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Records Fall, and Medals Taken Home as Bloomfield High Track Teams Excel
It's been quite a season for the Bloomfield High track and field team. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Head coach Terry Iavarone's squad has garnered a lot of hardware at various invitationals and meets. On May 31 and June 1, the Bengals are at the NJSIAA sectional championship meet, at Clifton High School. The May 31 festivities begin at 3 p.m. and continue on June 1, starting at 10 a.m. Those that qualify at the sectionals will move on to the Group 4 championship meet, on June 7 and June 8, at Franklin High...
NJ school board elections could get some younger voters
Bill would allow 16- and 17-year-olds the vote in school races. Newark last year was the first municipality in New Jersey to pass an ordinance allowing for 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in school board elections, effective in 2025. Now there is a bill that would allow the young voters for school boards statewide.
Holocaust museum will host free field trips for eighth graders in New York City public schools
A Holocaust museum in New York City will offer free educational field trips to eighth grade students in public schools in a program announced Thursday aimed at combating antisemitism.The program will allow up to 85,000 students at traditional public schools and charter schools to tour Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage over the next three years, starting this fall. New York City is the largest school district in the nation, serving more than a million students. Organizers say the museum and the new program have the capacity to host up to one-third of the district's eighth graders each year.City Council...
Bergen Catholic taps Dean Portas as new head ice hockey coach
Dean Portas has been named the new head coach at Bergen Catholic, NJ Advance Media confirmed on Thursday. The Crusaders parted ways with former head coach Tom Keough at the end of March after six seasons and two Bergen County titles. If you purchase a product or register for an...
Ridgewood's George Washington Middle School has a new principal. Here's his background
RIDGEWOOD — David Bailey, assistant principal of Ridgewood High School, has been named principal of George Washington Middle School, district officials announced Tuesday. Bailey was named assistant principal in July 2020 after 10 years as a counselor at the high school. He previously served as a special education instructor at Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School from September 2008 to October 2010. ...
Why Do Schools in New York City Still Have Such Segregation?
The 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, which banned racial segregation in public schools, we were passed in New York with no formal recognition. Perhaps our officials were embarrassed by the fact that our city has been identified for more than a decade as having the nation's most racially segregated schools while doing little or nothing to execute dozens of acceptable ideas to move toward integration.
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