Regional school board should review attorney general’s report

On Oct. 25, the Tri-Town News published a letter titled, "Board Is Right in Putting Wasser Issue to Rest." This letter is suspect in nature, in my opinion. Salvatore LaBruno, the letter’s author, is the husband of the secretary to James Wasser, the superintendent of schools in the Freehold Regional High School District.

As far as I can remember, Mr. LaBruno has never been to a district Board of Education meeting in the five years I have been attending the board meetings.

I also object to the implication that we, the voters, have a vendetta against Mr. Wasser. This issue is not about any individuals winning or losing; it is about our district winning, not losing.

Thomas Mazza sat on the board as the Farmingdale representative for many years and I doubt if he has his facts wrong. He sat on the board when Mr. Wasser was made interim superintendent.

As for the people who pressed for (an investigation into alleged actions taken by the superintendent), they are employees of the district (some have retired). Who would have a better insight into what is going on behind closed doors?

The state Attorney General’s Office did indeed close their 21-month investigation, but that does not mean there was not any wrongdoing.

The Attorney General’s Office did not issue any written statement that could in any way be interpreted as a "vindication" of any individual or group.

School employees are disciplined and fired for improprieties and misconduct even if that conduct did not reach the level of a criminal offense and subsequently prosecuted. Why would an investigation take this long if there wasn’t anything to investigate?

The board has a responsibility to review the investigative report and determine if the investigation contains information that describes any improprieties or nonprofessional conduct by Mr. Wasser and others in the performance of their duties.

The board’s statement that they were not involved with the investigation and therefore were not going to request the 30-volume report is ridiculous.

I have received numerous phone calls and e-mails from parents representative of the six high schools in the district emphatically requesting that Patricia Horvath, the board’s president, contact the Attorney General’s Office requesting a copy of the investigative report and supply it to all the board members.

The voters and taxpayers of the district are entitled to the board’s thorough review of this document.

The board should then, and only then, publish a statement based on this review, in order that we move on with the major important issues that our district now faces.

BonnieSue Rosenwald

Marlboro