For the first time in several years, the district budget does not require any layoffs or program reductions. Officials said they were able to avoid cuts because of the extra federal funding the district received as a result of the COVID crisis.
The vote on the budget was 6-3 and all three board members who opposed it Vincent Arrington, Jonathan Hodges and Dania Martinez cited the tax increase as the reason for their decisions.
Hodges noted that the state Department of Education had created some of the district’s financial problems by rarely raising Paterson’s school property taxes during the three decades of state control of city schools. He said that left the Paterson board with little but to increase taxes once it regained local control.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. We found her – right before her family found me.
Faithful readers of this column will recall the story of little Donna Lee Vigil, who was 3 when she survived a near-drowning in the Santa Fe River on May 5, 1958, because of the heroism of Glen Malin, a 44-year-old World War II Navy veteran.
Malin, a “shy hero” as the Santa Fe New Mexican called him, had not been one to talk about his gallantry. That day at the river he had jumped into the water, scooped up the lifeless child and began resuscitation efforts.
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When others arrived to help, he slipped away before anybody could get his name. His identity might have never been known had his boss not contacted the newspaper for what became a front-page story.
N.J. school district is streaming meetings in Spanish. Others should too, advocates say.
Updated Apr 12, 2021;
Posted Apr 11, 2021
Diego Maya, of the Latino Spirit, is live simulcasting Camden s school board meetings in Spanish. Activists in New Jersey believe it could set a precedent for the state.
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Janet Pablo, a Camden mother of three, says when the clock read 5:30 p.m. on March 23, she dropped what she was doing at home and clicked the Facebook app on her phone as the local school board meeting began streaming.
With her kids preparing to return to classrooms after more than a year of remote learning, she was eager to hear updates.
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