MINUTES OF THE PATERSON BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR ...

just wanted to share some things with you that I wanted to say to the parents who areout there. Anthony Davis, City Council. Before I go into the shirts, I received a coupleof phone calls too and I promised that I never want to put anything out there before Icome and talk to you personally about what I have heard. So I will not do that at thistime about staff that is in the district. I am not going to say it is true but I am not going todismiss it either. But I will let you know I will never come out here without even comingto you first. So I will set up a meeting and we will talk about that. The next thing I wantto talk about is these shirts here. Dr. Glascoe, I think we saw the shirt the first day ofschool. Stop snitching. I am bringing this up because for the last four meetings at theCity Council I talked about these shirts that I am getting ready to show. On Monday andTuesday on a radio station they were talking about these shirts. People are gettingkilled in Philadelphia over these shirts and we have just had a four-day shooting here inthe City of Paterson from Saturday until last night. So I am just telling you we shouldnot even allow these types of shirts to be worn in our school district. We need to bemindful of that. That is one, “Stop Snitching.” Can everyone see what it says?Comm. Taylor: What does that say? I can't see.Comm. Atallo: Councilman, read it.Mr. Davis: “I Got The Snowman.” Snowman is cocaine on the streets. This is anothershirt that our students are wearing. Please parents and administrators, we have to dosomething about this. So please, I am not trying to tell you how to dress but they don’tneed to be wearing negative shirts. If they want to wear something with slogans andstatements, wear something with service and peace. This is just a positive shirt. Thatis all. So let us be mindful and let us get on the ball in terms of what we are doing. Soplease, I want to thank you for your time. Thank you for allowing me to come up andshare this. This is really for the parents out there. Please parents, we are working withyour children, but you have to work with us. Let us get on the ball. I am going back tomy meeting. Thank you very much. Take care.Comm. Spagnola: Thank you Councilman.Mr. Quincy Battis: Good evening, Quincy Battis. First of all, in reference to what Dr.Glascoe was speaking about in reference to Monday, it is glad to know that ourSuperintendent has spoken up on the SCC agenda in reference to facilities.Comm. Vergara: Excuse me. Can you speak a little closer to the microphone?Comm. Spagnola: You are not coming across.Mr. Battis: As I was saying, my name is Quincy Battis and I was publicly thanking Dr.Glascoe for attending the meeting in reference to facilities. I am glad Councilman Davisis here because I was disturbed by the article I read in the November 7 newspaper inreference to the Hinchliffe Stadium. I don’t think that the kids in the Paterson SchoolDistrict should be undermined or used as any type of political steppingstones. As I havestated to a couple of the Commissioners on the Board, hopefully you have this jointgovernance committee and the vice chairman, Dr. Glascoe, the Mayor, and thePaterson City Council can work together in reference to the Hinchliffe Stadium. If I amaware that was going on the ballot, I don’t understand why the Commissioners and theSuperintendent are not aware of what is going on. I am only repeating the article. Ihave gone from kindergarten all the way through here and Hinchliffe Stadium has beenempty for many years. Unfortunately, it saddens me to hear I was at the meeting whenthe Mayor brought in the gentleman to do the presentation of the redevelopment twoPage 11 11/9/05