Member (Close Ties To Mayor) Resigns from Atlantic City School Bd.

There has been no public report about this until now.

On July 8, 2024, an Atlantic City Board of Education Member, with close political ties to Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small resigned her position.

The Atlantic City Board of Education formally accepted the resignation of long-time Board Member Patricia Bailey at its regular meeting of July 16, 2024.

John Devlin, who sat on the Atlantic City Board of Education for more than 20 years, said the following about Bailey’s resignation:

It's unfortunate that a sitting board member would resign in the middle of her term. Especially after being elected by the citizens of Atlantic City. Sadly, it's part of a disturbing trend to allow another family member get a crème puff job in the district. It wouldn't surprise me if she tried to get back on the board in a few months and continue to rubber stamp La’Quetta Smalls’ agenda, said Devlin.

The Atlantic City Board of Education has a long history of relatives working for the public schools district that they serve.

The Atlantic City Board of Education is riddled with members who have conflicts of interests. It's a real problem.

It's so bad, that the Board of Education has had to repeatedly use a process called “The Doctrine of Necessity."

This maneuver permits board members who would otherwise be conflicted from casting a vote, the special approval to do so.

Many board of education members, like board president Shay Steele have city jobs themselves, along with immediate family members who work for the City of Atlantic City or the Atlantic City Board of Education.

Shay Steele is an employee of the Atlantic City Fire Department and he has multiple other family members who hold city jobs.

Steele is not alone, as other school board members having similar conflicts of interest.

There are rumors currently spreading around Atlantic City that Bailey may run on Marty Smalls’ ticket for Mayor and City Council at Large races next year.

LA'QUETTA SMALL is criminally charged with:

• 2nd degree endangering the welfare of a child.
• 3 separate counts of disorderly persons simple assault.

ATLANTIC CITY MAYOR MARTY SMALL is criminally charged with:

• 2nd degree endangering the welfare of a child.
• 3rd degree aggravated assault
• 3rd degree terroristic threats
• disorderly persons simple assault.

ATLANTIC CITY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, CONSTANCE DAYS-CHAPMAN is criminally charged

with:

• second-degree Official Misconduct.
• third-degree Hindering Apprehension of
• Another.
• fourth-degree Obstruction of Justice.
• disorderly persons Failure to Report Child Abuse.

Days-Chapman was promptly suspended following being criminally charged.

La'Quetta Small has not as yet been suspended, despite being criminally charged.

I cannot confirm if this is going to happen at this time.

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