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High school students from across Newark gathered virtually on May 19 to share their experiences during the pandemic and brainstorm ideas for the recovery.
In Newark and nationwide, education officials are plotting a pandemic recovery of massive proportions.
Due to an unprecedented infusion of federal funds, the Newark school district has received more than $100 million in relief money and still more is on the way. The district is planning summer programs and tutoring to get students back on track, and officials recently surveyed community members to solicit more ideas.
But what do students, the focus of all this planning and spending, really want from the recovery?
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 .
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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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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.
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Massive food distribution event held in New Jersey helping hundreds in need
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Newark has been consistent in trying to make sure no one goes hungry. Turnout has been incredible, Chief of Staff Amiri Baraka said. I mean we see the need is a huge turnout of folks, not only for Newark, but the surrounding areas as well.
The event happened along Elizabeth Avenue where Newark police shut down part of the street. People drove up to receive boxes of food.
This has become an important weekly effort, providing necessities and community.
Baraka says the food operation was started about six months ago.