I have NO desire to donate any monies to either organization, but it seems we, as taxpayers, do not have a choice.
I am a teacher in Lodi, I am required by law to be trained in HIB, I must take a day/days for that training. I am being paid for the day/days under "professional training" according to my contract. (taxpayer pays).
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I enroll in the HIB class through Ciofalo at the Lodi Boys & Girls Club. I pay $99.00 or more to Ciofalo's company, but I get reimbursed for those fees by the Lodi Board of Ed. or use a Purchase Order, either way the taxpayer ends up paying.
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Some of us do remember the "Cash at the Door" that was once advertised.
Ciofalo takes his companies portion of that fee, and turns (proceeds) the rest over to the Lodi Boys & Girls Club) and those "proceeds" are placed in Lodi Boys & Girls Club or the LodiCares.org "revenue account" how much exactly, is unknown. (NOTE: Non-profit Officers, Directors, Trustees and Employees can be compensated.)
Although the Lodi Boys & Girls Club receives Federal, State, County GRANT monies, their books, as a non-profit, are not open to the public. Their IRS 990 forms can found online.
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| DO THEY REALLY NEED MY DONATION/TAX DOLLARS? |
According to the Lodicares.org website, "Lodi CARES is 100% volunteer-operated
100% of your donation supports our mission", but most of it's executives are part of the Lodi Board of Education and Lodi Boys & Girls Club. Ciofalo is also the Vice-President/ Executive Board of Lodicares.org
BOARD OF EDUCATION:
Members - January, 2015
President Joseph Licata/LODI BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
Vice-President Nicholas Vara
Members Jeffrey Telep
Carole D'Amico
Robert Marra
Philip Carbonetti
Michael Nardino/ LODI BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
Jonathan Carafa
Dominic Miller/ LODI BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
http://www.lodicares.org/about-us.html
Jamie Edward Ciofalo and his wife Alicia are employed by the Lodi Board of Education, with substantial salaries. Jamie recently received a promotion with a salary increase.
http://php.app.com/NJpublicemployees14/results.php?lastn=ciofalo&firstn=&location=%25&countyname=Bergen&fundname=%25&Submit=Search
In case you are new to Lodi, not only is Ciofalo employed by the Board of Education, he is the President of the Lodi Boys & Girls Club, and Vice President of LodiCares.
Ciofalo also runs these businesses out of the Lodi Boys & Girls Club, also known as the Educator's Training Institute - Boys & Girls Club of Lodi ...
http://jamieciofalo.brandyourself.com/
http://www.edjobspot.com/bgclodi
http://www.365k12.com/
http://www.eportfoliok12.com/
http://www.edjobspot.com/
www.edtraining.org
www.poweredpro.com
https://twitter.com/power_education
http://hibreporting.com/teamhibster/
Ciofalo's latest endeavor, is an author. Wonder how many students will have to purchase his book? Or will the Lodi BOE make it part of the curriculum? The taxpayers pay for school books, right?
http://www.haleyhousebooks.com/haley-house-authors
How does Ciofalo run all of theses businesses, hold a full-time position at School, authors books….wow. IS HE RUNNING THESE BUSINESSES ON BOROUGH TIME, OR ON BOROUGH COMPUTERS? Others have also been wondering. The following are examples of what information was found.
According to one of Ciofalo's ads.....
He held a class on May 15, 2014 at the Lodi Boys & Girls Club gym, and was paid for a "Professional Day" by us taxpayers. He was NOT there to learn something, he was there as a BUSINESS OWNER, teaching a class.
On his business twitter feed, he thanks people for attending his classes. This is being allowed by the Superintendent of the Lodi School District, The Bergen County & State of New Jersey Departments of Education. AND BEING DONE AT THE TAXPAYERS EXPENSE.
No wonder our schools are best in the state.
Do any of Ciofalo's businesses pay these fees to the Lodi Boys & Girls Club, or do we taxpayers get a discount?
And of course EVERY month the Lodi Boys & Girls club gets even MORE tax dollars....
This is Lodi, NJ.