Board Member Robert P. Scales, Colts Neck Board of Education

03/19/2026

🇺🇸 Now that I have your attention 🇺🇸

💪🏻 Use that same passion
🗣️ Use those same voices to work together

Colts Neck residents, this is happening right now.

In just the last 2 weeks:
❌ 3 schools closed in Middletown
❌ 1 school closed in Montclair

Why? They ran out of money because their spending on operations and infrastructure expansion was not sustainable. Now the community is left with poor school conditions and teachers will lose their jobs.

Now here at home:
📉 Colts Neck is losing $185,000 in school funding, the highest % cut in NJ
🏠 The state is mandating 875+ new housing units on top of 375 already built
👩‍🎓 Schools are projected to be over capacity by ~450 students
💸 The county and state have nearly doubled your taxes over the last 7 years

Less funding ✖️More students ➕ Higher taxes?
🚫 That equation does not work 🚫

This is not about politics, it’s about:
✅ Common sense
✅ Protecting our schools
✅ Protecting our children
✅ Protecting our community

We need to speak up now before it’s too late.

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Protect Colts Neck Schools, Taxpayers, and Community Stability: Operation District Safeguard

03/05/2026

🇺🇸 We will protect the integrity of this district, so help me God 🇺🇸

RESOLUTION: OPERATION DISTRICT SAFEGUARD

BE IT RESOLVED that the Colts Neck Township Board of Education approve the following resolution:

WHEREAS, the Colts Neck Board of Education Declaring the Start of Operation District Safeguard: A Critical School Capacity Condition and Requesting Municipal, State and Federal Action to Ensure Responsible Growth and Educational Adequacy; and

WHEREAS, the Colts Neck Board of Education (“Board”) is constitutionally charged with providing every resident student with a thorough and efficient education in accordance with Article VIII, Section IV of the New Jersey Constitution and Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes; and

WHEREAS, recent residential development approvals within the Township of Colts Neck have resulted, or are
projected to result, in substantial and sustained enrollment growth that exceeds the design capacity of existing school facilities; and

WHEREAS, overcrowding in classrooms and facilities creates adverse conditions that compromise
instructional quality, student safety, and compliance with state educational standards; and

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the District’s current Long-Range Facilities Plan (LRFP) identifies capacity deficiencies across one or more schools, with no available state funding or bond authorization sufficient to accommodate additional enrollment growth; and

WHEREAS, the Board recognizes that municipal land-use decisions directly affect school district capacity and that coordination between the governing body, the planning board, and the board of education is
essential to safeguard educational quality; and

WHEREAS, the Board supports responsible and sustainable growth that aligns with available infrastructure, transportation, and educational resources, and further acknowledges that continued development without concurrent investment in school capacity will impose untenable fiscal and operational burdens on taxpayers and staff; and

WHEREAS, the Board seeks proactive cooperation with the Township Committee, Planning Board, County
Planning Board, State and Federal agencies to implement interim and long-term measures ensuring that new housing growth does not outpace the school district’s ability to serve its students.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Colts Neck Board of Education hereby:
1. Declares a Critical Capacity Condition within the District, as verified by current enrollment data and facility utilization reports, and directs administration to submit updated findings to the New Jersey Department of Education in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:26.

2. Formally requests that the Township Committee and Planning Board immediately consider a temporary
moratorium or phased scheduling of residential approvals until a coordinated School Impact Plan is
developed.

3. Urges the municipality to adopt or amend its Master Plan and development review procedures to include
educational impact analysis as a required component of all major site plan or subdivision applications.

4. Requests legislative and executive branch action, including review by the Department of Education,
Department of Community Affairs, and Council on Affordable Housing, to ensure that school infrastructure capacity is recognized as a limiting factor in municipal growth obligations.

5. Authorizes the Superintendent and Board Attorney to engage with municipal counsel, planners, and
relevant agencies to pursue joint strategies such as developer impact contributions, age-restricted housing
incentives, or other lawful mechanisms that mitigate educational overcrowding.

6. Directs the Superintendent to prepare quarterly reports on enrollment trends, facility utilization, and class size data, and to make such reports publicly available.

7. Invites and encourages collaboration with community stakeholders, parent associations, regional, state and federal union educational officials to advocate for adequate facilities funding, responsible growth, and preservation of educational quality.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
Copies of this Resolution shall be transmitted to the Township Committee, Planning Board, County
Superintendent of Schools, Commissioner of Education, Secretary of Education,Governor of NJ, Local and Federal legislative representatives, along with supporting documentation outlining current capacity constraints and projected enrollment growth.

Adopted this 4th of March, 2026, by the Colts Neck Board of Education.

01/19/2026

With Vin Gopal’s latest stunt to merge local school districts, it got me thinking, this is not an isolated idea. It is a symptom of a deeper structural issue within his own & New Jersey’s Legislative District 11.

