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By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Back on September 3rd of last year, the East Newark Board of Education voted 3-2 authorizing the superintendent of schools and board secretary to draft a ballot question, interpretative statement, and resolution to reclassify the school district from Type I to Type II.
Type I districts have appointed school boards, while Type II districts have elected board of education trustees.
“The Clerk rejected the question as untimely based on Executive Order 177 … which shortened the deadline to submit public questions to August 31 in order ‘[t]o allow enough