SUPERCITIZEN CIARA BATORY TORCHES SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, BUT THEIR LIES CONTINUE
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MAY 2-4, 2025) — One of the best positives coming out of the recent school department scandal has been the lesson in civics. When citizens in sufficient number express outrage over corruption, The Suits get the message. Of course, what they ultimately do after the wood shampoo remains to be seen.
Citizens and taxpayers should not and do not believe anything coming from the mouths of the PSD, soholc committee, the mayor, or councilors. There have been too many lies, lies, and more lies.
- First, officials ignored the crisis in spite of knowing about it in 2023. Lie.
- When it broke last year, they said it was overblown. Lie.
- When they could not contain it, they promised an “independent investigation.” They ended up hiring a retired judge at $365/hr., a former Berkshire County lawyer with Deep Ties to The Suits. Lie.
- They promised the report would be leased to the public. Lie.
- They promised it would be finished by the end of March. It’s still ongoing, with no end in sight. Lie.
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In addition to the outright deceptions, The Suits’ sins of omission stack higher than Hill 78.
- They have not given the public any indication of the cost thus far of the investigation, let alone the ultimate cost.
- They have not been forthcoming in keeping the public informed. From the mayor on down, the word is mum.
- The Suits have circled the wagons, and placed it under The Cone of Silence.
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On Wednesday, THE PLANET shared more information on the action of citizen-parent Ciara Batory. Her appeal to the state Public Records Supervisor was successful, and the school were ordered the to release the report–a redacted version. Redaction adds enough fudge factor to allow a continuing whitewash.
As quoted by WAMC‘s Josh Landes, at Wednesday’s hscool committee, Batory said, “The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has already directed this district to release the investigative report regarding PHS. This is not a suggestion. This is not an option. You are legally required to release the report, yet, families affected and this entire community are still being denied the truth they deserve.
“Withholding that report after a direct order from the state is not only unethical, it’s unlawful. Every day you delay, every excuse you give further destroys the public’s trust in the school system. It does something else- It discredits the many teachers and staff who work hard every day to support and protect their students, who care deeply but are too afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation. Your silence sends a message that doing the right thing comes at a cost. Protecting the system is more important than protecting the people in it. … [R]elease the report, or continue down the path of secrecy, obstruction and betrayal. Pittsfield families deserve to know what happened. … The community is watching. The state is watching.”
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Is the SC listening? Doubtful.
At the meeting SC chair Bill Cameron said the (DEI) law firm conducting the investigation had completed summaries of the reports.
Summaries.
Don’t they get it?
Taxpayers don’t want no stinkin’ summaries. They want and deserve the full report, NO REDACTIONs except for protecting students.
“It seemed wiser to have impartial people who had actually done the investigations do the reports,” he said.
“Seemed wiser” for whom, Bill? The people you are desperately trying to protect?
Sure looks like it.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
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“‘Redaction’ is another words for ‘hiding‘” — Sir Donald Turpentine, Knight of the Bath.
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.
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My take on the State’s ruling is the whole report is released. Redactions are explained and subject to appeal.
The manufacturer of the ‘report’s is not impartial either. A summary’s ommissions are invisible, a redaction not.
I agree, crazy that are trying to switch the report with something created after the fact. Makes you wonder if they also generate fake financial records, water tests, building inspections, and police reports whenever there is an investigation.
“William Garrity wants a neutral body to redact and slice the report” Eagle Report
Note to William Garrity, the Scohol Committee is supposed to function as a neutral body with the public”s interest at center. Like Kamala’s – giggle– elephants. You just conceded that you and the others are biased against disclosure. (Choose your words more carefully)
The answer is easy: follow the ruling. You have the report- release it. Do it today, and tell Cameron to go suck an egg
Brilliant, CHAZ. The lad admitted they are NOT a neutral body. THE PLANET shall make hay with the kid’s remark.
Ah, the innocence of babes.
He should release the report knowing they can’t chase him down given his age.
Haha good one Sir Charles!
Kamala doesn’t realize the elephants were herding to protect their young elephants during the E.Q..
Unlike most in her party they have no concerns for protecting the young from danger.
Trump loyalty oath for his regime is our school committee
Wow, that elephant reference really flew over this cuckoo’s nest.
TSC, EVERYONE: the Perpetrators, Administrators, Scohol Committee, City Clowncil, and Mayor are…………DEMOCRATS, Liberals and Leftists.
YOU voted them in. Enjoy.
I think it’s about time they start listening to the people! Below is a letter I sent to the Mayor yesterday. He has yet to respond!
Don’t piss off a mom!
