RECALL
DANIELLE BELLOMO.
UPDATE ON THE RECALL &
NEW ETHICS COMPLAINT
First, recall status.
Our effort is ongoing. We are targeting November 18, 2025 to begin petition circulation, subject to statutory steps. Under New Jersey’s Uniform Recall Election Law, (1) a recall election may be held only after the official has served one year of the term; (2) before collecting signatures the sponsors must file a notice of intention and obtain approval; and (3) once the petition is approved for circulation, the committee has 160 days to collect signatures equal to 25% of registered voters in the jurisdiction (as of the general election preceding the filing of the notice).
Practically, our planned November 18, 2025, launch aligns with the legal sequence above; the precise start date for circulating petitions depends on when the notice of intention is reviewed and approved.
Now, about the ethics complaint.
While recall preparations continue, we are also moving forward with an ethics complaint concerning alleged violations of the New Jersey School Ethics Act and the Code of Ethics for School Board Members (N.J.S.A. 18A:12-24.1). Approximately 20 Marlboro community members intend to co-sign a complaint to the School Ethics Commission before the close of September.
A brief summary of the alleged violations within the past 180 days is available below. If you wish to add your name as a co-signer, please complete the form linked below. To be included in the initial filing and meet the statutory filing window, please submit your name by September 20, 2025.
New Jersey regulations generally require filing within 180 days of when the conduct became known (or reasonably knowable) to the complainant. Please add your name as a co-signer by September 20, 2025, so we can finalize the packet within the 180-day window.
Alleged Violations of the School Board Code of Ethics (N.J.S.A. 18A:12-24.1)
Below are the provisions we believe were violated, with examples (verbatim where quoted). Citations to the statute are included for clarity.
Why it matters: Individual members may not act as the board or invite workarounds to the established chain.
Examples:
- Directing constituent routing to herself: “If community members are concerned and reached out and have been told ‘I will call you’ instead of getting a written response to your concerns can you please reach out to me.”
- Private fundraising framed as board-related action: “I will be attending the training and using the remainder of the funds to restore integrity and ethical and moral responsibility to this board of education and district.”
- Operational involvement cast as personal authority: She said she “personally inspected and advised on facility upgrades.”
These behaviors also implicate (j) (referral of complaints) and (d) (not administering schools), below.
(f) Independent judgment; resist partisan/special-interest pressure
“I will refuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest or partisan political groups or to use the schools for personal gain or for the gain of friends.”
Why it matters: Board business must not be framed or driven by partisan litmus tests.
Examples:
- “I’m Danielle Bellomo, because I stand for Conservative values they shut me out.”
- “The 5 liberal school board members are actively destroying our schools” and “implementing crazy things under a lot of smoke and mirrors.”
- The Board President pushes “highly political agendas in my kids schools.”
- Current Board members were “recruited by the liberal backed organization run by Michael Gottesman that placed the 5 incredibly destructive board members into their seats.”
- Fellow members are “aligned with the progressive group Every Seat Filled, led by Democratic operative Michael Gottesman.”
Note: Mrs. Bellomo is also a member of the Monmouth County Mom’s for Liberty Chapter and actively involved in the New Jersey Project, two organizations classified as politically motivated hate groups. Information on these affiliations is forthcoming.
(g) Accuracy & confidentiality
“I will hold confidential all matters… [and] provide accurate information and, in concert with my fellow board members, interpret to the staff the aspirations of the community for its school.”
Why it matters: Public statements that materially conflict with the district’s official records (menus, curriculum, minutes, procurement) can violate the accuracy duty.
Examples:
- Referendum vendor (also implicates (e)/(d)):
- Board members Chad Hyett and Jenna Corraro “hand picked” Laura Bishop Communications to “bypass the need for an RFP process by 4,000.”
- “SOMEONE really didn’t want to go out for RFP.”
- “This PR stunt will cost the district well into the 6 figures,” including “social media ads and pizza box stickers.”
- “Depletion of capital reserve and 10000 percent some kind of kick back scheme.”
- “The referendum will be piled high with additional spends and asks.”
