UPDATE - July 2: The Right to Know responses from the District have been received by the requesters. My anaylsis:
The District’s position is that “The removal of outdated Board Meeting recordings is in compliance with the Board Policy that this Board approved in Spring of 2024. Once recordings are removed, they are deleted and can not be restored."
Selective destruction of government-created records. Say in ain't so!
If you go to Board policy 006 (Meetings) it says: “The minutes of Board meetings shall be approved at the next succeeding meeting and signed by the Board Secretary”… “Notations and any tape or audiovisual recordings shall not be the official record of an open Board meeting but may be available for public access, upon request, in accordance with Board policy. Any notations and/or audiovisual recordings of a Board meeting shall be retained and disposed of in accordance with the district’s records retention schedule.”
Also, see Policy 900 that says: "Recording and Release of Public Comment: District recordings shall not be the official record of an open Board meeting, but may be available for public access, upon request, in accordance with the law, relevant court decisions and Board policy. Recordings of Board meetings, including the public comment portions of the meeting, shall be retained and disposed of in accordance with the district’s records retention schedule."
OK, so what is the District's records retention schedule pertaining to videos? You have to go to Board Policy 800.1 that says: "Definitions: Electronic record - any record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means"… "The maintenance of electronic records and signatures by the district shall comply with the electronic recordkeeping requirements of state and federal laws and regulations and the district's Records Management Plan. "
"Records Management Plan?" Nothing about a retention schedule and certainly nothing relating to the retention schedule as it pertains to videos. The only place where Records Management Plan is mentioned is in Policy 626, but that relates to finances. I don't see anything in a search of the District Policies that answers the retention question or what the Records Management Plan is (and what is the state and federal law that defines length of retention?) with respect to things outside of finance. I'm certain it's more than three months, since we know that videos prior to January 1, 2025 were deleted at the beginning of March 2025 (see below).
Putting this together, my argument would be that Norwin doesn't have a retention schedule relating to video recordings. I know a requester has asked for one in their RTK, but the District conveniently neglected to include it… I mean, I’m not saying it’s because they don’t have one and are trying to hide that fact... nah, actually, that’s exactly what I’m saying. But I wouldn't be surprised if a conveniently fabricated policy appears out of thin air on this very point! That's what I would do if I were corrupt. Of course, such a policy would need to have been approved by the Board and that hasn't happened, so I hope the District has a time-machine -- they can really do 88 MPH now that the uneven speed bumps on campus have been removed! (unfortunately, I was informed that they will be put back, but at an even height, at taxpayer expense of course, since the District never holds contractors responsible for their shoddy work and releases bonds before satisfactory completion).The next update will include the appeals findings from the PA Office of Open Records (it may be a while). Until then, here’s Nick’s take on this issue:
This is what the 64% of you Norwinian morons voted for (or didn’t bother coming out to vote at all). Enjoy your lies and continued max tax increases. Thankfully, Mrs. Baverso is hard at work baking those $1 million cupcakes to help out the mess she put Norwin in.
I keep meaning to write the article that I promised to write at the conclusion of so many articles, but there’s always more intervening nonsense that takes precedence. So, here we go again with nonsense from the retarded communist faggots of Norwin.
But before I continue, let me finally explain to those of you fucktards who just don’t get it, as to the reasoning for my vulgarity intertwined with ultra-sarcastic humor throughout this blog. This form of communication allows me to quickly identify and dismiss the morons (the 64% that we’ll talk about, shortly) who can’t extract the truth buried in a message due to the wrapper that it’s presented in. And let’s be honest, if I spoon feed you the truth, then it will be pedantic and nobody likes a fuddy duddy. In contrast, my presentation requires that the audience exert an effort and put aside their quixotic, weak, emotional reactions if they wish to see the truth. Some don’t have to do that because they’re intellectuals and can immediately see and agree with the message. For the slower types, there is mental work to be done to fight the cognitive dissonance when seeing things that typically challenge or offend one’s notions.
