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 [...]
Dear Editor, I have read the fine reporting you have done from the Board of Education and I often use it as a resource with regards to happenings on this part of government. With regards to the most recent back and forth in which accusations and insinuations are thrown around that sometimes include my name, [...]
Although on his way out as a member of Jersey City’s Board of Education, Sean Connors has one final thought for local education: BOE President Sterling Waterman should resign after creating a rift between the state and the city that may revert education control away from Jersey City and back to Trenton. This rift between [...]
Jersey City School Board Member Calls for President to Resign After Email from State: In a letter addressed to Jersey City Board of Education President Sterling Waterman and circulated to the BOE, outgoing member Sean Connors has asked that Waterman resign immediately after getting a blistering email from the state’s Acting Commissioner of Education, Chris [...]
Two Board of Education members with key roles in the nationwide search for a new permanent superintendent assured an audience at Frank Conwell Middle School on Saturday that the district is heading in a new direction — one that seeks more parental involvement in school affairs, as evidenced by the ongoing search process.
The CEO of the Jersey City Incinerator Authority seemed stunned when he learned yesterday that the Board of Education had approved a $1.2 million contract with the authority for solid waste removal, taking final action without alerting JCIA. “When did they approve this?” the authority’s CEO, Oren K. Dabney, asked a reporter. “No one from [...]
The Jersey City Incinerator Authority was granted a one-year no-bid contract of $1.2 million dollars for solid waste pickup in the city school district at Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, marking the first time district taxpayers will pay for a service the authority currently provides for free.
Board of Education President Sterling Waterman threatened to evict a speaker from the Middle School 11 auditorium on Thursday as she calmly asked him about the altering of an email from acting state education commissioner Christopher Cerf to Waterman that deleted references to Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop in some copies. Thursday’s meeting was not [...]
Jersey City Board of Education Selects Interim Superintendent: The Jersey City Board of Education has tapped Associate Superintendent Franklin Walker to be the 29,000-student district’s interim superintendent until a permanent replacement is found for the departing Superintendent Charles T. Epps Jr. Look for more from JCI later today. Two Weeks Left to Fill Ward F [...]
A school board search committee seeking a new superintendent vowed at a special meeting this week to include candidates who support strong, traditional public education, not charter schools or other alternatives.
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