Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
October 15, 2009
Policy wonks always favor the idea of merging municipalities and school districts. As property taxes soar, more and more voters agree. The devil, of course,
$27K Per Kid and It’s Not Even An Abbott District
Laura Waters
September 30, 2009
What better advertisement for school district consolidation than the Pascack Valley area of Bergen County comprising four little towns, Montvale, Woodcliff Lake, Hillsdale, and River
Have I Got a Bargain For You…
Laura Waters
August 6, 2009
Chesilhurst School District in Camden County, with a grand total of 195 kids pre-K through 6th grade in one school, has been ordered by the
Morris and Ocean County Consolidation
Laura Waters
July 31, 2009
School district consolidation recommendations are in from Morris and Ocean counties, but don’t hold your breath. The Star-Ledger reports that the likelihood of implementing the
Mulshine the Ethicist: Corzine and Non-Operating Districts
Laura Waters
July 4, 2009
Star-Ledger columnist Paul Mulshine has an answer to our question on why Corzine would eliminate non-operating districts five months before the gubernatorial election: No sense?
$210K for 2,100 Kids
Laura Waters
June 11, 2009
The Record has a little blurb today about Ridgefield Public Schools, which just hired a new superintendent, Robert Fazio, for a salary of $210,000. Totally
A Preschool Proposal
Laura Waters
June 8, 2009
The stakes are high: if New Jersey doesn’t provide free public preschool to all poor children, then it has violated its spanking new School Funding
Does the D.O.E. Need an I.E.P.?
Laura Waters
June 3, 2009
About two weeks ago, Education Commissioner Lucille Davy sent a memo to N.J. superintendents and special education directors. The purpose of her memo was to
Consolidation on the Down-Low
Laura Waters
June 2, 2009
The New York Times makes the case for consolidating small towns in the tri-state area. New Jersey, of course, is cited as the “extreme example,”
Sunday Leftovers
Laura Waters
May 30, 2009
More Abbott Fall-Out: The press continues to ponder the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday that the School Funding Reform Act (S.F.R.A.) is “constitutionally adequate” .