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NJ Assemblywoman LD24 ~ Public Charter School Administrator

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In NJ, we drive across the PA border to buy raw milk 🙄 Bills to fix that: S920 & A1086 ('26-'27 on deck) Meanwhile in DC, we have THIS. Lady, this is America 🇺🇸 We can drink raw milk, eat sushi & carpaccio if we choose. What's “dangerous to your health” is electing this gem.

In NJ, we drive across the PA border to buy raw milk 🙄 Bills to fix that: S920 & A1086 ('26-'27 on deck) Meanwhile in DC, we have THIS. Lady, this is America 🇺🇸 We can drink raw milk, eat sushi & carpaccio if we choose. What's “dangerous to your health” is electing this gem.

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This didn’t age well. Remember when Governor Mikie Sherrill scoffed at the idea of NJ schools looking like Louisiana or Mississippi? Fast forward. New Jersey is now #30 in student growth, FAR BEHIND Louisiana, Mississippi, and 27 other states. According to Laura Waters in NJ Ed Report : She writes: “According to the rankings, New Jersey is ranked #30 in student growth, despite massive spending from the state (projected to be $12.4 billion next year, a 3.1% increase from last year, plus a big chunk of your property taxes).” “The drop for NJ eighth graders in reading was especially precipitous, 3.8 points, one of the worst performances among all states, and proficiency scores in the other subjects — fourth grade reading and math and eighth grade math — dropped about one point.” “In contrast, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee saw increases in proficiency in every subject. In Louisiana, fourth graders increased scores in math by almost six points and 3.7 points in reading.” She also points to a mix of causes (might I add spearheaded by the Democrat Majority and supported by the NJEA) for NJ's massive decline: lowered standards that mask reality, long school closures, lack of accountability, grade inflation, and a system focused on inputs instead of results. How'd that work? • Asbury Park – 12.6% of 4th graders reading at grade level • Trenton (Thomas Jefferson School) – 2.8% • Newark (Grover Cleveland School) – 6% of 4th graders proficient in math • Camden (Cooper’s Poynt School) – 0% proficiency in math Stop defending the indefensible. You can’t spin it, you can’t excuse it, and you can’t throw more money at it. Start listening to stakeholders with proven results of measurable student outcomes. 🗞️WaPo Op-Ed: 🎥 Video credit: bg.loves.math

This didn’t age well. Remember when Governor Mikie Sherrill scoffed at the idea of NJ schools looking like Louisiana or Mississippi? Fast forward. New Jersey is now #30 in student growth, FAR BEHIND Louisiana, Mississippi, and 27 other states. According to Laura Waters in NJ Ed Report : She writes: “According to the rankings, New Jersey is ranked #30 in student growth, despite massive spending from the state (projected to be $12.4 billion next year, a 3.1% increase from last year, plus a big chunk of your property taxes).” “The drop for NJ eighth graders in reading was especially precipitous, 3.8 points, one of the worst performances among all states, and proficiency scores in the other subjects — fourth grade reading and math and eighth grade math — dropped about one point.” “In contrast, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee saw increases in proficiency in every subject. In Louisiana, fourth graders increased scores in math by almost six points and 3.7 points in reading.” She also points to a mix of causes (might I add spearheaded by the Democrat Majority and supported by the NJEA) for NJ's massive decline: lowered standards that mask reality, long school closures, lack of accountability, grade inflation, and a system focused on inputs instead of results. How'd that work? • Asbury Park – 12.6% of 4th graders reading at grade level • Trenton (Thomas Jefferson School) – 2.8% • Newark (Grover Cleveland School) – 6% of 4th graders proficient in math • Camden (Cooper’s Poynt School) – 0% proficiency in math Stop defending the indefensible. You can’t spin it, you can’t excuse it, and you can’t throw more money at it. Start listening to stakeholders with proven results of measurable student outcomes. 🗞️WaPo Op-Ed: 🎥 Video credit: bg.loves.math

