Eastwood blocks Mauro's emails, further stifles freedom of speech

"I question the authority of Dr. Eastwood to block my emails from the district's public email system, and I'm outraged by his unilateral action without consulting the board of education. Dr. Eastwood is currently being counter-sued by me for attempting to use a frivolous lawsuit to intimidate my freedom of speech. In addition, Dr. Eastwood is also being sued by Mr. Francis Hoefer for his role in blocking his ability to speak at the public portion of a school district meeting. Dr. Eastwood's recent action appears to be a further attempt to silence criticism of him and his administration."

Mauro hails victorious in case filed by Carol Gillen

In a stunning blow to the attempts by some community members to cause disruption for board of education members, the case filled by Carol Gillen, a negative thorn in the side of the board, has been dismissed, again. After the initial appeal to have Dr. Mauro removed was dismissed, Gillen, who could not accept defeat, appealed the verdict, only to have it dismissed again. In an email statement released shortly after the ruling was announced, Dr. Mauro said the following:

" I have been informed today that the commissioner has refused to reopen
her case against me. His action is the final chapter in this matter. I
always have questioned her motivation for initiating this legal action, and
believe that she was advised wrongly to start these proceedings."

Hopefully the remaining hate-filled community members will learn a lesson from this and stop their polarizing actions. Maybe now we can move forward in the hopes of bettering the lives of our most precious asset: our children.

Delay of new school caused in part by Eastwood's reluctance to meet with Mayor

If Dr. Kenneth Eastwood had his way he would like to blame the delay of the new elementary school a a few "dissidents" of anyone who doesn't agree with his viewpoints. The truth, however, is that the delay can be in part contributed to the fact that Dr. Eastwood has yet to meet with Middletown mayor Joe DeStefano about the sewage issue. In fact, he's refused to do so. Why? Perhaps it's because he knows the city has a good case?

In any event, the issue at hand is clear: the current sewage line is at full capacity and the building of a new school would jeopardize the current system to the point that raw sewage would leak into the homes of those who live in close proximity to the new elementary school. If you don't live in the area you probably don't care if raw sewage ends up in someone else's backyard, but if you do live in the area, is that what you want? We didn't think so.

So whose responsibility is it to upgrade the system? Mayor DeStefano says the answer is the school district. He has said that if any private developer wanted to conduct the same project, the responsibility would fall on their shoulders to make the necessary repairs. So why is this case any different?

Because Dr. Kenneth Eastwood said so.

"Inside Middletown" Debuts on YouTube

We at "Inside Middletown Schools" are pleased to announce that we have created a page on the social media site YouTube. By doing this, we are enabling the public at large to be aware of the "going on's" of the Middletown Board of Education as it relates to video recordings. We are also creating this page to respond to the numerous videos uploaded against members of the Board and its biased content -- now both sides of the story can be aired. To access the YouTube videos you can either type in a search or go directly to the page by visiting: http://www.youtube.com/user/InsideMiddletown