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N.J. Catholic school can’t be saved: School dating back to 1959 will close after fundraising effort
A long-shot fundraising drive to save a Catholic elementary school in Passaic County that is closing after 65 years is being called off, according to the organizer. Parents were stunned in mid-May when church officials announced that Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Wayne, which opened in 1959, would shut down at the conclusion of the 2023-24 school year.
Paterson teacher retiring after 50 years of service
PATERSON, N.J. (PIX11) — Bessie Ames, a teacher in the Paterson School District since 1974, is retiring at the end of the school year after 50 years of service. Ames currently teaches third grade at School 10. Her last day is June 27th. On Monday, Ames’ students, along with district administrators and Paterson Mayor Andre […]
After 5 weeks, Pro-Palestinian encampment at N.J. university is broken up without arrests
Organizers of a pro-Palestinian protest on the Rutgers-Newark campus have dismantled what university officials called a “small and sparsely occupied encampment” that began more than five weeks ago. Rutgers University police officers and facilities workers watched protesters pack up their belongings in an “orderly and peaceful” breakdown of...
Commissioners Evans and Petracco Weigh in On Nutley School Finance Crisis
NUTLEY, NJ - The Township of Nutley discussed a variety of topics at their recent commissioners meeting on June 6, 2024, ranging from support for the LGBTIQ+ community to Gun Violence Awareness Day, as well as one of the township’s hardest hitting topics - the Nutley Board of Education and its $7 million shortfall. Previously reported by TAPinto, the Nutley BOE announced on April 17, 2024, that they were facing an audit of finances, revealing a whopping $7 million shortfall. An independent investigation conducted in February 2024 by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE), District Auditor’s Lerch, Vinci & Bliss, as well...
NYC seventh-grader demands DOE boss to drop bizarre schedule
Hey, teacher, leave them kids at home! A 12-year-old Brooklyn student is leading the charge in demanding the city Department of Education drop a bizarre scheduling plan that requires students to show up for a one-day school week before Christmas break. Isaac Regnier, a seventh-grader at IS 96 in Bensonhurst, started an online petition drive two weeks ago that has already garnered over 6,400 signatures calling on Chancellor David Banks to “Fix the NYC Schools Calendar.” Isaac’s ingenious plan: cancel class on Monday, Dec. 23 – the day before winter break begins – and make it up by extending the academic year...
Paterson schools private security costs will top $10 million in the new school year
PATERSON — The school district’s spending on private security guards will break the $10 million mark in 2024-25, an increase that comes as teachers’ union leaders allege incidents of violence are being swept under the rug. The proposed $10.14 million contract with Allied Universal Security Services of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania would require the district...
70% of Newark Teachers Union Members Say ‘Yes’ to New Contract
NEWARK — The Newark Teachers Union’s membership has ratified a new contract that, if approved by the school board, will bring raises averaging 4.5% annually over its five-year term. The school board is anticipated to vote on the contract at its June school board meeting, district spokesperson Nancy Deering said on Monday.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The union reported last week that 1,331 members representing 69.6% voted in favor of the contract, and 582 members representing 30.4% voted against the contract’s approval for a total of 1,913 votes. “NTU members voted overwhelmingly to approve...
Observances of a 1st time witness to The Sun People Collective
Sign up for our Caribbean Life email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Morehouse College graduate, Gebre Peddie seemed overwhelmed by the proceedings held at Coney Island in tribute to ancestors by the People of the Sun Middle Passage Collective. Overwhelmed by the...
Newark’s decline and the state’s neglect | Editorial
After more than a decade of sturdy improvements in Newark schools, we are now seeing a tragic reversal of that trend. Test scores have collapsed under Gov. Phil Murphy: More than 80 percent of district third graders can’t read on grade level. At five district schools, just one third...
Head of NYC’s elite Collegiate School resigns weeks after being accused of ripping antisemitism task force as a ‘joke’
The head of Manhattan’s elite Collegiate School has resigned from his role — just weeks after he was accused of ripping an antisemitism task force as a “joke” and a “power play by Jewish families” to have him ousted. David Lourie, who has been the posh prep school’s top administrator since 2020, broke the news to parents and students on Monday, telling them he was stepping down to give Collegiate a “fresh start.” His sudden departure from the $63,400-per-year school comes after a long-running antisemitism spat involving parents, administrators and students recently reached a tipping point and dramatically emerged into public...
Plainfield Public Schools Host Ribbon Cutting for Renovated PHS Auditorium
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Friday afternoon, the Plainfield Public Schools hosted a ribbon cutting for its $4 million renovation of the Plainfield High School auditorium. The district also held grand openings for two other spaces within PHS—an eSports gaming arena and a Black Box theater—whose ceremonies were not open to the public. While information on the other two new spaces is limited, attendees were able to see and experience the new auditorium in person, as its ribbon cutting ceremony featured a host of student performances.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER "First, we unveil our...
NYC doesn’t have safety agents at more than half its pre-K centers: ‘Nobody at the door’
Despite the city Department of Education’s mantra that “safety is our highest priority,” the city fails to provide safety officers to guard all the youngsters in its pre-K programs, The Post has learned. The city contracts with some 1,300 community-based organizations, or CBOs, to run classes for roughly 63,000 three- and 4-year-olds — about 60% of all preschoolers in the DOE. But the city does not assign NYPD school safety agents to those contracted programs, leaving its littlest and most vulnerable students unprotected. “There’s a bunch of babies – and nobody at the door,” Brieann Duberry, a pre-K staffer and mom, told The Post. The...
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