Superintendent Roger León presides over New Jersey's largest school district and is one of the state's highest-paid school officials. In May, his contract was renewed automatically for five years without notice or an announcement.
Local and national organizations are urging Newark families to attend upcoming board of education meetings starting Saturday, following word that the contract for the superintendent of the state’s largest school district was renewed automatically last Spring without being advertised ahead of time or announced afterward.
“We are urgently looking to organize parents, families, and students to go so that we can learn more [about] how a renewal happened without the community getting any notice,” said Shennell McCloud, who runs a Newark school election get-out-the-vote organization known asIf you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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