- State oversight/mandates:
- “The NJDOE doesn’t ‘find’ districts. That’s bullshit. They are being asked to come in and influence our students and schools.”
- Board leadership have been “sold out to the NJDOE,” have “invited bureaucrats into the very fabric of our schools… pushing mandates we never voted for.”
- Student services:
- Members “are here with a mission to give every kid a diagnosis, and a prescription.”
- Breakfast menu:
- Claimed the new menu contains “prepackaged sticky buns, cinnamon buns, sugary yogurts, and sugary fruit cups,” which conflicts with the published Nutrislice menu for the relevant dates. You can find that here.
- Curriculum:
- Claimed “teaching the proper name of genitalia was never in the curriculum and was inserted by new leadership,” despite prior standards including the content (historically untaught but present in the guide/standards).
- “This did not come on a QSAC report. There is no QSAC report. this came from weird adults pushing a sexual agenda on our youngest students.”
(i) Support and protect personnel
“I will support and protect school personnel in proper performance of their duties.”
Why it matters: Publicly alleging dishonesty or “tailored” accounts by administrators without substantiation undermines staff.
Examples:
- Administration is gaslighting parents, and “with every phone call there is a tailored version of events.”
- The Board Attorney and Superintendent “gets paid by the board majority, same goes for the rest of the administration.”
(j) Refer complaints to the chief administrative officer
“I will refer all complaints to the chief administrative officer and will act on the complaints at public meetings only after failure of an administrative solution.”
Why it matters: Moving complaints directly to public discourse (social media, call-to-action posts) before engaging the Superintendent violates the referral rule.
Examples:
- Generated public outrage over the new breakfast menu without first referring the complaint to the Superintendent.
- Regarding the second-grade health curriculum: “This isn’t gossip. It was right here in writing. And while it was caught before it happened, the bigger question is: Why was it ever on the schedule at all?”
- Call-to-action post: “I urge all parents to ask administrators and board leadership why not all board of education members were aware of this change.”
Additional provisions likely apply.
(d) Do not administer the schools
“I will carry out my responsibility, not to administer the schools, but, together with my fellow board members, to see that they are well run.”
Why it matters: Board members have no jurisdiction over day-to-day or any school management or operations.
Examples:
- Statements about having “personally inspected and advised on facility upgrades” and similar operational involvement fit here.
(c) Confine board action to policymaking, planning & appraisal
“I will confine my board action to policymaking, planning, and appraisal, and… help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them.”
Why it matters: Extending authority beyond elected duty and creating policies without community input is strictly prohibited.
Examples:
- Using individual platforms to direct implementation or cast operational accusations (rather than working through policy and agenda) implicates this clause.
WHAT WE NEED FROM COSIGNERS AND VOLUNTEERS.
We are currently transcribing Board meetings to deliver on-the-record violations during an open public meeting. If you have screenshots or meeting timestamps for any quote above, send the file name/time plus the matching official record (menu page, curriculum PDF/minutes, purchasing documents).
Add your name by September 20, 2025 to be included in the mid-September filing within the 180-day window. We will reach out to collect signatures.
Danielle Bellomo becomes eligible for recall from the Marlboro Board of Education on January 7, 2026. The process begins on November 18, 2025.
In accordance with New Jersey law, Board of Education member Danielle Bellomo becomes eligible for recall on January 7, 2026. The formal process to initiate this recall can begin 50 days prior, on November 18, 2025.
If you would like your name included on the list of initial petition signers, please sign up now to be notified when the petition opens.
In the meantime, a recall committee will be established to keep the community informed about the reasons Mrs. Bellomo should be removed from office and the steps ahead.
WHY A RECALL?
Danielle Bellomo has repeatedly demonstrated that she is unfit to serve the best interests of Marlboro Township Public Schools. A recall is necessary to restore integrity, professionalism, and student-focused leadership to our Board. Among the many documented reasons for this action:
- She treats the Board as a political launchpad. Just three months into her term, Danielle filed to run for Monmouth County Clerk, an office that would require her to vacate her Board seat. She lost the primary decisively, but the message was clear: her ambitions come before her responsibilities to our students and families. However, that’s not the end of her political ambitions. It’s being reported that she’s considering a NJ-03 Congressional bid.