There is a misconception that I’m doing this to annoy the leftists. Although that is a beautiful perk, my presentation is not meant for the leftists — it’s for my benefit. This is how I’ve been able to identify pervasive RINOs and those who legitimately consider themselves Republicans, but are anything but. Even in District 3 (the Republican committee for our area), there are people who have commented that they dislike my approach because they are too stupid to peel away the layers and see that I’m right. Intellectuals and true Republicans will dismiss the presentation and judge the truthfulness of the statement and the actions of the individual. I don’t need phonies in my life. You are either principled or you have no value to me.
Speaking of principles… or lack thereof…
Spend and no tax Republicans?
At the May 19th school board meeting, speaking as a private citizen, I brought up the concern that if a board member supported the extravagant new stadium (and equally-absurd auditorium renovation) and rejected the cheaper, alternate stadium proposal, yet is now indicating that they will vote against the tax increase, that they are rightfully a “hypocrite.” I didn’t even mention anyone by name at that point and all of a sudden Mrs. Baverso leapt out of her chair and rushed out of the board room. Looks like someone identified with my comment! I then explained how I can respect principled people. I gave the example of how I can respect the Manboob 5 for being principled in their convictions, albeit they are obviously flawed. For example, the Manboob 5 supports the leftist views that were rejected during the decisive Trump win; like Marxist indoctrination, racist and sexist DEI policies, the transtesticle-agenda, and all-around wokeness. I can’t respect them for having such retarded communist faggot views, but I can respect them for being principled (except for campaign lies, of course). Like I said at the meeting, you know what you’re going to get from people who are principled, whether you like them or not.
And to tell you the truth, as I said to one of the Manboobers, I do support aborting babies if we know they are going to grow up to be libtards. And I support abortion if someone truly made a mistake for which they are remorseful and subsequently realize that from a utilitarian standpoint in their life that it is not the right time to bring a child into this world. I certainly don’t support late-term abortions or abortions as a convenient or repeated form of birth control. Again, I will make an exception for babies that we can identify as growing up to be libtards — there has to be a genetic marker for this; come on, science, I believe in you!
Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, so I view Mrs. Baverso as unprincipled when it comes to her decision of saddling generations of Norwin taxpayers with massive debt and then voting against the ability to pay for these fiscally irresponsible expenses.
But don’t worry, she justifies her conflicting votes by stating at the June 23rd board meeting where the tax-increase budget was voted on that she is “working to offset taxes by working on committees to do fundraising and sponsorships… helping bring income for those projects…” I love that go-getter spirit! All she needs to do in the last five months of her term of office is to host a couple bake sales with cupcakes priced at $1 million each. Only 50 would need to be sold. I know we can do this!
Oh shit, I just realized I went this far without providing a traditional audio/visual distraction injected in my diatribe. How will you ever want to keep reading?! Hard-hitting content will just need to suffice. Between the executive portion of the last meeting and the public portion of the meeting an interesting thing happened. I will just let the text of the email I sent to the board explain it:
From: ALEX DETSCHELT <DETSCHELT.ALEX@norwinsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 11:16 PM
To: BILL BOJALAD <BOJALAD.BILL@norwinsd.org>; MCCRACKEN, NATALIE <MCCRACKEN.NATALIE@norwinsd.org>; Russell Lucas Esq. (RLucas@andrewsandprice.com) <rlucas@andrewsandprice.com>
Subject: public intimidation complaint
This complaint, by Board Member, Alex Detschelt, is hereby submitted to the Norwin School District, for actions perpetrated against me, including, but not limited to, public intimidation of an elected official and false imprisonment, inside a building owned by and under control of the District, at the direction of any number of school officials, just prior to the Norwin School Board meeting of June 23, 2025. I hereby request a full investigation of this matter, based on the following:
I was asked to leave the school board executive session (because the board solicitor, Russell Lucas, of the law firm Andrews and Price, wished to poll the board for the second time after having done so in January, on whether the District should authorize Andrews and Price to provide me with a Rule 11 Sanction Motion in my present lawsuit against the district). I was urged by the District's resource officer (RO) and Officer ******** of the North Huntingdon Township Police Department (NHTPD) to enter a room directly opposite the board room. The parties present in the room were the two officers, Dr. McCracken, and Russ Lucas. Upon closing the door, the District RO lashed out in a strong and loud tone asking me what I said to my fellow board member, Mrs. Christine Baverso, prior to the executive session. The RO asked in a loud and intimidating manner, "What did you say to make her upset?"
