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Resident accuses trustees of attending political summit; trustees deny ethics violation
Summary
A resident urged the Old Bridge board to explain why three trustees attended a New Jersey Family Policy Center summit and whether they support the group's policies; trustees who attended responded that they attended as private citizens to learn about parental-rights topics and denied signing pledges or endorsing exclusionary policies.
During the hearing of residents at the Feb. 17 Old Bridge Township Board of Education meeting, resident Alexis said she was concerned that three named trustees' Christina Mazone, Brooke Richards Patterson and Karen Venotes' attended a summit hosted by the New Jersey Family Policy Center and asked whether that attendance violated the board members' ethical duties.
Alexis told the board she had seen photos of their attendance on the group's social media and called the organization "a known political and lobbying group promoting extremist positions in schools," including restrictions on curriculum and anti-LGBTQ policies. She asked two direct questions: "What were your goals for…
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