1. Start with the people closest to it
For something about your child, a classroom or a school, the fastest answer usually comes from the teacher, then the principal, then the superintendent's office. That is how the district is set up to resolve concerns, and it is where the people with the facts and the authority to act are. Contact information is on the district website.
2. Speak at a board meeting
Board of Education meetings are open to the public and include time for public comment. Meeting dates, agendas and minutes are posted on the district website. Public comment is the way to put a view in front of the whole board at once, on the record.
3. Write to us
You can email us at gavin@rozzifornj.com. We read what we get. A few things to know first:
- One board member can't act alone. Once we're sworn in, we can listen, ask questions in public and vote, but we can't resolve an individual complaint or promise an outcome.
- Once we're on the board, the board's own rules ask members not to answer questions about district business by email or social media, and to refer complaints to the superintendent without commenting on them (Bylaw 0169.02 and Policy 9130). We will follow them: we'll pass your message to the superintendent's office and let you know we did.
- To put a view in front of the whole board, public comment at a board meeting is the place to do it.
- Please don't send us student records or other confidential information.
- Messages about board business can be public records under New Jersey's Open Public Records Act.