Evaluation as well as on other groups (James Wolff’s screenshot appears below.”)

If you visit the state’s centralized directory and click through the maze of Teaneck’s landing pages, you will find that the text was silently edited. Finally, today—with only hours until the meeting—the official document titled “SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA FOR June 4th 2026 Board Meeting“ was posted.

(Screenshot of NJ State Website for Public Notices)
(Teaneck Schools Landing Page for Public Notices)

The Superintendent’s Evaluation has completely vanished from the agenda.

In its place is a single resolution: authorizing a $100,000 contract to a new law firm (Scarinci Hollenbeck) to represent the Board in LaClair v. Teaneck Board of Education.

(Action items for Board Agenda of June 4, 2026)

What is the LaClair Case, and What is the Board Hiding?

Why is the Board pulling an end-run around the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) to pass a legal contract in an unrecorded room? Because the public records of Donald LaClair v. Teaneck Board of Education (Docket No. BER-L-5692-21) reveal a terrifying financial and legal reality for Teaneck taxpayers: Continue reading “A $50M Lawsuit, Repeated Defeats, and an Eleventh-Hour Switch: What the Teaneck BOE is Hiding Tonight”