It is my understanding that Mrs. Baverso was in the board room, with Board President, Mr. Bojalad, Dr. McCracken, Mr. Lucas, and the officers, immediately prior to when I was accosted by the RO and Officer ********. In response to the RO's charged question, I stated; "I'm not responsible for the emotions of others" and proceeded toward the door. Mr. Lucas then stepped in front of the door, blocking my exit. I looked at the RO and asked him if I was being detained, to which he responded with an eye-roll, and sarcasm: "So we're doing this now?" I then said, "You're being accusatory."
Officer ********, then to de-escalate the situation created by the RO, immediately interjected and stated; "We just want to make sure that you're not saying anything that causes or will cause a public disturbance." I turned my attention to Officer ******** and replied; "Of course I wouldn't say anything that would cause a disturbance" and again stated, "I am not responsible for the emotions of others." I then proceeded to leave the room.
Please note that at the prior board meeting, Mrs. Baverso abruptly stormed out of the meeting when, in my capacity as a private citizen speaker, I indicated to the listening audience that one cannot vote for reckless spending like the stadium and auditorium, but then vote to not raise taxes, implying that I ran for election with people who weren't principled or were confused as to their fiscal priorities.
Again, as aforesaid, I cannot control the emotional outbursts of individuals who may react or overreact to my analyses. Apparently, the District believes it can direct local police, and state actors in general, to accost a private citizen, confronting him in a closed room, with the solicitor blocking the exit, thereby attempting to intimidate an individual for the purpose of chilling and regulating both public and private speech. Clearly, what transpired was a blatant attempt at chilling free speech, which has been a consistent theme in the District since I was elected to office.
This letter is not intended to waive any of my rights in this matter. Please keep me informed as to the findings of your investigation. In the meantime, based on what I've experienced yesterday, I do not feel safe attending any further meetings as an elected official.I would like to point out that the only professional person in that room was the NHTPD officer who immediately attempted to de-escalate the situation. This is the second time that I’ve had an interaction with NHTPD this year and I can only say positive things about them.
But the rest of these people are entrusted with our tax dollars and enacting policies for the education and safety of our children? They also don’t take too kindly to members of the public, like Nick Carrozza, who challenge them on various issues like how Norwin is headed down the financial collapse path that Penn Hills suffered. But this is what the stupid and apathetic of Norwin voted for (or did not vote at all, hence, my apathetic qualifier).
Of note, the District brought in two officers to wand everyone for weapons prior to entry into the building knowing that the tax and spend Manboob 5 (+ Baverso) may be subjected to backlash at this meeting, even by their previous supporters who elected them (as we saw happen at the April 21st meeting). When you need officers searching for weapons because the powers-that-be are afraid of the people that are affected by the voting actions of those in charge, you know you’re dealing with communists… retarded communist faggots, of course, as is the nomenclature we prefer here on this blog. The District used police resources to ensure that the corruption in Norwin continues unimpeded.
“Please raise taxes to the max, and continue to do so every year” - Alex Detschelt
Yes, I really said that as a private citizen at this last meeting where the Manboob 5 (+ Baverso, in spirit) voted for the second year in a row to raise taxes to the maximum allowed by law. However, as with everything, there is context. Clearly, Mr. Detschelt, the board member, disagrees with a tax increase and voted against it, but he is taking a liking to my rationale for desiring a continued max tax increase. Let me explain. Nah, I don’t have time for that shit. Just read the relevant portion in the Trib article:
“Please raise taxes to the max, and continue to do so every year,” said board member Alex Detschelt, who joined Christine Baverso, Shawna Ilagan and Ray Kocak in voting against the budget.