- Divisive politics are on full display. She publicly brands herself as a “Republican board member with Republican values” – a wholly inappropriate stance given that the Board of Education is a nonpartisan body meant to operate free from political agendas.
- She votes against the interests of our schools. Danielle has consistently voted against essential budget and policy items, choosing political theater over student progress. Her grandstanding caters to a narrow base, not the broader community she was elected to serve.
- She disrupts and divides. Her conduct during Board meetings has been unprofessional and combative. She has withheld important information from fellow members, blocked access to professional development, and publicly stated opposition to equitable education, a core principle of public schooling.
- She spreads misinformation. As an appointed curriculum committee member, she admitted to not reading the curriculum she criticized, falsely claiming it contained “inappropriate content.” That falsehood eroded public trust and misrepresented our schools. She also freely spreads misinformation about fellow Board members and their intentions.
- She damages the district’s reputation. Through inflammatory social media posts and baseless attacks on fellow Board members, administrators, and educators, Danielle has brought unnecessary negative attention to Marlboro schools. Her reckless behavior and disregard for the duties of her position has led to negative press, dragging Marlboro into an unneeded circus
It’s time for leadership that puts students first.
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MORE INFORMATION.
SAY HELLO TO DANIELLE.
Danielle Bellomo claims her top qualifications are being a “volunteer” and a “mother.” She brands herself as the lone defender of parental rights and the sole voice for conservative values on the Marlboro Township Board of Education.
But watch a Board meeting, and the reality becomes clear: chaos, confrontation, and personal agendas over student outcomes. Her version of “leadership” is more about performance than progress – more about sowing division than serving families.
Marlboro deserves better than political theater masquerading as public service.
ABHORRENT BEHAVIOR.
Don’t take our word for it – watch the tapes. In meeting after meeting, Danielle Bellomo puts her real values on full display: grandstanding, finger-pointing, and turning every discussion into a spectacle. It’s not leadership. It’s performance politics at the expense of our students. And these are just only a few examples.
POLITICAL GRANDSTANDING.
WAIT, THERE’S MORE.
Danielle has a habit of bending the truth to suit her agenda. Just six days after the November 2024 election, she filed police charges against a fellow board member – accusing them of stealing campaign signs that had been removed from public property for recycling. Now she denies ever filing the complaint. But the police body cam footage says otherwise. When caught in a lie, Danielle doesn’t come clean – she doubles down.
Danielle loves to shout about fiscal responsibility – until it’s time to practice it. This is how she actually spends your tax dollars: wasting public resources and dragging the police into her personal vendettas.
We're not done yet.
BELITTLING COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
Danielle doesn’t just disagree – she demeans. Time and again, she belittles colleagues, disrespects community members, and treats anyone who challenges her as an enemy. Her pattern of behavior isn’t leadership – it’s bullying in a board seat.
NEW COMMENT BELOW: JUNE 8, 2025
AND EVEN MORE UNHINGED...
She wants the district to waste time and taxpayer dollars investigating people who dared to reply to her on social media – while she harasses the Superintendent with constant, unfounded complaints. And she is claiming to own conservative values?
OPRA FOR YOUR OPRAS?
Speaking of wasting taxpayer money… why is Danielle Bellomo filing OPRA requests for her own OPRA requests? Does she need a reminder of what she asked for, or just trying to set a new record for wasting district resources?
CLARIFICATION ALERT! (WE THINK)
Maybe it wasn’t Danielle who filed those OPRA requests – maybe it was her alter ego, Dani. Or maybe it was some “radical liberal.” Who’s to say? With her track record of misleading constituents, anything’s possible.
But here’s the real question: Was it really necessary to burn district time and resources just to clarify something… and then blast it all over social media?
And while we’re at it – is it ethical to share private Board emails?
Maybe. Maybe not. We’re not here to judge – we’re just here to reveal the latest in this political theater.
This isn’t the end, it’s just the intermission. Refresh accordingly.
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