District 11 bundles together communities with fundamentally incompatible views on:
• Local control of education
• Municipal identity
• Property-tax governance
• Growth, density, and state intervention

When representation spans ideologies this far apart, policy becomes blunt. The result is top-down experimentation instead of community-driven solutions.

Rather than forcing policy compromises that satisfy no one, the cleaner solution is structural.

Reassign District 11 Communities to:
• New Jersey Legislative District 13
• New Jersey Legislative District 30

This realignment would:
• Restore philosophical alignment between voters and representatives
• Reinforce local control over schools rather than regional consolidation
• Reduce pressure for one-size-fits-all education policies
• Create clearer accountability at the ballot box

In short, fewer “experiments,” better representation.

Your thoughts Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr. Sen. Robert Singer

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New Jersey has about 600 public school districts. Other states have far fewer, like Florida with 67 school districts, Maryland with 24 and Nevada with 18.

All this could change, thanks to a new bill designed to consolidate school districts. Click here to read more 👉 https://l.nj.com/xucaxw

01/19/2026

Unapologetically Independent. Today is a reminder that an iconic leader does not need to fit inside a box. Our leaders can continue to learn a lot from Dr. King. He was not registered as a Democrat or Republican and deliberately avoided partisan alignment. King believed the civil rights movement needed moral authority and broad appeal, not loyalty to a political party. We would benefit dramatically today from this positioning.

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01/07/2026

If you think that threatening or trying to intimidate is going to stop me from fighting for our children and our district, then think again. I will never waver in providing a voice for the voiceless and I will never stop protecting this district and our children from outside radicals.

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01/07/2026

Looks like our esteemed Senator the Weasel, Lyin’ Vin Gopal can’t count? Get the words Colts Neck out your mouth (insert Will Smith meme) we have over 1,000 students so the bill wouldn’t impact us. Looks like if he can’t control us, he just rather get rid of us? 🤣

🇺🇸This statement is my own and protected by the 1st Amendment, it does not reflect the views of the board as a whole🇺🇸

New Jersey has about 600 public school districts. Other states have far fewer, like Florida with 67 school districts, Maryland with 24 and Nevada with 18.

All this could change, thanks to a new bill designed to consolidate school districts. Click here to read more 👉 https://l.nj.com/xucaxw

01/05/2026

Below are the targeted districts and estimated enrollment here in Monmouth County. A one-size-fits all approach to this will not work, and I call upon Senator Vin Gopal to do the right thing and put a vote in front of the people who’s districts may be impacted, not a forced backroom weaseling under the dark of night.

Oceanport School District
570 students
Belmar Elementary School District
405 students
Brielle Boro School District
484 students
Bradley Beach School District
196 students
Avon Boro School District
119 students
Farmingdale School District
163 students
Neptune City School District
272 students
Spring Lake School District
142 students
Atlantic Highlands School District
246 students

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News News: New Jersey lawmakers are considering a bill that could consolidate hundreds of the state’s school districts without requiring parental approval. The l.

12/31/2025

Happy New Year. What did you accomplish in 2025? A light year for the Colts Neck Board of Education 🤣, this is what transparency, progress and proactive governance looks like! Congratulations to my colleagues on one of the most successful and comprehensive years in district history. Cheers to a fruitful and prosperous 2026.

- One of the only districts in NJ with No Tax Increase, $0 and 0% year over year.
- Awarded Purple Star status for all schools and district.
- Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon official visit.
- Actionable planning and impact analysis of overdevelopment on our school district.
- Creation of the Parental Bill of Rights.
- Live-streaming of board meetings.
- Added a 2nd public comment section during public meetings.
- District Monthly Newsletter.
- Expanded Parental Advisory Committee.
- National anthem during morning exercises.
- Instituted United States Flag Code at all properties.
- Title IX Resolution, protecting women in sports, honored by President Trump.
- Affordable Housing Resolution.
- NJDOH Vaccine Resolution.
- Protection of Homeschooled student-athlete participation.
- Awarded two-seats on the Town Planning Board, Affordable Housing Sub-Committee.
- Creation of the Ad-Hoc Affordable Housing Committee.
- Outboard Cameras installed on all school busses.
- Launch of ESIP program, LED lighting, Advanced HVAC & solar power.
- Creation of Scan & Shelf library.
- Creation of Student liaison program.
- Added NWSE board liaison.
- Instituted age appropriate Holocaust education and assembly.
- Instituted age appropriate September 11th education and assembly with tunnel for towers.
- Administered the Being-A-Writer Program
- Administered Practice Math workbooks for 3rd - 5th grade
- Applied ST Math & Touch Math programs.

