Letter: In Time of Turmoil, A Seitz Return Would Be Welcomed in Parsippany Schools

Dear Editor,

In response to an article “Seitz Sighting” and the question of the return of the poster boy for greed?

I can only say, how could Parsippany be so lucky?

Dr Seitz lead this district well for many years. So well in fact, we were thrilled to quickly negotiate a fair equitable contract to retain him for another 5 years.

The poster boy for greed, I think not, just a good target for someone laying the ground work to mount a Presidential campaign and trying to deflect from his own backyard. (Seitz was an issue supposedly at $220,565 but Mendham’s super where Christie’s children would go if he believed in public vs. private education was making $206,237…both above the $165,000 not yet enacted cap).

LeRoy Seitz is no doubt a posterboy.

He is the posterboy for believing in high quality public education raising the bar for our children. During the Seitz administration our district saw some of our highest ranks of NJ school (even better than today).

He is the posterboy for moving a district forward with initiatives in technology and education. (Think Ipad initiatives, whiteboard, parent portals and more.)

He is the posterboy for mutual respect, something we witnessed often between him, teachers, parents and the community (Look at the great relationships witnessed with the teachers union and the ParTroy Council of PTAs).

We have had a lot of turmoil under two leads who walked in and pulled our district apart before learning our strengths and weaknesses. Who better to put us back together than someone who knows us well?

Is he perfect? Definitely not. Look in the mirror, most of us are not. He is human and always did things with pure motivates of the best for all of the children of Parsippany.

He is role model we would be lucky to have for our students.

On news of the “Seitz sighting” I thought to myself, is this man crazy for considering coming back here. Probably a little but which of us isn’t. He’s crazy for our children and our district, really what more could we want?

Sincerely,
Sandy Nussbaum-Giercyk
Parsippany Resident