Ventnor Wants Atlantic City Schools Superintendent To Be Removed

We have obtained a copy of an extensive letter written by The Mayor of Ventnor City and The Ventnor City Board of Education … to the Atlantic City Board of Education … sent to the attention of Shay Steele, President of the Atlantic City Board of Education.

The letter is unambiguous and comprehensive in its demand for the Atlantic City Superintendent of Public Schools to be removed from office, due to the serious child abuse charges that she is currently facing.

La’Quetta Small, Atlantic City Superintendent of Public Schools is charged with:

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

Additionally, the Mayor of Atlantic City and Atlantic City High School Principal have also been criminally charged with serious child abuse offenses as follows:

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.

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 immediately following being criminally charged by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.

However, the Atlantic City Board of Education has arrogantly and recklessly allowed La’Quetta Small to remain in her position for than a month following her criminal charges being filed.

This creates great liability for the citizen taxpayers of Atlantic City, and, the sending-receiving districts of Ventnor, Margate and Brigantine.

To the credit of Ventnor City Mayor Lance Landgraf, he has stepped-up and challenged the unacceptable circumstances of allowing La’Quetta Small to remain in place as Atlantic City Public Schools Superintendent.

To their supreme discredit, Margate and Brigantine have not said or done anything during this crisis.

The sending districts pay the Atlantic City Board of Education millions of dollars every year.

The sending districts currently have no representation on the Atlantic City Board of Education.

This is another major issue that must be addressed separately.

I have written an extensive article about this crisis and sent it and Mayor Landgraf’s letter directly to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.

If you missed it, here’s link to catch-up.

It has become crystal clear that the City of Atlantic City intends to allow a schools superintendent … who is criminally charged with serious child abuse offenses … to remain in office.

Therefore, Governor Murphy must act now.

It is untenable to allow a superintendent, who is criminally charged with child abuse to have direct pupil contact.

Here is a copy of Mayor Landgraf’s appropriate letter as follows: