{"id":4948,"date":"2015-06-08T20:07:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T00:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=4948"},"modified":"2015-06-08T22:54:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T02:54:33","slug":"brick-boe-members-split-vote-fail-to-reappoint-talty-to-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/06\/brick-boe-members-split-vote-fail-to-reappoint-talty-to-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick BOE Members Split Vote, Fail to Reappoint Talty to Board"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brick Township Board of Education\/Schools (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Brick Township Board of Education voted in a 3-3 tie to reappoint John Talty to the board Monday night, lacking a majority and resulting in a failed vote. Talty\u2019s own seat was up for appointment since he resigned in April after undergoing open heart surgery, but after his recovery improved, sought to rescind his resignation.<\/p>\n

The vote Monday night was essentially a repeat of a vote that took place May 28, when board members Frank Pannucci, Jr., Michael Conti and John Barton voted against allowing Talty to rescind his resignation. Board President Sharon Cantillo, and board members Karyn Cusanelli and Susan Suter voted in favor of reappointing Talty.<\/p>\n

Likewise, Pannucci, Conti and Barton favored appointing Brenda Calderone, who unsuccessfully ran for the board in 2012, to the position. In that vote, Cantillo, Cusanelli and Suter voted against Calderone.<\/p>\n

Political overtones were omnipresent during the meeting. Calderone ran for the board in 2012 alongside Pannucci and Conti, in what was largely considered a ticket aligned with the township Republican organization. Pannucci and Conti are currently Republican candidates for township council.<\/p>\n

In addition to Talty and Calderone, former board members Larry Reid and Walter Campbell applied, along with residents Lenny Figula, Victor Finamore, Patricia Marsden, Lois Turner and George White.<\/p>\n

After votes to renominate Talty and Calderone both resulted in the same outcome as their first attempts, Cusanelli read a portion of the state\u2019s education statute which instructs board members to \u201crefuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest or partisan political groups.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pannucci said he favored appointing Calderone to the board because she \u201cbrings another perspective\u201d to the board, specifically the special education community. Calderone serves as president of the Special Education PTA.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe brings a different perspective than any of us can bring to this board,\u201d said Pannucci.<\/p>\n

Cusanelli then said Barton, a special education teacher, brings such a perspective the board.<\/p>\n

Public comment was squarely in support of Talty\u2019s reappointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was elected, he earned his seat,\u201d said Nan Coll. \u201cHe showed moral character when he thought he wasn\u2019t up to doing it properly, putting in a resignation. And now that he\u2019s in good health and feels he can fulfill all of the work, I think the right thing to do is put John back on.<\/p>\n

\u201cI truly, truly believe that this board, at this time, needs someone with the experience he has,\u201d said Melanie Briggs, referring to Talty.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn everything he does, he tries to help everybody,\u201d said Joe Coutant. \u201cWe\u2019d have a great loss if we don\u2019t put him in. He really deserves that seat. It was his and he should have it. He was one of the best board members I can remember and he well-deserves his seat back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the board decided that scheduling another meeting to discuss the matter would prove fruitless, and voted to send all of the resumes collected to the Ocean County Superintendent of Schools, who will choose one of the nine.<\/p>\n

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