December 10, 2008
The Courier-Post had an editorial yesterday urging the consolidation of five school districts in Camden County, specifically Hi-Nella, Laurel Springs, Magnolia, Somerdale, and Stratford. Seems […]
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December 8, 2008
ASAH, the organization that serves private special education schools and agencies in New Jersey, is gearing up for a battle with the DOE over the […]
December 7, 2008
Bob Ingle points out that U.S. News and World Report just released the top 100 high schools in the nation and New Jersey had (only) […]
December 4, 2008
The State Legislature is set to vote on bill S-1861 on Monday which contains three items: eliminating public votes on school budgets that come in […]
December 1, 2008
Jerry Cantrell of the New Jersey Taxpayers Association chimes in today on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Abbott districts. In a Times editorial […]
November 24, 2008
New Jersey School Boards Association had their Delegate Assembly on Saturday, including a panel discussion called “The Challenges, Opportunities, and Future of School District Regionalization.” […]
November 17, 2008
Dr. Rich Noonan, Superintendent of Madison Public Schools, posted a letter last week complaining about the new preschool mandate that all New Jersey districts must […]
November 5, 2008
With the rampant governmental infighting about consolidation of school districts, resistance from local school boards, and fiats from the Department of Education, we rarely have […]
November 2, 2008
Here are two vignettes from the NJSBA convention. The first one: it’s Tuesday afternoon, and the Atlantic City Convention Center is way below capacity: school […]
October 24, 2008
The political rhetoric is raging as the State Legislature approved more bills reining in the autonomy of local school districts. Interestingly enough, we’ve seen no […]
October 21, 2008
We hear more and more about consolidation of school districts. Earlier in Governor Corzine’s term he spoke regularly about voluntary mergers of districts, but now […]
October 17, 2008
The Star-Ledger reports today on the increasing pressure on New Jersey’s 566 municipalities to consolidate services such as animal control, health services, police departments, and […]