Just a heads-up - looks like Mr. Shi-shed is up to his old tricks

Well, just watched the Edison Board of Mythomania's November 23rd Action meeting. And wouldn't you know it, Jerry 'BondReferenDumb' Shi and his band of architects are proposing a last minute major Expansion and Renovation to J.P. Stevens.

Remember this guy?

Seems the rest of the Board was as surprised as I was with this proposal. Looks like the total cost may approach $100 million but it's not clear as yet.

Apparently, they already have a report from the Acacia Financial Group that outlines two options under this proposal; another bond referendum and a lease purchase agreement. The first requires resident voter approval and the second does not.

No doubt Mr. Shi-shed will probably try and go with the Lease Purchase option since it avoids having to get Resident Voter Approval.

Seems like a good report to see if you want to understand what these options may cost and where the money will come from, so I'll make a OPRA Request for it on Monday next. 

Kind of surprised though that it seems Board Members haven't seen this report if they were going to let the architects give a picture presentation in this meeting.

Not for nothing but something this large needs to be thoroughly reviewed and discussed and see if it makes any sense in addressing the overcrowding issue and not just be dropped on the pubic at the last minute without all the facts. 

Unfortunately, Mr. Shi-shed is infamously known for proposing things with Too Much of a Financial Burden for Too Little a Solution.

Any thoughts that it be put up for a vote at the December 21st meeting should be rejected. His leadership role under a newly constituted school board may soon be coming to an end. 

You'd probably first want to see if Mr. Shi-shed gets ousted from his inept leadership at the Reorg meeting in January 2022 before the board makes such a decision, and which he should be if you want to see this school district move forward.

Here's the Action Meeting: 

Anyhoo, don't let the inept leadership of Jerry Shi-shed propose anything that supposedly addresses overcrowding. He already wasted 2 years with his inept and outrageously overpriced bond referendums that were appropriately rejected by the voters twice.