Montclair Public Schools District

Murphy Coasts to the Finish Line with Skids Greased by NJEA

Major funding for NJ Spotlight News provided by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, New Jersey Education Association,…

3 years ago

Montclair Superintendent Asks All Families and Staff to Delay Travel Plans

Montclair Superintendent Jonathan Ponds has requested that families, caregivers, and district staff, regardless of vaccination status, delay all unavoidable travel.…

3 years ago

Teacher Union President Celebrates Himself at Non-Unionized Hotel and Without His Honorees

The posh MC Hotel in downtown Montclair is the place to be this Saturday evening at 7 pm. There, we…

3 years ago

Teacher Union President Celebrates Himself At His Dark Money PAC Fundraiser

Last November, while Newark was plagued by a COVID-positivity rate of 22%, Montclair Mayor/NJ teacher union President-to-be Sean Spiller decided…

3 years ago

UPDATE: After Murphy’s ‘Strong Recommendation’ on Masking, Are Districts Changing Policies?

Yesterday Gov. Phil Murphy “strongly recommended” that people wear masks indoors. His public statement came after the Centers for Disease…

3 years ago

Montclair Teachers Union: Don’t Lay Off Our Teachers!

The Monclair Board of Education announced last week that, due to budget issues, it was cutting 36 positions. In response,…

4 years ago

BREAKING: New Billboards Take Aim at NJEA’s Power Over Murphy

Today New Jersey’s Sunlight Policy Center launched a six-figure billboard campaign that takes aim at the New Jersey Education Association’s…

4 years ago

LILLEY: Montclair Families Deserve Better Than a Mayor Who Cedes Control of Schools to a Political Machine

Fired Montclair Board of Education (BOE) member Sergio Gonzalez is angry.  As he says in his published letter, he is “angry…

4 years ago

Montclair Rumor Mill: Mayor Spiller and Teacher Union Prez Handpick School Board Members

The rumor mill is abuzz in Montclair. Here's the latest: When Mayor Sean Spiller, current Vice President of the New…

4 years ago

BREAKING: Montclair Mayor/Teacher Union Boss Sean Spiller Fires School Board Member for Daring ‘to Represent the Interests of Our Children Rather Than a Political Machine’

Here is a statement from Montclair Board of Education member Sergio Gonzalez upon Mayor/in-coming NJEA President Sean Spiller's termination of…

4 years ago