Also, fire your legal team! I was paid $0 to outmaneuver them.
Dear Mr. Marchetti,
My name is Ciara Batory. While this past week has been a public relations success for me, it has no doubt been a nightmare for you. I was featured in local publications every day and even appeared on Fox News Channel 13. With my background in public relations, I understand the power of narrative—and right now, the narrative in Pittsfield is one of betrayal and failure of leadership.
On March 12, 2025, I watched the Pittsfield School Committee meeting where a brave student named Emma Goetze from Pittsfield High School delivered a bone-chilling speech. She spoke about not feeling safe at school, knowing that staff implicated in a serious investigation had been allowed to return to work. As a mother of three, I was horrified—not just by her words, but by the response of the School Committee. Their reaction was belittling, dismissive, and, frankly, cruel.
I urge you to rewatch that student’s speech and really listen this time. Take her advice. She is the reason I was able to outmaneuver your entire legal team, resulting in the release of the full investigation report. Her courage—and the community’s outrage—should not be underestimated.
Sadly, you have allowed this situation to spiral, disappointing every student, parent, and educator in Pittsfield. What happened is unacceptable. It is time to take responsibility and take decisive action.
Clean house—now.
Sincerely,
Ciara Batory
Excellent job, CB.
Have you also noticed the “children’s education champion,” also know as the MA State Illegal Aliens Rep, Tricia Farley-Country Buffet (d-illegal aliens), has been pretty QUIET on this serious pedophile issue in Bitchfield schools too?
Remind me again TFCB, what school district you SENT your children to? I know it wasn’t Bitchfield. Why not?
POTUS Trump is going to revoke federal DOT funding to States which issue CRIMINAL ALIEN drivers licenses.
Think the potholes and craters in the Pitt is bad now under Ricky Rumpus? Wait until he has no more taxpayer money to squander!
Can You hear me TFBlivot? Healey?
Tom Homan is coming to town……
You voted for Authoritarian rule and you got it.
Crossfire Hurricane, Steele Dossier, Disinformation Tzar, lawfare against political opponents, 2020 stolen election, J6, illegal alien invasion funded by democRATS, to ensure a forever ONE PARTY RULE in the USA. That’s called COMMUNISM TSC.
Do you not comprehend that moron?
If not, how is Maura Healey and/or Lumpy Marchetti doing, running their respective governments?
TSC voted for both of them and heels up Harris. Thank God America dodged the latter one.
I voted for an America by and for, Americans. I got what I voted for.
NOT: CRIMINAL ALIENS, terrorists, Woke jokes. racist DEI initiatives, activist Judges, and weaponized DOJ.
And a Government pissing our tax money and weapons away, by giving it to a corrupted foreign government, run by an ungrateful petty little Tyrant.
TSC and the democRATS change their “cause,” more than we change clothes.
*George Floyd and defund the police.
*Ukraine
*Drag Shows for kids
*Palestine
*Trannys
*MS-13 gang members, aka- “The Maryland Dad.”
*Illegal Aliens over US Citizens
*75 COVID shots and boosters to “stay safe.”
*Face Diapers
*DEI and racist programs against non-blacks
*Hitler
*MAGA are Nazi’s
*Oligarchy-opposing DOGE cutting all of the DNC platforms and their NGO’s cash cow.
Not one of their “causes,” puts Americans First.
Yeah, TSC. You’re God*amn right, I voted for Trump and America First.
The following is a quote from Albert Einstein, “The world is a dangerous place to live. not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it”. So, it is incumbent upon us to face and fight the Marxists every way we can and in our own way.
And the majority of people did fight back against the Marxist takeover that we have been enduring and this
past November won.
Saw that on FOX
On behalf of the Pittsfield citizens Ciara, we owe you (as the late Billy Fuccillo used to say) a “Huuuuggggeeee” Thank you.
Great job!!
Thank you! The only thing I want is for every single Pittsfield Public School Student to feel safe! As a mother I owed this to them.
You are remarkable, Ciara. I hope you consider finding 5 smart women such as yourself and all run for the School Committee.
One single, anywhere, School Committee comprised of smart people would mark a milestone in human evolution.
Also – watched your presentation to the Committee. Very well done. Clear and strong.
The School Health and Safety officer is on deck to help the students of the scandle feel safe in his buildings.Its time Eric Lamourouex stands up and tells the parents what he knows
How come he didn’t come foreword in 2023?
I admire your hard and effective work. What you accomplished takes A great deal of research and correspondence. Admirable.
Yes, thank you! This means a lot to me!
