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A fiscal monitor with veto power for E. Ramapo School Board?


By
Susan Arbetter
New York State
UPDATED 7:24 PM ET May. 24, 2021
PUBLISHED 6:34 PM ET May. 24, 2021
PUBLISHED 6:34 PM EDT May. 24, 2021
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The East Ramapo Central School District in Rockland County has been troubled for years. At its heart, it’s educational segregation. On its face, it’s a collision of race and culture.
About 30,000 white children represent 99% of the private school population. These are ultra-Orthodox children who attend private Yeshivas. 
About 9,000 students of color represent 96% of the public school population. 
Yet fiscal monitors report that the school board, which is dominated by members of the ultra-Orthodox community, has funded bussing and special education for the Yeshivas, to the detriment of the public schools where teache ....

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East Ramapo School Board uses ward-based voting system for 1st time to fill 9 open seats


East Ramapo School Board uses ward-based voting system for 1st time to fill 9 open seats
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Feb 10, 2021, 9:00pm EST
Wednesday
was the first time the East Ramapo School Board used a ward-based system to
fill all nine open seats.
During
a meeting Wednesday, the community met some of the new board members who ran
unopposed.
Last
spring, a federal judge ordered the district to get rid of its at-large voting
method, which violated the Voting Rights Act – making it harder for
minority candidates to get elected.
For a
decade, white, Orthodox Jewish men have controlled the board seats, which have ....

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