Dear Editor, As a Jersey City resident and voter, I was pleased with the decision of Ward E Councilman Steve Fulop announcing that he will introduce an ordinance at the next City Council meeting that will place a referendum on November’s ballot that will allow voters to give their preference for the date of school [...]
The Board of Education meeting on Thursday was the first for new state monitor Cathy Coyle, who returned recently after working in the district for 39 years. Her hiring had been the subject of a protest on Jan. 17; Sue Curry and her group Parents and Communities United for Education demonstrated outside the district’s central [...]
Organizer Sue Curry with Parents and Communities United for Education and a vocal group of supporters armed with signs demanded the Jersey City Board of Education finally move on what Curry claimed has been a two-year-old commitment to start repairing problems in facilities district-wide. The group’s placards carried messages such as “Fix Our Schools Now” [...]
Thursday’s Board of Education meeting focused on two immediate concerns: the possibility of filling the vacancy left by Sean Connors and potential shift of the upcoming election from April to November.
Huge sums of money have been spent to encourage voters to get to the polls during some of the most pivotal elections, and even then often too many fail to perform this most basic of civic duties — and getting out voters for Board of Education elections, when publicity and funding is at a minimum, [...]
Councilwoman Richardson Outraged Over City’s Continued Dealings with Bank of America: Members of the Jersey City City Council expressed outrage last night that Bank of America remains a city customer 18 months after the council voted to drop the city’s accounts with the banking giant. Look for more on last night’s council meeting from JCI [...]
Following the state’s decision to appoint former Jersey City district associate superintendent Cathy Coyle as a monitor over local schools, the Statewide Education Organizing Committee (SEOC) of Jersey City held a protest outside of Jersey City’s Board of Education offices this morning to let the state know their involvement is not welcome. According to Susan [...]
Jersey City Parents Plan to Protest Appointment of Former School Official: A group of activist Jersey City parents plan to protest in front of the Board of Education office today, in part because of the state’s recent decision to bring in a controversial former school administrator, Cathy Coyle, to act as a state monitor. Woman [...]
The Jersey City school district is approaching one of the most momentous changes in decades, as interim superintendent and longtime district administrator Franklin Walker temporarily takes the reins from departing superintendent Charles Epps. Local and state politicians have declared the chance to choose a leader for the city’s public schools, and their 29,000 students, an extraordinary opportunity for reform.
Editor’s Note: Several of the claims by the author of this letter could not be confirmed by JCI. Steve Fulop has said in interviews that he has lived in Jersey City since 2000, which contradicts the author’s assertion that he “decided to run for United States Congressman while living in our city for a mere [...]
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