By TOM WIEDMANN
April 20, 2021 at 11:45 PM
The Moving Newark Schools Forward slate, Dawn Haynes, Vereliz Santana, Asia Norton and Daniel Gonzalez.
The Moving Newark Schools Forward slate, Dawn Haynes, Vereliz Santana, Asia Norton and Daniel .
Credits: Moving Newark Schools Forward
By TOM WIEDMANN
April 20, 2021 at 11:45 PM
NEWARK, NJ – Four candidates running on the Moving Newark Schools Forward slate are the projected winners in the city s Board of Education election Tuesday with 76 of 93 precincts reported showing a wide lead over the challengers.
On the Moving Newark Schools Forward slate, incumbents Dawn Haynes, the current board vice president, Asia Norton and Vereliz Santana received 2,590, 2,440 and 2,349 votes, (As of 10:12 p.m. on April 20) respectively, making them the winners of three-year terms on the board. Meanwhile, newcomer Gonzalez received 1,839 votes (As of 10:12 p.m. on April 20), earning him a one-year term on the board.
Newark voters choose candidates with political backing for school board
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Moving Newark Schools Forward
Newark voters on Tuesday chose candidates backed by powerful elected officials to fill four open seats on the city’s nine-member school board, according to preliminary results.
The winning candidates two incumbents, a state senator’s aide who was filling a temporary board vacancy, and a newcomer now face the monumental task of helping oversee the school system’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Part of that task involves managing the district’s $1.1 billion budget plus $84 million in expected coronavirus relief money and millions of additional dollars from the federal stimulus package.