The following Letter To The Editor was printed in the Ocean City Sentinel on September 20, 2023, describing the unprofessional conduct of former school superintendent Dr. Matthew Friedman: To some people, Fairness In Taxes (FIT) is like a migraine headache. An annoyance that can become too painful to bear. Truth can be like that too.
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Letter to Ocean City Board of Education emphasizing that the school superintendent is NOT entitled to a vacation buy out check due to deliberate and intentional manipulation of his attendance record along with providing examples of recent cases of public official attendance misconduct. Mr. Chris Halliday, Board President. Ocean City Board of Education.Subject: Dr. Matthew
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Please find attached a letter from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) regarding a summary of the work history for former school superintendent Dr. Matthew Friedman. FIT is continuing to look into the conduct of Dr. Friedman during his brief tenure here in Ocean City. As always, we will keep you and the board advised
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Good morning Mr. Halliday — Please find attached correspondence from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) regarding Dr. Matthew Friedman’s attendance record while Superintendent. Consider this update #3 on his attendance record. Please note as a result of this letter and another discovery of an attendance record discrepancy, according to FIT calculations, Dr. Friedman owes the district
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Please find attached a letter from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) providing an update on Dr. Friedman’s work attendance record based on responses received yesterday from OPRA request from Ocean City and South Orange Maplewood School Districts. Again, the position of FIT is that Dr. Friedman is not entitled to a vacation buy out check, in
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Good morning Mr. Halliday, please find attached a letter from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) regarding former school superintendent Dr. Matthew Friedman attendance. Based on this information, NO vacation buy out check should be issued to him as he exceeded his contractual leave allowances and an invoice should be prepared and sent to his
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Please find attached a letter from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) regarding the accuracy of former school superintendent Dr. Matthew Friedman attendance record as maintained by the district. It is becoming apparent that instead of the district sending Dr. Friedman a vacation buy out check, it should be sending him an invoice for exceeding
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In response to a recent Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) letter regarding the potential vacation buyout payment for now former school superintendent Dr. Matthew Friedman, board solicitor Michael Stanton sent an email on Friday, June 30, 2023, stating that he recommended not to pay Dr. Friedman his vacation buyout check until “the investigation into
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Please find attached a letter from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) regarding a former employee, Dr. Matthew Friedman and his claim that he was obligated to perform transition work for his successor at SOMSD beyond his official resignation date of June 30, 2022, for no compensation Eric Burnside and Dorothy Connors can provide background
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Letter from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) regarding Dr, Friedman’s attendance record with the district and the ‘transition work” that Dr. Friedman claims he was obligated to perform for the South Orange Maplewood School District during early July, 2022. In light of the information contained in the correspondence, FIT strongly urges the board not
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