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April: Board of Education Elections

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School Board Election of April 20, 2010 Results

Christopher C. Irving, “Chris”, 184 Lafayette Street. Home phone: 973-580-5890. Email: Chris4paterson@gmail.com. Employment: Executive Director & CEO of the Ceceilyn Miller Institute for Leadership and Diversity in America. Length of residence in Paterson: 25 years. Education: B.A. Political Science from Ramapo College of NJ, M.A. Public Policy and International Affairs from William Paterson University, Doctorial Student – Seton Hall University. Family: Herman and Jocelyn Irving – Parents, Vian, Farrah, Herman III – Siblings. Past and Current Involvement in the Paterson Public Schools: Rosa L. Parks High School Graduate: Class of 2000. Civic Involvements: NAACP Youth and College Division, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Leadership New Jersey “09”. Number of Board meetings attended in the last six months: 4. Three major issues: (1) Paterson is closer than ever to regaining its right to govern for itself and if we are to gain local control our kids will need confident, intelligent, and caring leadership on the Board of Education. (2) Reengaging Parents – Board members must find/create effective means of getting parents more engaged in their children’s education. It will take town hall meetings, Youtube videos, letters, facebook, and more to make sure that ALL parents understand that they are the key to the door of success for these kids. (3) Using Technology Effectively: There are ways to use technology in an effort to make our district more effective and efficient. This means saving more money on operations and giving that to our kids directly.

Alex Mendez, 266 East 29th Street. Cell Phone: 973-930-1436. Email: alexmendez2010@gmail.com. Employment: Currently President of my transportation company in Secaucus, NJ. Length of residence in Paterson: 10 years. Education: In 1998, I graduated from UTESA, Santiago, dom. Rep. with BA in Marketing with Minor in Accounting. I continued my studies and received a certificate of completion from Industrial Psychology, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom. In 2001, I began my English studies in JFK High School and supplemented the course at UCEDA English School on Saturdays for 2 years. At the beginning of 2002 I assisted Rutgers University on a certificate program on securities and finance to become a financial planner and at the end of 2006. I studied real estate at Fox School of Real Estate and completed the program for licensure. Civic Involvements: I am an active member of DOPOR and in charge of the press and publicity for this institution. This civic political organization is involved in the Paterson community and identifies the problems and possible solutions for our citizens and challenges the local government to provide and listen to the voices of minorities and their families. I am currently the President of the Paterson Bilingual/ESL Parents Advisory Committee. Number of Board meetings attended in the last six months: Almost every meeting. Three major issues: One of the major issues is the massive dropout rate. Due to the dropout rate our children are on the streets, causing more corruption and delinquency on our streets. Second issue of importance is the lack of security inside and out of our schools. The students and gangs invade our schools with metal objects and make our schools system a dangerous place to be. It makes it very difficult for the children to concentrate and focus on their studies. Last but not least important of our worries is the low grades and test scores that our students are receiving in our school system. A perfect example of this is the results from the NJ ASK testing results: 4th grade Science state average for 2008 was at 85% and our district scores for this subject and year was way below theirs at 56%. These results are unacceptable.

Kenneth L. Simmons, “Coach Kenny” 8 Linden Road, 07514. Home: 973 754-7060 Work: 201 784-6187 Email: ksimmons007@optonline.net. Employment: Systems Engineer, Pearson Education.Length of residence in Paterson: Lifetime. Education: Devry, BS in Computer information Systems. Family: Married 9 years to Tammie Harrell-Simmons 6 children: Mone't, Aysha, Chynah, Zhyeir, Zion and Zachai. Past and Current involvement in PPS: Graduate of PS#4 and Eastside High School, Member of the School Renewal committee, served as community advisor on committee to recruit EHS Basketball coach. Member of Integrity Lodge #51 F&AM, Golconda Temple #24 A.E.O.N.M.S. Co-founder of Paterson first African Heritage Festival and Parade. 20 year Coach of Football, basketball, track&field. Number of Board meeting attended in Last six month: 3. Three Major Issues: 1. Academic achievement. All children can learn, we must remember that our children now compete in a global society. A variety of strategies, inside and outside of the classroom that instill in students an appreciation of and desire for learning will help students realize the intellectual success that our global society demands 2. Safe Teaching and Learning environments: Our students and staff deserve to learn and work in an environment that is safe and secure. It is difficult for anyone to learn or work when fearful and apprehensive 3. Parental and community involvement: we must get parents and the community on a whole involved in the educational process. We have to make education a priority again.