My advice to the new Super is make people earn your respect. Don't let coffee bringing suck ups continue what the former super endorsed. Make people accountable and earn their money. Start in the B of Ed office and work your way down the food chain. Can you have the character to tell it the way it is to the board and dump the dead wood? Or will you be just another who tries to BS the Board and work around them? The choice is yours. Hope you are up to the task. Talk to the secretaries in the Board Office, they know what is going on.

First- I have no problem with these comments Why dont people just call her or go see her if things are that bad

Start with some real discipline enforcement in the middle school where things fall apart. Need a new HS principle, current one doesn't seem to command respect. low expectations show. Guidance department is useless, friends & family theydread calling there. Inspect the filthy bathrooms and lockerrooms where the administration obviously never set foot. Not all bad but much improvement is needed in LT schools.

Now boys calm down, its not all about the locker rooms. As a retired school administrator I have to put priorities in prospective. Read my lips, Education, Education, Education....Lacey school administration under the former superintendent was more interested in taking care of the good ole boys & girls, the football team, and the relatives of the BOE. RS retired years ago and just collected a check at taxpayers expense. He supported his main 'protege' to get the job so he could still pull the strings. Sorry sir, your team is out. Hopefully the new Super has a brain and will sort things out in short time. If not, the taxpayers lose again and the students continue to be mediocre.

If some of these comments are true we need more than a new Super

Its time to force useless, overpaid teachers into retirement and bring in teachers who actually want to teach the children. EDUCATION is key. Fire the incompetent maintenance workers, too. There is no reason the bathrooms should be so filthy and full of smoke. Wake up members of the BOE; start showing that you care about the children of Lacey and not just the student athletes.

The super can only accomplish as much as she feels is necessary if the BOE supports her in her efforts. From the comments here, it appears to me the BOE is more about politics and less about education. Only the voters can change the chief mission of the BOE. When one looks over the voting habits of Lacey for the past 40 years, not much is going to change in this lifetime. Local and school costs make up 80% of your property tax bill. It doesn't sound like the voters are getting much for their money. Apparently, most of them must have been educated in the Lacey school system or they would vote to improve the current conditions. You make your own decisions within your borders and the people that you vote for represent you to the rest of the world. How do you think your looking?

Does anyone know why they only gave the current Assistant Superintendent a reappointment of only 8 more months when her original one was for three years? Seems like they are unhappy with her performance and want to get rid of her. Hey Fly, whats the scoop, you seem to be an insider.

Don't know why they did reappoint her, but more importantly why do we need an assistant in a small district in the first place. Lacey is top heavy with administrators. The BOE will tell you that we are not. They will state that the ratio of administrators to staff is lower than most districts.
All that proves is that the other districts are even fatter then Lacey is when it comes to nepotism and political cronyism. Dump the BOE, we don’t need educators or their spouses on the board. We have enough highly paid professionals. We need people with common sense, not blood sucking leeches that keep raising our taxes, as they watch the quality of our children’s education decline.
One more thing it’s time to get rid of the BOE attorney how many decades has he been there.

Insider here, why is the New SUPER more interested in promoting herself on the school website than meeting with her staff? She's been in town for days now and nobody knows who she is (other than her photo shoot in the Middle School). Lacey needs a leader not another glamour girl. Has the Board of Ed brought in a problem solver or a problem? Heard she was told by Wall that she would never get to be their Super and they wanted her out. Makes you wonder why they gave her an immediate release. Maybe an experienced interim Super was the answer. There are a lot of retired Supers that could have righted this floundering ship. Bottom line is the taxpayers continue to pay. When will it end? Let's see if she has the fortitude to get rid of the problems and bring in problem solvers. It would be refreshing, wouldn't it?

Give the girl a chance...sooner or later she will figure it out. I just hope it is sooner. They should have brought back Shirley, at least she would have known what was going on. It will take months for Brower to understand the problem and move on with the cure. Five years is a long time, hope she knows what she is doing or it will be to late. My advice is to get out and talk to your staff, they know what the real deal is. Don't hide in your office like Rich did and Vanessa does.

It is what it is 4liberty. There are a lot of book smart people who fall flat on their face in the real world. As a Lacey resident and supporter of the educational system, I can only hope she knows what she is doing. She has not been the Boss and made the hard decisions. Hopefully she has the determination and ability to succeed as the CEO of Lacey Schools. But let's face, nobody knows if she is up to the task. She could soar like an Eagle or sink like a rock. Five years is a long time for an unknown commodity. Wouldn't a three year appointment been safer for the taxpayers? The problem is bad decesions by elected officials cost the taxpayers big bucks. Hopefully she will succeed and the kids will benefit and the taxpayers will get what they are paying for. By the way Helen, I do not have a dog in this hunt, I work in the private sector.

To to be upfront, I do live next to a teacher and I do hear a lot of 'teacher talk' so to say. Over the years I have gotten insight from BOE members, former members, teachers or 'educators' as I like to refer to them, and yes, school administrators. This has given me the knowledge to made what I believe is an accurate deduction of our school system; it has been rudderless for at least five years. I blame this on the BOE, they should have been leaders, not sheep bowing to the SOSchools. we are in our current situation because of poor leadership on all fronts. She has her work cut out for her.

I agree with you about the lack of leadership from the BOE, they are like a rudderless ship on the high seas. The entire BOE and their attorney need to go. The taxpayers are paying a heavy price both in dollars, but more importantly with their children futures. I also agree she does have her work cut out for her. As the new superintendent she is the district’s new leader and as such, must project a clear vision for the districts’ future. She must trust her instincts, draw upon her education and experience as well as surround herself with competent people. If she does, I believe she can turn the district around.
Still disagree with your Glam Girl comment. It was disrespectful and not called for.

Parents DO have a choice with the Interdistrict Public Schools of Choice.
Interdistrict Public Schools of Choice enables students to go to a school outside their district of residence for FREE if the selected school is participating in the choice program. Transportation of up to 20 miles will be provided to a student going to a choice school if the student meets the eligibility requirements of state law. Ocean County Public Schools of Choice include:
BEACH HAVEN SCHOOLS
CENTRAL REGIONAL SCHOOLS
LONG BEACH ISLAND CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT
OCEAN GATE SCHOOLS
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS
TUCKERTON
Look it up with a visit to the NJ Dept of Ed website~

No credibility in the Patch. Just another scam site. Guess miss know nothing is in panic mode. Ms Brower, get out and get away from your contaminated assistant. Talk to your staff. Visit the HS.

HELP!

Yeah...What's the deal? Where's my journalism masterpiece?
That's it...Starting Monday, operation, "Occupy Dewey's Dogs" starts! We meet in the Shark Fin Inn parking lot. Bring your own duck or goose for the afternoon soiree. 99% say, "Where DO we wash our Hands!"

Yeah...What's the deal? Where's my journalism masterpiece? That's it...Starting Monday, operation, "Occupy Dewey's Dogs" starts! We meet in the Shark Fin Inn parking lot. Bring your own duck or goose for the afternoon soiree. 99% say, "Where Dewey wash our Hands!"

Yeah, where are my last three masterpieces, poof - all my comments have disappeared. I thought this unwarranted censoring was going to stop. Please restore my comments about the filthy, smoky conditions in the High School bathrooms. Also my comment about the bathroom incident between two students last week! Someone is desperately trying to keep all of this neatly swept under the rug.

It's fellow posters that delete the comments by flagging them multiple times, as explained to me by one of the editors. Yes, someone in the school system is most likely flagging so they can keep the false perception of the fantastic LTHS going.