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Residents urge transparency on appointments, ask about therapy dog and athletic-complex costs

Garfield Public School District Board of Education · June 17, 2025
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Summary

Public commenters questioned board appointment processes, the interim business administrator search and whether a therapy dog program would proceed; a resident also asked about the status/costs of the athletic complex and a removed fee item from the agenda.

During the meeting's public-comment periods residents raised governance and program questions and offered praise for student programs.

Marlena Zawatska (67 Morris Ave.) criticized political appointments and asked whether agenda item 8.35 would grant the superintendent unilateral hiring authority over the summer or whether the board would still vote on hires when it reconvened. She also…

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