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In the budget hearings this week, NJ Assembly Democrats had the stones to say criticizing leadership at Newark Public Schools is a "dog whistle"?! Let me tell you something: a dog whistle is a secret message, and the not-so-hidden message here is that if you criticize them, you’re racist. You mean to tell me your best defense for open bars, caviar, and trips to Honolulu is to call people racist for pointing it out, while kids, many of them children of color living in poverty, are struggling??? When 70% of kids can’t read on grade level and 80% can’t meet grade level expectations in math, when only 12% of kids who were supposed to get tutoring actually got it, when Newark allocates $1.4 million to a learning consultant who doesn’t even show up and then the money disappears, and we’re the ones being called racist for pointing that out? What kind of stupid argument is that? MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LEARNING LOSS REMEDIATION FUNDS CAN’T BE ACCOUNTED FOR. When Newark wants to spend $500 million to lease a school building for 667 kids, the most expensive school building in the history of New Jersey, and that building is tied to one of the largest political donors in Newark? And don’t forget the SDA collaborating with Newark to overpay $7 million for a building in an area of the city that already had an overflow of open seats in existing buildings??? Somebody’s pockets are getting greased, my friends. You want to call it a dog whistle instead of actually being responsible and holding their feet to the fire to answer where that money went that was supposed to go to kids, at-risk kids??? This isn’t a dog whistle. This is us standing on top of a mountain with a megaphone. There’s no coded message here. ADULTS ARE BLOWING TAXPAYER MONEY ON THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH LEARNING and you can call it whatever you want. We call it waste. We call it fraud. We call it abuse of taxpayer dollars and vulnerable kids in a vulnerable community. YOU should be outraged, but you're SILENT. White, Black, Brown, CUT IT OUT. That money is taxpayer money, and it’s meant for kids, not caviar. NJ Assembly GOP Mike Inganamort Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger Fox News NJ Ed Report

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🚨"DIRTY JERSEY" ALERT🚨 Governor Phil Murphy is reported to be signing this misnamed, vile bill into law next week. Keep voting Democrat, and this lunacy will continue. YOU ARE BEING LIED TO. The FREEDOM TO READ Act is cleverly titled, yet is not only meant to ensure the free-flow of speech and ideology (legal and protected speech), but also provides cover for the distribution of sexually-explicit materials to minors (illegal). A faction of misguided educators and legislators are feigning ignorance about content. Some texts are in clear violation of NJ's obscenity for minors statutes. These include "how-to" guides for teens on performing sex acts, how to use sex toys and lubricants, how to take and distribute topless selfies, how to use sex hook-up apps, and how to research their favorite adult performers, with instructions to "pay for your porn", with the most ironic of warnings to minors that doing so may be illegal. And yes, this garbage is in your high school libraries, accessible to 14-17 year-olds. Supporters then claim the false narrative that opposition to this bill is simply homophobic, transphobic, hateful, or bigoted. That the materials are "developmentally-appropriate" and have "educational value". They label the opposition as "hateful" and "anti-government". It's a poorly-defended pivot, a gaslighting strategy using textbook, carefully-crafted and rehearsed propaganda techniques. The plain truth is that distribution under current NJ law is illegal. Riddle me this- when these texts are read aloud in public meetings or publicly displayed or shared on social media, why are they immediately removed? Why were the NJ State Police instructed to remove such materials from the General Assembly committee meeting room? If the supporting legislators believe these materials are okay for your child's library, why do the same legislators find these materials inappropriate for public view? I don't believe any legislator or educator who claims to support protecting children from sexual exploitation when they endorse such distribution. Open your eyes. The "freedom to read" could easily be protected with an exemption for access to sexually-explicit materials by minors, and without legal immunity for the adults who provide such.

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After the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, NJ didn’t suddenly decide concealed carry was a great idea. The State was forced to allow it. .Attorney General Jennifer Davenport Matt Platkin reacted as expected: knee-jerk, sloppy, and hostile. His response was so extreme that major parts of it are STILL in federal court. The “sensitive places” scheme that everything else hangs on is still being argued because even the courts can’t agree on where the lines are supposed to be...and then here comes this bill, building on that mess. This isn’t technically about “sensitive places"; it’s about trespass. Trespass doesn’t automatically mean "breaking in" to a building. In NJ, it can be as simple as being somewhere you didn’t realize was off-limits because of missing signage, unclear boundaries, rules that have changed, or even rules that didn't exist at the time. The bill takes that uncertainty and cranks up the consequences if you’re lawfully carrying. So now, someone who has a permit and is trying to follow the law can end up facing felony charges because the AG decides later that they “should have known” that they weren’t supposed to be there. Not because they threatened or hurt anyone, but because they were there AND they were carrying. CRIMINALS AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT ANY OF THIS. The only people this actually puts at risk are the ones trying to comply in good faith. The AG and Trenton Dems keep pushing penalties while the courts are still trying to sort out whether the underlying framework is constitutional. People can be charged today under rules that change tomorrow. That's ludicrous. The Dems posted and voted for a shaky law that turns unclear rules into criminal liability and honest mistakes into prison time. HARD NO on this really bad bill.

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