“You’ve already shown your supporters that you’re going to do whatever you want,” Detschelt told fellow board members. “There has to be a threshold at which people say, ‘I can’t afford to pay any more.’ So please continue to raise taxes. We need to reach that threshold of pain and suffering in people’s wallets.”I prefaced these comments by indicating that I can quantify the stupidity and apathy in Norwin. It’s 64%… at minimum. You see, in the November 2022 election there was a Norwin library referendum. You remember the signs: “Save the Library!” 64% of you were either stupid or apathetic and had no idea what that even entailed. “Uh, durrr, shur I wanna save da lie-berry. Who doesn’t wanna save da lie-berry?” Fucking morons. Seriously. After that library referendum failed, it was this point where I realized that Norwin had fallen to the woke… and stupid.
So yeah, 64%. If anyone has a way to quantify a better percentage, please let me know. I actually think it’s probably around 75% since there are things we haven’t factored in that go beyond just wanting to be overtaxed. Although we have the solid Democrat-stupid base, there are many other variants of stupid. For example, evil-stupid is covered by the anti-semites of Norwin as well as the tranny/drag queen story hour pedo-enabler types. OK, OK, hold on. Now I’m being redundant due to the one-to-one overlap of Democrat-stupid with evil-stupid. We all know it’s the same thing.
Anyway, you can’t forget about RINO-stupid, which includes business owners who provide job opportunities for illegals in their roofing and construction businesses, but then parrot FoxNews talking points with their equally stupid friends about how bad illegals are for this country. RINOs also encompass the desire-to-be-liked-stupid that causes them to compromise their Republican principles at the drop of a hat. There’s so, so, so many of them here in Norwin who espouse this completely undesirable trait - it’s so pervasive in Norwin that it’s become the norm and to be principled is the exception. Remember, Mrs. Baverso was caught celebrating with the Manboob 5 at Applebee’s last year, 15 minutes after the Manboob 5 voted to raise taxes their first year to the maximum allowed by law. I have the texts and pics to prove this - facts are facts and phonies are phonies.
My favorite group of stupid is the Instagram-filtering-Ozempic-housewife-stupid who only voted for me (and Change4Norwin the first time, but not second time) so that they could get their ADHD kid out of the house and back into school so that they could have the days to themselves again getting their fat toes pedicured while slurping down a frappachino (you know I’m right) - any belief that these types have a modicum of intelligence can easily be dismissed solely on the basis of them most likely being an IUP or Slippery Rock graduate. A corollary to these women are the cucked-stupid-husbands who are eager to go along with their psychopathic wives’ wishes on election day in the hopes that it may get them out of clean-up duty.
I may dedicate an entire future article to this next one: False Christians - one of the dumbest groups there are - before you crucify me (get it, haha, I’m sooo funny), keep in mind that the emphasis is on “false.” Again, an entire article could be dedicated to the False Christians and their misplaced beliefs, hypocrisies, etc. However, I allude to this some more in my letter to Mr. Homan. Ooops, did I just give away that surprise too early? No, no. Don’t scroll down. Read the entirety of this post, damnit, and leave the best for last, you greedy fucks.
Finally, the saddest group of stupid, for example, are those who can’t think for themselves, like the ones who wore masks in stores or lined up to get injected with a bioweapon (I’ve covered this before that I sympathize for those who were coerced), the ones who fell for the BLM scam and Russia Hoax, and the ones who blindly supported Ukraine without understanding the basis of that conflict (and previously couldn’t point to Ukraine on a map). This particular group of stupid is comprised of Democrats and Republicans. That’s what makes Norwin scary: that stupidity is not delineated by party lines. This is why I’m convinced we’re up to 75% and growing, with a continuous influx of woketards moving into Norwin from Allegheny County. I feel for the 25% of us out there who have to live among the stupid. Plan to make your escape.
So yes, what will it take for the stupid and apathetic to realize that they need to vote for principled people who will be fiscally conservative? Even the Democrat Karens who supported the Manboob 5 now turned on them realizing that they’ve been lied to and are now having to figure out how over 30% of Norwin that’s on fixed income will cope with the continued max tax increases. Yet you dolts keep falling for this “bi-partisan,” “respectful,” “reasonable,” and “responsible” bullshit they keep feeding you during elections. So again, when will the financial pain be bad enough that your hunger pangs kick the stupid part out of your mind and you make the right decision? But does it matter? It’ll be too late then to reverse course.
