Dear Parents/Guardians and Staff, Click here to see a PDF version At the Special Board Meeting on March 28, the Facilities and Finance Committee presented a proposal for a community investment that will address our infrastructure and facilities needs along with structural enhancements that will impact instruction. We highly value and respect your opinions and Read More >>
https://montclairlocal.news/montclair-school-board-now-eyeing-a-190-million-referendum/ By TALIA WIENER wiener@montclairlocal.news The Montclair Board of Education is now planning to ask residents this fall to authorize an estimated $190 million in school repairs and upgrades — broken up into three bonds taken out over the next five years. The tax impact to the owner of a home assessed at the township Read More >>
Dear Parents/Guardians and Staff, Click here to see a PDF version There are a few housekeeping items before I begin my message today about the progress on our district goals. School Tours In-person school tours are back! For those of you considering a shift from the feeder route, you can now visit schools in person for Read More >>
https://www.montclairlocal.news/2022/03/10/turnout-was-low-interest-was-high-what-to-learn-from-montclairs-first-and-off-cycle-school-board-election/ By TALIA WIENER wiener@montclairlocal.news When voters were asked in a referendum last November if Montclair should start electing school board members — instead of picking them through mayoral appointment — nearly 15,000 people showed up to the polls or mailed-in ballots to make their voices heard. But on Tuesday, March 8, when Montclair residents Read More >>
https://www.montclairlocal.news/2022/03/08/dunn-deysher-make-history-handily-winning-montclairs-first-ever-board-of-education-election/ By TALIA WIENER wiener@montclairlocal.news In a historic election Tuesday for two newly created seats on the Montclair Board of Education, Phaedra Dunn and Melanie Deysher outdistanced seven other candidates to win the terms. It was an election marked by high interest — with nine candidates seeking the seats and voters picking board members directly Read More >>