School Board Games
Laura Waters
February 18, 2009
Joe Albright of Jersey Journal wonders aloud whether Senate President Dick Codey is “running out the clock” on legislation that would move school board elections
Elizabethean Manners
Laura Waters
February 13, 2009
The Star-Ledger reports that a group of enraged parents have filed a court injunction against the Elizabeth Board of Education for limiting their public comment
Sunday Leftovers
Laura Waters
February 1, 2009
Paul Mulshine bemoans the cost per pupil of education in N.J.. From today’s Star-Ledger: I discussed this the other day with Jeffrey Reed of the
Home Depot Time
Laura Waters
January 20, 2009
With a toss of a wrench into New Jersey’s school district budgets, Commissioner Lucille Davy sent a letter to all superintendents on Friday recommending that
November Elections
Laura Waters
January 9, 2009
The Express-Times has a piece on Senate Bill S-1861, which would move school board elections to November and eliminate public voting on budgets that come
Rumor Has it…
Laura Waters
December 18, 2008
… that the bill to move school board elections to November has stalled in the Senate and currently resides somewhere in legislative purgatory. Meanwhile, the
Another Proponent for November School Board Elections
Laura Waters
December 16, 2008
The Press of Atlantic City advocates moving school board elections to November. Their editorial today takes on the specious argument that November elections would politicize
Move School Board Elections to November
Laura Waters
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
The People Speak
Laura Waters
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
Davy Plays Defense
Laura Waters
October 30, 2008
The New Jersey School Boards Association annual convention is normally a staid event: long days wandering through the vendors’ exhibits and picking up free pens