12/26/12 - Barnegat Township School District

they carry themselves before and after the race just talking to them. The said, thank you, Iappreciate you coming; we are glad for the support, etc. It is something to be proud of and ittells you that they are taught well.Secondly, I want to so thank you also to our two Board members who are leaving. I will startwith Rafael; many of you do not know many years ago Mr. Adorno made the mistake of givingme his business card with his number on it. Several weeks later I called you and begged you tostep up because we need good people. I did not know you that well but from what I saw atsporting events and heard from our kids, I said this guy has to be good with the kids. After somecoaxing with your wife I remember she was very apprehensive, you decided to take a run at it.Things did not start out the best but we stuck together and worked together as a team and it wentwell. I was thinking about it that night after that election we drove around in my truck paintingthe signs and one thing I remember telling you was that the town of Barnegat spoke and put youin a position to make a change and do something good; and so now use this to turn around someof the negative things that were being said at the time.Over the last four years, we have not agreed on everything and not everyone is going to, I thinkyou proved all the naysayers wrong. You have been accountable with everything you have doneand have always been about our kids and making our district better and letting the kids have avoice. Not afraid of conflict or to speak up in what you believe in and I am glad you stepped upto the plate. It was a rough time and it was dirty and most of you here know that. For those ofyou who do not, it was very nasty and hard to find good people willing to put their necks on theline and I commend you for it. Thank you.Mr. Adorno: Thank you.Mr. Sarno: The other one, I am not going to lie, it is a little touchy and I will get upset with Bob.If you don’t know the story; it is the same situation I ran into Bob. His wife was a nurse and Iwas on the Board. We met at my house and we talked to try and change the nursing situation andwe had another fateful situation about eight months later at Genaurdi’s in line. It was two weeksbefore the deadline for a Board seat application. I called him up that night and he said oh, let metalk to Joy I don’t know how she would handle this, me on the Board and her working in thedistrict with all the headaches she already has. I wish Joy was here tonight because I would liketo thank her for allowing you, in a sense, to get involved. When people get involved with thingsthey say I want to leave it better than when I got here. Without question, this town, this districtand our kids are much better off as a result of you serving on the Board.Most of you here know that Bob’s travel schedule is very rough and for someone with his smallamount of time to step up to the plate like he did in times that were as bad as you could everimagine, threats, lawsuits, you name it, police being called when we were handing out flyers,ethics charges, attorneys all over us. As nasty as it got Joy allowed him and he was willing totake that little amount of time he had with his family to do better for our town and our kids. Hecould have sat back, he had one daughter left who was in high school, and said no, but he andMs. Taylor who is not here tonight stepped up to the plate with a lot of urging and did the rightthing. People in Barnegat, in my opinion, should as they see you around town thank you. Theydo not know what you have done and what you have behind the scenes. I was cleaning out allBarnegat Township Board of Education Meeting MinutesDecember 18, 2012 Page 9