TRENTON, N.J. (CN) The placement of over 6,000 students enrolled in Newark charter schools sparked concern within the New Jersey Supreme Court Monday during arguments opposing the expansion of charter schools.
“I don’t know how you escape that what you’re ultimately seeking is an analysis that ends with a remedy that takes these children out of charter schools,” Justice Anne Patterson said during oral arguments Monday.
In 2016 the state’s commissioner of education approved enrollment expansion for seven charter schools in Newark, as permitted by the New Jersey Charter School Program Act, allowing for nearly 8,500 students to be enrolled over the next five years.