What does Norwin have to hide?
It was also brought up in this last meeting that Norwin deleted all YouTube board meetings before the Manboob 5 took over. It was argued that this was a matter of “housekeeping.” Bullshit. Mr. Detschelt argued that if that were the case, then there shouldn’t be any videos prior to Jan 1, 2025. But…
One would think that a thorough deletion relating to things the District views as unimportant (or subject to “housekeeping”) would certainly include a Covid message from our prior superintendent from over 5 years ago. Come on, man! As Mr. Detschelt said: “There was selective and purposeful removal of videos of the ‘old board,’ leaving only 2025 ‘new board’ videos.” Again, you stupid fucks who voted for the Manboob 5 - they lied to you because they are Democrats and you voted for them because you’ll cut off your nose to spite your face — whatever it takes to prevent principled Republicans from getting into office, right?
Anyway, the PA Office of Open Records issued an Advisory Opinion in March 2025 as to whether video recording of public meetings are public records and subject to Right to Know (RTK) requests. In short, they are, subject to certain statutory exemptions like privacy and legal issues (same as what may be discussed in private in an executive session). With respect to Norwin, from the board meeting video it appears that there are a couple RTK requests asking for specific school videos prior to Jan 1, 2025 and that the District took a 30-day extension to respond to each (obviously to buy some time to come up with more bullshit excuses). I was informed from one of the requesters that the deadline for the District to provide those videos is up in the first week of July. At that point the District must provide the video or provide an explanation as to why they will not provide it (the burden as to why the video is exempt from disclosure falls on the District). An unsatisfactory answer is allowed to be appealed by the requester. The Office of Open Records Advisory Opinion indicates that it would then review the request and make a ruling.
So where does that leave Norwin? They can’t claim that they were allowed to delete the videos because there wasn’t an explicit retention policy. They can’t claim that the written minutes serve as the “official record” of the school board which then justifies the deletion of videos. Both of these claims are irrelevant for purposes of RTK requests. The fact remains that when a video started recording, a public record was created and that public record can’t just be deleted absent an established (and legal) documents retention schedule. The District doesn’t have one with respect to videos and relies on statutory retention schedules with respect to items such as student records and financial documents.
As Mr. Detschelt stated last night, “The Office of Open Records is saying a record is anything that documents the activity of an agency — what is more connected to the business of this agency than the exact record of what transpired?” The minutes tell you nothing. The videos show you the deliberation and rationale for making decisions by both sides. I believe there’s some ill intent in selectively deleting just board videos prior to Jan 1, 2025. I believe there’s something Norwin wants to hide. We will find out soon enough how Norwin responds to the outstanding RTKs. I will attempt to update this article at that time.
“Help me Mr. Homan, you’re my only hope.”
My best article (it’s like asking which of your kids is your favorite)… OK, fine… my most popular article was Attention Norwin: Trump Needs Your Help, getting over 14,000 views (compared to the usual ~1000 views my other articles receive). It hard to know what triggers leftards the most, but this one certainly did. Go back and read it in its entirety or here’s a snippet that serves as a good synopsis:
Illegal → Get Out. Simple universal message: teacher’s finger points to illegal student, then points to door (no Norwin taxpayer-funded translation services needed). But make sure you pack your locker churro scraps in your Dora the Explorer bookbag, ‘cause like Christopher Cross said “I’ve got such a long way to go, to make it to the border of Mexico” (although I prefer heavier 80s stuff that gets the message out more succinctly).
