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Teach Students What Went Wrong With the Schools’ Finances (Letter to the Editor)
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (174+ words) Join 15,000+ readers getting trusted local news and can't-miss events every week. At a recent Board of Education meeting, this resident proposed a unique educational opportunity: a mandatory school-wide assembly at Montclair High called "Master Class on Financial Responsibility." If the…...
Montclair Parents Fear Changes at This School No Matter the Outcome of Tax Vote
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (762+ words) Join 15,000+ readers getting trusted local news and can't-miss events every week. Raising the specter of big changes amid its budget crisis, Montclair's public school district has set a virtual "family meeting" for Renaissance Middle School parents to be held on…...
Don’t Let Frustration Decide Future of Our Schools (Letter to the Editor)
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (336+ words) Join 15,000+ readers getting trusted local news and can't-miss events every week. When I moved to Montclair a few years ago, I was struck by how deeply people here care about our town. You can see the passion, and frustration, in…...
A Vote About Values — And Confidence in Ruth Turner (Letter to the Editor)
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (259+ words) Join 15,000+ readers getting trusted local news and can't-miss events every week. Ruth Turner's tenure as superintendent of Montclair Schools has already become a case study in what steady, values-driven leadership can do for a diverse, ambitious community. From the moment…...
Voting Yes/Yes Is Not A Blank Check (Letter to the Editor)
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (315+ words) Voting Yes/Yes Is Not A Blank Check (Letter to the Editor)Montclair Local News Montclair Local is free to read'but it's not free to produce. We know you count on Montclair Local. Can we count on you? Be the…...
What 12 Years in a State-Controlled District Taught Me (Letter to the Editor)
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (220+ words) Join 15,000+ readers getting trusted local news and can't-miss events every week. Here are my points about the upcoming Montclair school vote: 1. If there is no forensic audit, there should be no tax increase. 2. If there is no state monitor, there…...
Through the Looking Glass: What This Election Is Really About (Letter to the Editor)
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (344+ words) Join 15,000+ readers getting trusted local news and can't-miss events every week. Now that we're through the looking glass, let's talk about what this March 10th school election is really about. Montclair public schools are at a crossroads " after years of costs…...
The State Is Not Our Enemy — It Is Our Savior (Letter to the Editor)
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (416+ words) The letter writer states: "Isn't the State run by our neighbor, who also loves Montclair? Why would the State destroy the very schools it is helping?" Montclair Local is free to read'but it's not free to produce. We know you…...
Audit Flags 17 Fixes for Montclair Schools Finances as $17.6M Tax Vote Nears
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1058+ words) Join 15,000+ readers getting trusted local news and can't-miss events every week. An annual audit of the Montclair Public Schools presented Wednesday details 17 "recommendations" for corrective action " seven of them "material weaknesses" "including over-expenditures, a $450,131 shortfall in the food service fund…...
Montclair Public Schools Staff Weigh Speaking Out Amid Budget Deficit, Cuts
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1514+ words) Join 15,000+ readers getting trusted local news and can't-miss events every week. Since Montclair Public Schools announced a massive deficit and subsequent staff cuts, teachers, nurses and paraprofessionals have come forward at Board of Education meetings to voice their frustrations. While…...