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Jersey City BOE hosts hearing on $814M budget, parents call for fully funding spending plan


Jersey City BOE hosts hearing on $814M budget, parents call for fully funding spending plan
The Jersey City Board of Education held a public hearing on their preliminary $814,051,708 budget for the 2021-2022 scholastic year, with every speaker called on the board to approve a fully funded budget when it’s time to vote.
By Daniel Ulloa/Hudson County View
“Mr. Walker has put a full budget on the table, and I am asking you to please approve it. It’s time to fully fund our schools and do more with more,” said Amy de Jong
“With 61 percent of the district’s children eligible for free and reduced lunch, you must plan for the long-term sustainable funding of our district as we come out of this pandemic. The education of our Jersey City children can be thought of and planned for beyond the current year. We need sustainable funding that will ensure the hiring of full-time teachers,” expressed Evelyn Gormley. ....

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Jersey City Board of Education hosts special meeting to discuss upcoming budget


Jersey City Board of Education hosts special meeting to discuss upcoming budget
By Daniel Ulloa/Hudson County View
The budget hearing comes just over a week after the state cut the Jersey City Public School funding by $71 million, though some of that will be offset by $48.3 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund.
“Underfunding has established inequities in our school, impacted the progress and safety of our kids, impacted our ability to handle this pandemic, and hindered our ability to reopen our schools,” said Nancy Pokler who identified as a member of Jersey City Together.
“I’m hoping that at this time this school funding hot potato game will finally be called out and that our leaders of our Board of Education will put all political aspirations and pressures aside in order to establish ownership over the future of our schools. Our local funding responsibility shouldn’t be overlooked.” ....

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