Great at job, Clara. Your response shows brains and guts Two things that are missing from our elected officials. Wish you were running for one of our city offices.
Brains, guts, and hard work. What more can you ask for?
THE PLANET agrees. She belongs on the school committee.
She should also be a favorite for the “Orbit” award this year along with Dave Bubriski. Both impressive people.
Great job Ciara!
Have you thought about running for a seat on the school committee?
Fantastic work on the lying by Mayor Marchetti. His now the equivalent of Trump
This current Pittsfield school committee is terrible and only a citizen coming forward and the rest of us pressuring them will hopefully release the investigation results to the public. Even now they seem to be playing games by asking clarity from the Division of Public Records which seems like a stall tactic. Duh…release the investigation results. What else do they need to know? They did pass their budget though increasing spending by 3.76 million as education quality continues to deteriorate each year. Students learn less each year and are subjected to sexual harassment in many schools across the city which is being hidden. Miss Halls School has now mandated sexual abuse training for all staff after their sexual predator issues and many lawsuits. Pittsfield schools need to do the same and actually enforce it by making sure school principals and others in charge don’t ignore reports of abuse. This seems to be one of the issues that happened at PHS although we don’t know for sure since everything is intentionally shrouded in secrecy, but moving the PHS principle to the Mercer building at a $100,000 salary seems very suspect.
PHS Principal Maggie Esko-Harrington presided over the mess. Result? She’s promoted, at six figures, to a no-show job at Mercer. They are buying her silence. Apparently, that’s fine with the supt., the SC, the mayor, the council prez, and councilors. That’s the kind of people that are running the city.
We had a saying at the major company I worked at for 36 years. SCREW UP……MOVE UP
PHS Principal Maggie Esko-Harrington should be charged with aiding and abetting child abuse, not give a no-work job.
At the very least, as a school administrator, she’s guilty of the Mandatory Reporter Law. Also known as a 51A. It is a criminal violation, with up to 6 months in the county jail. Plus, say goodbye to any teaching-type career.
Keep in mind, she might have been told to keep quiet and she will be rewarded with a do-nothing, pension stuffing, Mercer admin job in return.
Let’s hope she wasn’t foolish enough to fall into the perjury trap, by lying under oath for the GOBSIG’s. If so, they REALLY own her.
Nobody “retires” at 18 years in and under 50 y/o. NOBODY!!
Food for thought….
Unless you are Shirley Edgarton.
I feel they are playing games and I don’t like it. I feel like they now need an excuse to tell the person they are covering for “the state made me do it” ! Driving it down to Boston to beg for the redactions. WHO are they covering for! LIES today we were suppose to get some version of the report stated the mayor on 95.5 Thursday, March 1, 2025.
They say the report is valid enough to let these people back in our schools… more lies? If the report is not as bad as they say it is then why haven’t we seen it!
CIARA
As I’ve been writing, they’re playing the long game. Delay, delay, delay until it all magically disappears. I’ve seen it countless times in the city, a consequence of who and what occupy elected office.
Precisely Holmes. All by design. And they know the state won’t actually do the redactions for them, rather they will send it back untouched, guaranteed, with a letter telling them to do it. This just buys more time. And here is how the game is played – pay 375 per hour, plus expenses, to lawyers, not trained investigators, for a white wash, then pay same firm same rate to write a summary of the big nothing burger report, and finally pay the same outfit again to black out the redacted version to the point of uselessness. A triple whammy right up us Kapanskis poop shoot!
It’s First Friday!
Will the hood rats, gangs, bums and drug dealers, be out in full force?
CH13 Albany has made a BIG to do about the event and is covering it.
Maybe some concerned citizens could ask the reporters about their station’s coverage or lack of, of the PPS coverup.
About the stonewalling even when ordered by the State to release the FULL report/investigation of the sordid behaviors of PPS employees, by the “transparent” PPS Administration and the Sochol Committee?
As a side what is the current status of the drug dealing “dancing Dean”? Was he plying his wares in PPS?t
You know the suits are not going to go down without a fight.
Now, according to the Eagle, the Bitchfield Pubic Scohol Comite, is “seeking clarity,” from the state on what they have to release.
This is nothing more than a delay tactic. PSD has a whole team of lawyers working on this, at taxpayers’ expense of course. It’s not really a financial strain for them to keep delaying and stalling. It’s not their money.
We all read the state’s response to PSD about releasing the full report, with necessary redactions.
**This means redact the name/info of any juvenile or cooperating witnesses not directly involved in this incident, to protect them.
**It does not mean redact EVERY NAME, so the person(s) you are desperately trying to protect, is protected from being outed as not caring about pedophilia.
