Letter to the Editor

I am blessed to serve as a member of the Brick Township Board of Education. Words cannot express my sincere gratitude and tremendous appreciation for the honor and privilege I have been afforded to work as a cheerleader for our children, families, teachers, schools, and taxpayers who make all that is done in our district possible.

In that spirit, I would like to take this opportunity to offer my strongest endorsement of Frances DiBenedictis and Nicole Orozco for the Brick Township School Board; I am cheerleading for these two strong, intelligent women who will bring common sense for education to the table and are eager to employ their passion and experiences on behalf of every student, parent, guardian, educator, our schools, and fellow taxpayers.

Ms. DiBenedictis is a wife and mother who is a former Montessori educator with a concentration in special needs education. Ms. DiBenedictis and her family moved to Brick Township from California for a better quality of life and a high-quality education for their children as her husband experienced having grown up in our town. Ms. DiBenedictis was disappointed by the continuously dwindling support, financial and otherwise, from the State she witnessed in our schools upon her move in spite of all Brick taxpayers send to Trenton. This inspired her to seek a seat on our school board where she has served for nearly three years. She has worked as a tireless advocate for the success, academic and co-curricular alike, of students and families who desire and deserve a voice in what occurs in our children’s education while always being mindful of what her fellow educators need to do their jobs and always considering how to minimize any infliction on her fellow taxpayers, having been negatively impacted by perpetual inflation, overall economic instability, and less-than-amicable acts taken in recent years against our district by the Governor and various members of the State Legislature.

Ms. Orozco is a wife and mother who was recently bestowed with the honorable title of grandmother and the privilege of leading the transportation department for the Colts Neck Township School District in neighboring Monmouth County, juxtaposed with her years of dedication and experience in transportation for our Brick Township Schools. Ms. Orozco knows at an intimate level what should and should not take place in a school transportation department for the benefit of our students and taxpayers, and that largely mirrors what should and should not take place in any school district department. Ms. Orozco would bring her vast wealth of knowledge coupled with the love she has for our community as a longtime resident to work toward the benefit of every student, parent, guardian, educator, our schools, and her fellow taxpayers.

For your benefit and the benefit of every child, family, teacher, our schools, and your fellow taxpayers, I am cheering for you to please join me in supporting and voting for Frances DiBenedictis and Nicole Orozco for the Brick Township Board of Education. Thank you and may God bless you all!

-George Malgeri