The announcement this week that a North Arlington not-for-profit is planning to build a charter school campus near Caven Point was just one of several recent news stories indicating renewed momentum for the independently managed public schools in Jersey City. According to filings published in Jersey Digs, the four building “Canal Crossing Charter Public School […]
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A Rancorous BOE Meeting Hits Teacher Shortage, Ethics and Threats
A rancorous Board of Education meeting on Thursday night was dominated by the teacher shortage, ethics complaints and talk of threats. Numerous parents and even one student took to the podium to complain about the district’s teacher shortage, which has been going on for months and they say is threatening to prevent the full curriculum […]
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BelovED Charter School Senior Offered Full Scholarship to Princeton
Amaya Jiminez, a senior at BelovED Charter School on Grand Street, has been offered a full undergraduate scholarship to Princeton University. The first member of her family to attend college, Jiminez is also a ringing endorsement for BelovED itself, which this year is graduating its first twelth-grade class. Jiminez credits her family for instilling in […]
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NJCU Appoints Interim President to Steer Cash-Leaking Ship
New Jersey City University has promoted its executive vice president, 37-year-old Andres Acebo, to interim president, its third leader in less than one year and the youngest person ever to preside over a public university in New Jersey, according to a campus spokesman. Appointed by NJCU’s board to a two-year term, Acebo assumes the presidency […]
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New Charter School in Journal Square Selected For Federal Funding
Kindle Education Public Charter School, a new school opening in Journal Square this fall, will receive $1.25 million from the U.S. Department of Education thanks to the Charter Schools Program of the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association. Two charter schools in Trenton will receive funding from the same NJPCSA program as well. “The association is proud […]
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Teacher Sentenced for Assaulting Two Female Students
A former Dickinson High School teacher has been sentenced to New Jersey State Prison for sexually assaulting two female students. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Francisco Realpe of Hoboken, who pleaded guilty to two counts of Sexual Assault on June 20, 2022, will serve concurrent four year sentences. One victim reported being sexually […]
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Ioffe Elected BOE President Despite Ethics Charge
On Thursday evening, the Board of Education held their reorganization meeting, electing Natalia Ioffe as the new president despite the ethics charges lodged against her for a letter she published during the last election cycle. Ioffe had written in support of three candidates running as the “Education Matters” team. Those candidates were elected only a month […]
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Board of Ed Presidential Candidate Hit With Ethics Complaint
Tonight, the Jersey City Board of Education convenes for the first meeting of 2023 where they will be voting in a new president due to Gerald Lyons’ departure in December. Two candidates, Vice Presidents Natalia Ioffe and Gina Verdibello are vying for the spot but Ioffe is coming into the vote with an ethics complaint […]
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A Changing of The Guard at the Board of Education
The Board of Education meeting Wednesday, Dec. 21 largely featured farewell speeches of two departing members: board president Gerald Lyons and trustee Alexander Hamilton. During public comment, residents rose to talk about the district’s human resources policy among other topics. Lyons, who has been on the board for nine years, thanked his fellow trustees for […]
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Man with Drug and Alcohol Addiction Finds New Purpose in Welding
A 36-year-old man living in a halfway house enrolled in Hudson County Community College’s welding re-entry program in August to try and sort his life out after struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. He left with not only a certificate in welding but with a new hope and inspiration to continue moving up in the […]