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Share/Save Jersey City interim schools superintendent Franklin Walker (pictured at right), several Board of Education trustees and other education administrators and elected officials will descend on the Heights Wednesday evening for a community meeting at PS #27. The meeting is “an opportunity for everyone to find out what is going on in our public school [...]

The board of education has approved keeping its upcoming election on April 17, responding to a new state law offering the option of changing the date to the November general election by a Feb. 17 deadline.

Share/Save 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 [...]

Share/SaveThe 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 [...]

Share/SaveOrganizer 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.

Share/SaveHuge 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, [...]

Share/SaveCouncilwoman 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 [...]

Share/SaveFollowing 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 [...]

Share/SaveJersey 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 [...]