Dear Mr. Halliday:As a result of potential discrepancies in Dr. Matthew Friedman’s attendance record, Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) sent a letter to your attention on Wednesday, June 21,2023, requesting that the district confirm that the attendance record of Dr. Friedman (as of June 13, 2023) received by FIT through an Open Public Records
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Please find attached correspondence from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) regarding the process utilized to appoint the interim school superintendent for Ocean City.
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Correspondence from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) requesting confirmation of Dr. Friedman’s attendance record as provided to FIT through an OPRA request. Refer to attached letter for details.
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Please find attached correspondence from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) regarding Dr. Friedman’s attendance record relative to performing private work for Hazard Young Attea and Associates (HYA) for the Ashland Public School District in Massachusetts. Thank you. David Breeden, President, Ocean City Fairness in Taxes.
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Dear Mr. Halliday: Since the surprise resignation of our current superintendent on March 24, 2023, you have publicly committed to an accelerated search process that is transparent and open to all interested parties. In a district press release dated April 21, 2023, you stated that “the board of education is working on an accelerated timeline
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Dear Mr. Halliday: At the Superintendent forum held on Thursday, May 25, 2023, as president of the Ocean City Board of Education, you made a commitment on behalf of the entire board to the Ocean City school community that the ongoing superintendent search would be open, transparent and that public input would be valued and
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Please find attached a letter regarding the first six (6) days of attendance in the Ocean City School District. From: David & Donna Breeden <danddbreeden@aol.com> Sent: Mon, May 15, 2023 8:52 am Subject: Dr. Friedman Attendance – First Six Days Based on information obtained by Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) through Open Public
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Good morning Mr. Halliday, Please find attached correspondence from Ocean City Fairness in Taxes (FIT) regarding the outside employment of Ocean City School Superintendent Dr. Matthew Friedman. This letter focuses on how Dr. Friedman’s outside work could have conflicted with his primary (full time) job of being Ocean City Superintendent. Thank you.David Breeden, President Ocean City
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Ocean City School Superintendent For FY 2022-2023. DRAFT — As Of April 5, 2023 Friedman Attendance Record Professional Development Expenditures Friedman Outside Employment
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The trial for ex-Ocean City Athletic Director and Vice-principal, Dr. Christine Lentz began on September 25. She was accused and arrested for tapping into the e-mail server of Ocean City School Superintendent, Dr. Kathleen Taylor. It is believed that Dr. Lentz was attempting to gain information on upcoming contract negotiations between the Ocean City School
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