Sussex-Wantage BOE retooling to improve efficiency

Sub-quorums of a public body are not subject to the OPMA, so subcommmittee meetings are usually held in private. Often that’s where the real discussion and decision happens, with little more than a sterile rubber stamping by the full board in public session, in many cases. As the article notes, “when the [Sussex-Wantage] board last Read More …

Disturbing signs from Sussex-Wantage board

This editorial concerns an unauthorized purchase that a board of education subsequently voted to pay for after initially voting against the purchase at a prior meeting.  The editorial raises important questions.  For instance, why are public documents that would answer simple questions, such as when a purchase was made, being withheld from the public?  -NJFOG Dec. 3, Read More …