PERTH AMBOY — The embattled superintendent of schools is voicing her side of an ongoing argument with the school board on YouTube.

Janine Caffrey, the self-described reformer who began as the head of schools one year ago, has a video interview now posted on YouTube which outlines her recent tangles with the school board who hired her, including two votes to remove her from her job.

“I was brought in specifically to transform the district,” she says in the interview, posted two weeks ago. “Once I started doing those things, it became a little uncomfortable for those who wanted to maintain the status quo.”

The interview was posted by Choice Media TV, an online non-profit whose mission statement is to “expose the scandal of American’s high-cost, low-performing schools.” The site is run by Bob Bowdon, who also produced the acclaimed documentary “The Cartel” about public schools in America.

A public board of education meeting is scheduled for tomorrow.

Israel Varela, a board member, said he was displeased with the video - and said the board's ongoing investigation was being conducted which would contradict Caffrey's claims.

"It's unethical to even have that video out there," Varela said. "Unfortunately, during an investigation, we can't talk about the facts."

An assistant to Caffrey said she was in a workshop this morning.

Both votes to dismiss Caffrey have been overturned by acting state Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf in the last two months.

In the YouTube interview, Caffrey claims she was pressured to give preferences in hiring, one of the main contentions between her and the school board members. As it stands now, they clearly want her out, she says.

“I have really dug my heels in – I have drawn a line in the sand,” she said. “It’s the age-old battle between status quo and reform… That’s what’s happening in Perth Amboy.”

Previous coverage:

• State education chief again rejects Perth Amboy school board's plea to dump superintendent

• State education chief orders Perth Amboy superintendent be reinstated immediately

• Perth Amboy school board votes again to place superintendent on paid leave

• Moran: In Perth Amboy, politics derailing school reform

• Perth Amboy school board puts superintendent on paid leave