{"id":39103,"date":"2018-09-04T20:52:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T00:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/?p=39103"},"modified":"2019-10-29T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:08:00","slug":"sera-simpson-accused-of-brigantine-school-funding-scam-plan-to-shutter-popular-sea-tots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/sera-simpson-accused-of-brigantine-school-funding-scam-plan-to-shutter-popular-sea-tots\/","title":{"rendered":"Sera & Simpson Accused of Brigantine School Funding Scam, Plan to Shutter Popular Sea-Tots?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BrigantineNOW learned of another, sad story of Brigantine Green Head Politics in action. The following post comes from comments posted here<\/a> on Sept 4, 2018.<\/p>\n

Here are some excerpts, lightly edited for clarity:<\/p>\n

Hello, my name is William Kuchinsky. My wife Joanne and I own Sea Tot\u2019s Early learning Center. Sea Tot\u2019s has been in business since 1991. In July, the interim superintendent for Brigantine Schools, came to Joanne to discuss her plans to offer full-day preschool for three and four year olds.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Capelluti informed Joanne that she was applying for a state grant to pay for the program, but really didn\u2019t care if she had a preschool. Capelluti offered to send the three year old students to Sea Tots. However, we would have to limit enrollment to fifteen children. There were no guarantees on the number Capelluti would send.<\/p>\n

Sea Tots would be required to hire certified teachers, and offer bloated salaries and full benefits, comparable to Brigantine North School.<\/p>\n

The hours of operation would also have to be the same as North School. That would leave working parents of Brigantine without any daycare before or after school hours, school holidays, snow days, teacher conventions, and summer time.<\/p>\n

Bad deal for parents and every Brigantine taxpayer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sea Tots operates from 7:30 to 5:30 Mon-Fri, all year long. We’re the only service in Brigantine for working parents. The NJ State Grant that Capelluti applied for, is only good for one year. She (Capelluti) used our business name, without our permission, on the application… implying she was partnering with Sea Tots. ( SEE APPLICATION BELOW )<\/strong><\/p>\n

This NJ State Grant requires a pre-school enrollment of almost 60 children. We\u2019ve been told she intends to bus preschoolers from the Atlantic City Headstart program. They have a big waiting list for their own schools.<\/p>\n

The reason I want to inform Brigantine taxpayers about this….is…… as we all know, Brigantine North School is already a top heavy, bloated salary, money hole.<\/p>\n

Brigantine already has a school enrollment, (financed) by the huge base of taxpayers (2nd homeowners) who don\u2019t use North School.<\/p>\n

Educational ratings for Brigantine North School are poor. Teacher ratings are worse.<\/h2>\n

When state funding for this program dries up, guess who\u2019s going to pay? The Brigantine taxpayers. Editors note: Many are on a fixed income. Many are 2nd homeowners that can’t vote in Brigantine.<\/em><\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: Simpson and Sera’s Brigantine School Scam<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Brigantine School Board is ‘all in’ for this program. Voting on everything…with no public awareness.<\/p>\n

There will be an informational meeting on Thursday, Sept. 6 at 6pm in the Elementary cafetorium. Parents are very upset about losing the daycare service Sea Tots offer.<\/p>\n

We attended a second meeting with Capelluti at North School. We left thinking, ‘what a scam’.<\/p>\n