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Union Valley staffer reads termination letters into record, alleges procedural problems
Summary
Union Valley staff member Dorothy Hope D’Aleyo read two district letters into the public record alleging required medical evaluations and a termination effective Nov. 6, 2024; she said the district did not copy her union representative and described repeated procedural problems in her interactions with administration.
Dorothy Hope D’Aleyo, a longtime employee at Union Valley Elementary, read two letters from the superintendent into the public record at the Gloucester Township Board of Education meeting and accused the administration of unethical treatment and procedural shortcomings.
D’Aleyo read a letter dated Oct. 7 that she said notified her that the district intended to terminate her employment effective Nov. 6, 2024, and required physical and psychological examinations under board policy 4161. She told the board the district asked her to submit medical authorization forms, that she was scheduled for an evaluation she did not attend, and that she had not been copied on subsequent correspondence including union notification. “The basis of this correspondence is to notify you that the district will be terminating your employment effective 30 days from this letter, 11/06/2024,” D’Aleyo read into the record.
D’Aleyo said she has worked in the district for 37 years and described meetings with administrators where she felt pressured; she appealed to the board to review the matter, said she was denied representation on the letter distribution and asked the board to consider her long service and the effect on pension eligibility.
Superintendent Bilodeau did not give a public response during D’Aleyo’s allotted three minutes. Board leadership offered D’Aleyo additional time later in the meeting and indicated the board would allow her to continue her remarks; the board did not take any vote or other formal action on the complaint during the public session.
Why it matters: termination and medical‑examination policies implicate employee due process, union representation and the district’s personnel procedures. D’Aleyo said the district cited board policy 4161 in the letters she read.
Next steps: the board afforded D’Aleyo an additional opportunity to speak and indicated it would accept public input; no public record response from the superintendent was made at the meeting. The board may address the personnel matter in executive session or follow established grievance procedures outside the public portion of the meeting.