12/30/2025

With the latest Somali daycare and covid fraud, we need to be honest about a hard truth. America has built enormous government-run benefit programs that bleed money through waste, weak controls, and preventable improper payments. And when you are moving trillions, even “small” error rates turn into big taxpayer pain. You can still care about people and also call out your own party that it simply is not working.

The pattern across major programs, huge spending and weak guardrails

Minnesomalia Fraud
- $8 Billion and counting…
- Total GDP for Somali as a country? Only $13 Billion… Let that sink in.

Medicare (traditional Fee-for-Service)
- FY2024 improper payment rate of 7.66%, estimated at $31.7B. 

Medicare Advantage (Part C)
- FY2024 improper payment error rate of 5.61%, estimated gross payments in error of about $19.07B. 

Medicaid
- FY2024 improper payment rate of 5.09%, estimated at $31.10B. 

Obamacare (ACA) Marketplace subsidies
- Fraud risks have persisted for years and, in its more recent work, showed weaknesses in enrollment controls where fictitious applicants were able to obtain subsidized coverage. 

- 275,000 complaints (Jan to Aug 2024) involving people reporting they were enrolled or had plans changed without consent, which can drive wasteful subsidy spending and consumer harm. 

The “monetary failure” side: long-term solvency and structural stress

Even when benefits are popular, math still matters.
- Part A trust fund will be depleted in 2033, meaning incoming revenue would cover less than full scheduled benefits absent changes. 

If a private company ran programs with tens of billions in improper payments each year, the board would replace leadership, rebuild controls, and demand results. Government should not get a pass just because the checks are bigger and the forms have more acronyms. “Trust us” is not a control, and taxpayers are not an unlimited line of credit. (If they were, my inbox would be much happier.)

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12/28/2025

I am told time and time again that I “politicize my position and have an agenda” but yet no one can tell me what my “agenda” is. But what I can do, is show you what a Board of Education is up against. Here is the last month of legislation in NJ. So I ask you, who has the “agenda?”

Just scratching the surface here and a clear ideological pattern emerges….

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S-2380 / A-1657 – Expanded Mental Health Referrals in Schools

This bill expands state involvement in children’s mental health while weakening parental authority and oversight. It shifts decision-making away from families and toward government-approved providers, reinforcing the belief that the state knows better than parents when it comes to a child’s well-being.

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A-1813 / S-3372 – E-Smoking Delivery Restrictions

Rather than enforcing existing age-restriction laws, this bill adds another layer of regulation and compliance mandates on businesses. It reflects the progressive tendency to regulate first, ask questions later, and treat personal responsibility as a secondary concern.

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A-1997 / S-2867 – State-Run Tutoring Registry

This creates a state-curated list of “approved” education support, subtly crowding out private and independent providers. It reinforces the belief that education solutions should be centrally managed instead of locally driven or parent-selected.

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A-3340 / S-1763 – Expanded Home Instruction Certifications

By broadening who can mandate home instruction, the bill increases medical and bureaucratic discretion over school attendance. It reflects a progressive bias toward professional authority and administrative control over parental judgment.

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S-984 – School Drinking Water Notification Expansion

Transparency sounds great until it becomes regulatory overreach that fuels fear without context. This bill mandates rapid public alerts that can alarm parents before technical issues are resolved, aligning with a governance style that prioritizes optics and activism over measured response.

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S-1188 – Behavioral Health Consent at Age 14

This is one of the clearest examples. It lowers the age of medical consent while bypassing parents entirely. The ideological foundation is that minors should have autonomy from families and that state-endorsed healthcare decisions should override parental involvement.

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S-1441 – School Plastics Upcycling Grant Program

This bill turns schools into vehicles for climate activism, not education. It reflects the progressive belief that public institutions should actively promote environmental ideology, even when academic outcomes and cost effectiveness are secondary concerns.

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Immigrant Trust Act (S-3672 / A-4987)

This limits cooperation with federal immigration authorities, prioritizing ideological resistance over rule of law. It embodies the progressive position that state governments should openly counter federal enforcement when it conflicts with activist goals.

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Voter Empowerment Act (S-3009 / A-4083)

While framed as access, the bill removes safeguards and dilutes election integrity measures. It aligns with a progressive strategy that treats any barrier, including basic verification, as suppression.

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Climate Superfund Act (S-3545 / A-4696)

This retroactively assigns financial blame to energy companies for broad climate impacts, embracing punitive redistribution and government-directed funds over market solutions or innovation.

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Gender-Affirming and Reproductive Care Protections (S-3491 / A-4656, S-3452 / A-4601)

These bills codify ideology into healthcare law, shield providers from oversight, eliminate cost-sharing regardless of conscience or belief, and centralize moral decision-making at the state level rather than within families or faith communities.

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This lame duck session was not about moderation or balance. It was about locking in progressive priorities before voters get another say. Bigger government, weaker parental rights, heavier regulation, and ideology embedded into public institutions.

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