Pittsfield School Committee seeks clarity from state Division of Public Records on PHS investigation report | Central Berkshires | berkshireeagle.com
Two last thoughts on this.
*If this case was about two, white-male, administrators, who showed their fishing poles to a couple of juvenile female students, would the Bitchfield Pubic Scohol go to these great lengths to “find the answer?”
*Where in God’s name is Mayor Lumpy or CC Prez. Wimpy White, on this matter? It really is showing taxpayers that these two DO NOT run the city.
Bitchfield has a shadow government of GOBSIG’s pulling the strings behind the scenes. This scandal has really exposed it. The deafening silence of Lumpy and Wimpy, is telling.
RELEASE THE FULL REPORT
What are we doing here in Pittsfield with the Government cutting programs and grants? Are we funding those still or going to cut. Or just let us taxpayers make up the difference? Again! Yes. We need to get out and VOTE all of these people out of the City Council and School Committee. It has to end. Force them to run the government by City Manager form of government.
And to those of you who are against that,then give us reasons why and tell us why this current form is working?
Because it ISN’T.
I told you months ago that these were hired guns. What’s the problem. Vote them all out.
By the way Dan. I ordered the Book. I’ll let you know if I liked it. Keep on writing my friend. Aside . For the last time. They are the voting block.
They can probably redact stuff about teachers bonking supervisors and staff complaints about thefts of laptops But it would not be necessary to redact that stuff..
Because everybody has heard about it.
Bitchfield’s leadership and others involved in the attempt to cover up the PHS scandal were and still are being disinformation slut’s with no precautions about the scandal. Those with enough horsepower for brain function know exactly why you don’t want the full report out! It is to cover your azz’s from having any accountability and what that accountability may bring to those involved from it.
Turns out Melville wasn’t seeing a whale in the Ocean but was looking at the Mt. Greylock hump and visualizing Old Moby, probably hallucinating when he did the book.
WEll, if it took me 25 years to read the book that means he was hallucinating for 40.
In all honesty I wonder if they are trying to protect the whistleblowers from retaliation once people find out what was said about colleagues. It’s not just the fool administrators, that whole school is a giant mess of drama and backstabbing cliques
Pittsfield politics pounds peoples’….takes on a new meaning when one follows the city’s Level 5 (failed), Group 11 (underclass) “Scohol” district.
https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/comments/xfaic2/pittsfield_ma_in_front_of_pittsfield_high_school/?rdt=43634
https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/comments/xfaic2/pittsfield_ma_in_front_of_pittsfield_high_school/#lightbox
“They misspelled it in 3 places. Two on East St heading east and one on East St heading west before the RMV. Also, they have started painting over the mistake. They posted about it on the Pittsfield Tonight FB page.”
Probably hired illegals who don’t know English!
Bad roads high taxes are inevitable. What ever happened to forensic audit idea?
You don’t need a forensic audit. You need an independent auditor to review the ledgers with corresponding receipts and invoices. Currrent auditor, who has been ‘auditing’ exlusively for 1-2 decades does not sample data. They recently extended his firm’s contract for another decade or so.
Dan ,Long time /1st time here. Thank you for giving us common sense folk a platform to speak our minds.
I wanted to so graciously thank Ciara B. for the brilliance in requesting the public records pertaining to the PHS scandals, and for refusing to accept no for an answer. Ciara, also a huge thank you for the kind words about my daughter, Emma Goetze, in your stated letter to the mayor. Your words were so spot on. You are correct, it took immense courage for Emma to go up in front of the whole community at the meeting, while battling all the anxieties that all the nonsense going on at Pittsfield High has brought to her and many others this year. As you have said, and then to be basically abolished and denigrated as if she did something wrong by telling her feelings of how she and many peers feel about the goings on and then to be told by hathaway , Oh you kids with your anxieties as she chuckles. Ya that’s how to make the kids feel safe and reassured! We all have to keep the pressure on ! Lets Go!
KEVIN
Nice to hear from you. Ciara rose to the occasion, for sure. So did your courageous daughter. Emma gave it to them straight, and they couldn’t deal with it. What these two women showed the entire city is that those in the current offices cannot handle honest questioning, feedback, opposition, or debate. Your last two sentences are key. There’s momentum building because of the heat The Suits are feeling, and it’s all because people like Ciara and Emma have decided ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Sara Hathaway should NOT have told a young woman who attends (my Alma Mater, 1993) Pittsfield High School (PHS) who recently courageously and publicly spoke to the local elected officials in Pittsfield (Massachusetts) about the controversial alleged scandals at PHS that, while chuckling, you kids with your anxieties.