The main issue that Mr. Detschelt raised at the January 2025 board meeting was whether the District would open itself up to liabilities (that would also affect American students) if it adopted “Board Policy 142 - Migrant Students,” which in his view ran afoul of 8 U.S. Code §1324. The Manboob 5 did vote to adopt this policy. The District solicitor indicated compliance with the relevant statute. Mr. Detschelt was unconvinced, so he thought he would get clarification from who else than the Border Czar, Mr. Tom Homan. Recognizing that Mr. Homan had a lot on his plate at that time, Mr. Detschelt waited six months and, today, finally sent the following email:
From: ALEX DETSCHELT
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 1:43 PM
To: Philadelphia.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov <Philadelphia.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov>
Subject: 8 U.S.C. 1324 concern as school board member
Dear Mr. Homan,
I am writing to you as a concerned conservative school board member and attorney. I made national news three years ago, appearing on FoxNews, for successfully removing CNN from our district's morning indoctrination ritual. Thank you for all you are doing to protect America from foreign invaders that are sucking up American resources at best, and at worst, killing, raping, stealing, drug-dealing, and human-trafficking in our great country.
Our school district, Norwin, is in a suburb of Pittsburgh that was politically evenly divided, but just recently has shifted to purple. We are the only net-positive population gain community in the eastern suburbs and have an influx of foreigners coming here via the Biden-era subsidization of placement agencies and woke humanitarian organizations and false Christian churches. There is a disproportionate illegal population here being hired by RINO roofing companies and other contractors. In fact, a Hispanic worker supply store just opened up this year.
Our new anti-Trump school board majority intentionally passed a pro-migrant policy on President Trump's inauguration day. This exclusionary policy favors identifying the educational needs of non-citizen students over that of American students (we are also transporting these students). I indicated that this policy flies in the face of 8 U.S.C. §1324 and that the District and its transportation provider could be liable for harboring and transporting these children, including forfeiture of transport vehicles which are used to transport legal students as well.
Multiple Right-To-Know requests that inquired about the citizenship status and ethnic makeup of our student population were denied. However, I am aware that we are providing translation services to students in at least a dozen languages. The Democrat administration is withholding any information that could allow for a determination if we are in compliance with §1324.
I asked that our solicitor write to you, for clarification as to whether the illegal children in Norwin should be asked to clean their locker of any churro scraps and head to the nearest, clearly marked exit, or would be subject to violating §1324 from a harboring and transportation standpoint. Our solicitor, who continues to intimidate the conservative board members and like-minded board meeting speakers has indicated that our District is in compliance with the law.
I completely understand that there are more pressing issues than what I am raising and I thank you for the great work you are doing. I just wanted to make you aware as a concerned patriot and would appreciate it sincerely if you can add this item to your long list of things that can be addressed to Make America Great Again.
Sincerely,
Alex DetscheltHe then contacted the District’s bus company, First Student, to make them aware of his concern:
To Whom It May Concern:
I am a school board member in the Norwin School District, for which you provide transportation services for our students.
On President Trump's inauguration day our school board passed an exclusionary policy that favors identifying the educational needs of non-citizen students over that of American students (we are also transporting these students). I indicated that this policy flies in the face of 8 U.S.C. §1324 and that the District and its transportation provider could be liable for harboring and transporting these children, including forfeiture of transport vehicles which are used to transport legal students as well. Our solicitor, who is politically opposed to the conservative board members and intimidates them, believes that we are in legal compliance.
Therefore, I just sent a detailed email to the ICE Philadelphia Field Office asking for further clarification/investigation as to the ramifications of our new policy. I am concerned that if forfeiture of transportation assets occurs that the education of our legal students would be inadvertently affected.
Please pass this onto your legal counsel for further review.
Regards,
Alex DetscheltMr. Detschelt will inform me if he hears anything and I’ll update everyone if ICE is in town. Interestingly, a few weeks ago I saw the Amish working on the roof of the businesses in Irwin Plaza (where Mr. Mike’s is) so ICE may already be here. A shout-out to whatever company was responsible for that roofing job by hiring Americans!
Ok, time to wrap this one up, but I can’t just finish an article without a single meme. I wouldn’t want to disappoint some of my biggest fans. Since the theme of this article is stupidity, I think this sums it up nicely - straight from today’s headlines:
But this one really drives it home…
At least Norwin isn’t New York. Although I prefer neither, I’ll take our stupid over their stupid. Have a great summer, you ungrateful fucks!