About time. Now he can go wreck some other district, but hopefully they'll google his name before trying to hire him.

Hopefully, anyone who had anything to do with that ridiculous contract also will submit their resignation.

Also, why did Holly Morell vote "no" on one of the resolutions? Her comment about "was not right for me" is not exactly a detailed explanation.

This has been a very painful time for Fort Lee. I hope we can now get together and support the board and the interim as a community so that the school system can move forward.

The only way the system could be "hopelessly slanted toward the special interest groups within this system under the guise of children's best interest" is if our elected representatives to allow this to happen. If that is the view of some on the board, then they should resign, too, right along with Engravalle. Anyone who is even slightly aware of things happening in the school system knows that many on this board were responsible for hiring this Superintendent against the wishes of many in the community which led to a lot of back door business - no transparency here. In fact, the President of the board - who sent his child out of district - left shortly after this vote. So let's begin with real transparency. We, the Fort Lee taxpayer, are going to pay the $66K to Engravalle so why is there secrecy to what it is for? Let's try something new - transparency where it is the parents and taxpayers - the people that do care about the children and their education - get to know everything and have their knowledgeable representatives at the table when these things are discussed, considered and voted on. Wow, now that would truly be a new beginning for our children!

$66,624 in severance for a job he held for only 9 months, and didn't show up for 6! I understand they were afraid of lawsuits, but I do not understand why they paid him anything other than the 2 weeks you get at any other job. He stopped showing up, and stopped doing his job with either false, or no excuses. If you can't get rid of someone for that without paying them tens of thousands of dollars, what can you get rid of them for? That could have paid for so many things: teacher's aids, computers, sports equipment, extra curricular activities, AP classes, etc. So many of these things we are asking students to pay out of pocket for. The public education system process of hiring and firing ineffective superintendents is clearly broken.

Engravalle is mocking everyone to the end when he posted this morning on twitter: "Who dares, wins".He is laughing all the way to the bank.

I wonder what/who the next target will be ? Some of these people aren't happy unless they are complaining about something. Gotta love the "community activists".

Though I am not happy with the education my children are currently getting, I can't blame the Superintendent for it.

$ 66k is the price we pay for a poorly prepared contract by a BOE attorney, approved by Board members and the County BOE! If this was a standard contract, then the standard has to change for the future.
The current Board did what was necessary to move forward. Fort Lee was in stasis; we needed to move forward. It was the only escape from a very tragic situation.

Judging by the vote I would say Holly and Joe voted no because OF the payout. Maybe they didn't want to pay that amount and that's why their vote went that way. I can't believe that either of them said no because they were hoping to keep Mr Engravalle on as the Superintendent. The system is broken as Jimmy said last night but as one slogan reads..... Think Globally... Act Locally . This applies here, we can fix our part o the system with hopes of continued growth and example setting. The board has already begun its action with lots on deck. With this over focus can continue on everything else. Good luck to the BOE.

The board itself is it's own mess that needs to be cleaned up first. The next time use a search firm to evaluate people don't just hire them and ignore their suggestions. In Engravalle's case looking at his LinkedIn account it would have been easy to see how little time he spent at any of his other endeavors, and maybe reading and checking on his resume. In the meanwhile $67K in severance might as well have tossed the money down a storm sewer. And we have a rushed decision on school security that Engravalle instituted after he came back from his time off.

I think the Board of Ed.was as transparent as possible and cut their losses efficiently.
I am quite impressed with the Board Members, and realize human beings make mistakes and sometimes pay for them. Mr. Park appears to bring a sensible, caring point of view to his position, and Levine (i heard) had a child who needed services in another district. However, he stayed on to do his duty. I'm not sure who the special interest groups are, although I'd like to know. I think it is transparency that we know "the deal", the contract was broken and that was the outcome. It seems to me that sharing details have legal implications. I don't think this Engravalle saga is a tragic situation. No tears will be shed and now there is closure. Hopefully the DOE and attorney will learn from their costly mistakes.

