HERE AND NOW: Please Move Their Seats!

I would like to officially ask 

Howard Haughton,

President of the Englewood 

School Board

that he require Glenn Garrison 

and Stephen Brown sit apart 

at school Board

meetings.

It is distracting to 

the public and disrespectful to 

the Chair for these 2

School Board Members to continue 

to have their own little meeting 

within the Public Meeting.

This behavior is in violation of the
New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act.

 

Mr. Haughton. Please move their seats!.... They are like 2 children in a classroom who crave

attention. The behavior is annoying and impairs one's ability to concentrate on the content of the meeting. It is also insulting since they appear to sleep through public comments.

New Jersey's Open Public Meetings Act        "The Sunshine Law"

"New Jersey’s Open Public Meetings Act, known as “The Sunshine Law,” is designed to ensure that decision-making government bodies in the state conduct their businesses in public except in specific circumstances where exclusion of the public is needed to protect the privacy of individuals, the safety of the public or the effectiveness of government in such areas as negotiations or investigations."

In other words, all of that whispering during School Board Meetings is inappropriate
bordering on illegal.

A GUIDE TO THE NEW JERSEY OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT
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