Newark board of ed race pits incumbents against challengers with charter school ties

Several of the candidates for 3 seats in the April 25 election took part in a forum Wednesday night

Two nonprofits, the Project Ready voting rights organization and the, sponsored the live-streamed event in conjunction with local outlets of the Chalkbeat and TapInto news organizations.

Council thanked the sponsors and told two dozen in-person attendees that he was a product of Newark Public Schools, held bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Montclair State University in political science and law & governance, and was chair of the school board’s personnel committee and vice chair of finance.

“I think we all have to serve and have the best interests of Newark Public Schools in mind,” he said. Jackson said the district had failed to meet her son’s needs, starting with a lack of subject matter that interested him. Among her other positions, she called for bullet-proofing school windows and doors.charter school graduate who now teaches AP science at North Star’s Harriet Tubman Plaza campus, and Tawana Johnson-Emory, 46, a New York City Transit Authority tower operator who has a 16-year-old son with special needs at the North Star school. Wright and Luna are not parents.

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