Is this pending approval process a new thing?

Who do you think wrote that comment for Jimmy Park?

I think the DOE did a decent job rectifying a mistake that could have been prevented. I'm not sure who these special interests groups are that were responsible for poor judgement regarding hiring and for the contract of Engravalle. This idea of Special interest groups warrants more investigation.The idea that Mr. Levine, the former President left after his vote with shame or blame was not what I thought to be common knowledge , that his child needed special services and he served here in her absence. Is it a conspiracy or a mistake. I don't think it's a tragic. No tears will be shed.Even though this blunder appears to be the FLBOE and it's members I am impressed with the board, including Mr. Park as he has a reflective way of leading that sets a comfortable tone. There is a lot to be learned for the board, the attorney and the parents/public from this debacle. It seems that the mistakes were quite transparent. I feel relieved that Superman can take flight!

First, I am glad to see Steve leave, it will be good for the community and the kids in the longrun.
to Robert: Don't confuse the issue. Martha did not appoint anyone to anything so asking her to explain is like asking you to explain anything that Obama has done, it is not relevant to our current situation.
Engravalle has resigned, NOW, where is Lupino's resignation letter? Apparently he is not coming to any more meetings.
When I was on the Board, they hated me because I wanted to discuss most things in public because I believed that was the way it should be done. we had a great Lawyer named Joe Skelly who told me what was legally ok to talk about. There is too much secrecy on this Board, they should share more info. Remember some of these folks appointed Engravelle.

Sorry to be repetitive, I did not think my first comment was posted, so i wrote again., OOPS

To Robert: Because you are an anonymous person and a coward hiding behind a first name who no one here knows, this will be my last communication with you. Come out of the closet and give your real name then, what you say will be accountable to you. Notice that I will not address anything that the late Billy Mays says because he is also a coward to use its real name. so, until you do, I will just assume that you are a Democrat clinger-on trying to win favor with the current administration.
I will advise you that the Republican Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the Fort Lee VFW Hall on Center Ave, Fort Lee. Any questions you may have can be addressed in person with any person which you may have an issue, except me. I am on vacation until May 3.
Until you step up and identify yourself, I will ignore anything you post and I advise all others to pay you no mind, you do not exist.

Now that we have gotten rid of Mr.Engravelle , let us hope that the BOE finds a strong and competent leader for our school system. Do not repeat the mistakes from the recent past and yes make the board more transparent . My only fear that Fort Lee has become such a joke that any quality superintendent will not want to come here. Remember that the superintendent should run the school system and not the BOE but the board should advise and be a partner with the next school chief. Let's give the BOE a chance to to their job and if they don't next election vote for someone else. PS., please write a contract that puts the students and the Fort Lee taxpayers first instead of the superintendent.

can we get kravitz back???

To anyone goggling the name of Engravalle with regards to doing business with him in the future, please note that he has been a loser and a liar and a opportunist. Loser -- He has no doctorate, his school is one that exists only on the internet. He was no skill in dealing with groups of people, like a school board. He deals with problems by not showing up -- taking sick leave until it runs out. Liar -- He was not married to the woman he claims was his wife. Opportunist -- rather than quit like a "man" with a moral compass he spent most of his tenure doing two things -- attending school conferences (off site and at the expense of the school board) in anticipation of his new career path direction and negotiating an early termination of his contract. Summation -- a carpetbagger in the worst version of the word's definition. Don't hire him!! Don't do business with him!!

yet on his twitter, he says that the board and the public don't work for the kids. Um... you don't work at all!

Boy Frank is starting to Sound like Paula Colbath!

Oh Gene you are the genius who is a Real Estate Broker in Ft Lee and tells his clients (if he has any) the schools are horrible. I bet by now you need a loan to feed your family . Getting rid of me will not prevent you from making anymore stupid comments , or I would leave .

Let's all really remember and promise to remember the pedestal that our beloved, self-righteous governor put SE on - do not have a short memory folks.