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My name is Brooke Richards-Patterson. 8,033 Old Bridge residents have spoken. I’ve been elected for Old Bridge Board of Education 2026’s three year term.
I’ve been an Old Bridge resident for 13 years. I have two children, a daughter who recently graduated Nursing school - having started in Old Bridge schools in fourth grade - and I have a son, who’s been in the school system since kindergarten. He is in middle school.
For as long as I’ve been a parent, I’ve been very hands-on with my kids & feel I’ve been called to be a part of something greater. 
We need to raise the bar. The stakes are high.
Before schools shut down, I never questioned the decisions made by the Board of Ed.
All of that changed when the pandemic impacted our schools, and I am certain that is the case for a large base of parents with kids in the school system.
It’s to the point where we don’t have a say in what our children are exposed to or how they are learning. The state’s impact on children & teaching methods were not entirely considered. 
We aren’t being directly informed, from curriculum to program cuts, to budgeting setbacks.  
It’s time to involve parents more in how we manage policies, budget, & education. We need more families involved.
People have spread rumors/censored my supporters & me on social media platforms.
It makes you wonder what information they don’t want the public to know (especially when the platform admins have been BOE members or head of PTA’s).
We moved to Old Bridge for its educational rewards. It’s what I hope to remain proud of. 
I want to implement conduct policy, from public meetings, executive sessions, & social media. 
This may not be a paid job, but it is a serious job.
The divisiveness has gone too far. 
I’d love to come together & learn from one another, creating the most welcoming, efficient environment for our school districts.
What you see is what you get. This is a three-year, volunteer commitment and I take this job just as seriously as parenting my own children. 
My values don’t waiver. 
My priorities involve more direct contact when visiting serious matters, preserving youth innocence while still being respectful of diverse individuals & families-being part of every financial decision.
We need to preserve our programs as best as possible, being responsible with spending.
This means we need to get in the trenches with faculty also.
Every faculty member deserves to love coming to work & not feel a wall between them & families.
My goal is to address the learning loss from school shut downs. I’ve witnessed faculty members express the challenges of teaching hands-on learning from their living rooms. How about circling back and ensuring children have absorbed the studying practices they needed to help them flourish through each grade?
We need to care more about this, the emotional well-being of our students, & less about allowing age-inappropriate curricula & p0rnography to access our children.
I’ve gone to Trenton, fighting for budget transparency & parental rights.
Did you know that you don’t require any exam to pass summer school?Testing needs to be included or else summer school is a waste.
Earlier this year, I was able to help the BOE come to a decision to close one summer school (shaving $24k in costs). 2026 will involve charging parents (not taxpayers) for this. An exit exam would be my last push on this piece.
Do you know that grants run out and then we pay the bills for the programs they started for us?
Do you know devices most of us have at home cost taxpayers $3M? No more grant. 
They haven’t proven to benefit absorption over pen-to-paper learning.
All three incumbents voted YES to raising your taxes by $23Million, with no longterm plan.
 It is time for REAL CHANGE.
Election Day was November 4th. Thank you for voting for me and for your continued support!
Brooke Richards-Patterson, for Old Bridge BOE: Common Sense Values.
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