Murphy names names
Maybe more critically, Murphy put the squeeze on the three large districts that have remained all-remote and don’t have a current timetable to return: Paterson, Passaic and Pleasantville.
“The simple fact remains that we cannot leave 43,000 of our students out of their classrooms for an entire year,” Murphy said of the three. “That is not fair to them, their families, their communities or their futures.”
For months, Murphy has been an advocate for schools reopening, but he has been hesitant to name districts that have been slow to come around. On Wednesday, he indicated the Department of Education itself could take action.