Sara Hathaway has a history of being rude to people who publicly participate in government, which is there to serve the people – hopefully with professionalism and respect.
Sara Hathaway should resign her elected position on the Pittsfield School Committee. Sara Hathaway disgraced herself and the city’s school district alike. Sara Hathaway equals DISSERVICES!
Well stated, JON.
She doesn’t look well at all. Grumpy and jowly whuch she tries to mask with a stark smirk. Maybe she has health issues?
School health and safety officer and best of friends with Joe Curtis must know everything thats gone down on this issue.Was he investigate to know what he knows.The culture was from the Qst street leadership to the principles.A do nothing that hurts the Administration.
Who was the resource officer when the ten grand went missing? And we’re they questioned?
That case received more investigative resources than plenty of shootings and the bottom line is everybody was spoken to possible, that the detectives had reason to speak to, short of interviewing every person in the school just because they worked there or were students. When you leave 10 grand or whatever it was in a desk drawer and half the school knows about it being there, and it walks, well really, what the hell do you think is going to happen? In many cases, the cops hear who committed crimes even if they can’t prove it, but in this case, the cops never heard. As Chief Dawley once was quoted as saying in a Boring Broadsheet article, “you can’t manufacture probable cause out of thin air”, or something like that.
Imagine the school committee, mayor and city council as the enemy. Vote then OUT ! If they run.
Pittsfield Public Schools are rated at a pathetic Level 5. Wonder why, just look at the School Committee morons. There is not a brain between them and that includes the weak Mayor Marchetti and all the present City Councilors.
Not only are these morons lying and hiding the truth about the gross issues at PHS, they also totally screwed up the long awaited teacher’s contract! No one on the School Committee realized it was against the teacher’s contract to change the wording after the teachers voted on it, even the Mayor didn’t know this? Come on, are they really that illiterate? What an embarrassment they are.
Now they are delaying the release of the report one more time. If there “allegedly” is nothing to hide then why are they delaying the release. If train wreck Hathaway read it and feels it is fine I ask once again, did Mayor Marchetti also get a copy and if so, why is he hiding from his constituents? Does he not know he is the boss of the City of Shitsfield?
Since Manza Arthur (the signer of State letter) works under the direction of William Gavin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts I would suggest that we all saturate his office with our objections against the City Administration and what they are trying to achieve by lying to taxpayers. His office number is 1-800-392-6090. We need to do this for the benefit of our school children. Hathaway was chuckling at Emma (a very brave young lady) let’s all give the City Administration some ANXIETY, bet they won’t be chuckling then! Enough is enough! Give these morons what they deserve.
Dan. Three flying tents at yesterdays festival? Classy.
Saturday (Scoop), May 03rd, 2025
Hello blogger Dan Valenti,
I read a political email from Scotia Hille, who is the Executive Director of Act on Mass, today. She stated that in the past 4 months, the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a paltry two (2) bills. The 1st bill was a supplemental budget. The 2nd was the extension of Covid-era laws allowing hybrid meeting access.
Both Governor Maura Healey and the State House of Representatives proposed a fiscal year 2026 state budget that increases state government spending by around 6-percent year-over-year. But, neither budget proposal factors in the predicted cuts in federal funding to Massachusetts, which stands at around $16 billion dollars.
Doing the math, the $61.4 billion state budget proposal has only $45.4 billion in guaranteed funds. The state leaders have no idea what the Trump-led Swamp will appropriate to the state government in federal funds. Ergo, there is no rational way for state and local leaders to propose and eventually pass their budgets into law in less than 2 months on July 01, 2025.
While the Governor proposed tax and fee increases in her budget proposal, the State House of Representatives did not. I predict that the fiscal year 2026 state budget will not be able to be balanced without large state funding cuts and/or tax and fee increases later in the fiscal year that runs from July 01, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
Best wishes,
Jon Melle
Great news for the Commonwealth. President Trump’s policies will force Bacon Hill to spend less of Patriots’ lettuce.
Democrats are an illness here. After we defeated the Brits it was and always be a democratic colonial evolution. It stamped the Birthright for every Citizen to be a democrat for life. I would like to know the real truth in the mayoral election where Melissa was defeated especially ward seven. It just didn’t add up.
Dan. Half the way through .The book so far is very interesting. And reading easy,thanks. Aside. Being serious about these city and school officials what is the recall,redact laws in Massachusetts? I think this Batory could be a future leader here for future confidence as a candidate.
Corn hole was the main event at the recent Friday Live on 13 event. Three tents and a bad downtown road is what we saw.