The next leader of Montclair’s pre-K-12 school district will oversee a $147 million budget, be tasked with closing a longstanding achievement gap and will find a school community still healing.
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Montclair Schools K-12 STEM Director Jennifer Goforth Dies at 49
Goforth, who died Nov. 22, worked for the Montclair Public Schools for the past 10 years, where she supervised the math and science departments and was the district’s director of testing. Her funeral is scheduled for Saturday.
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Montclair Super Says ‘You Were Heard’ on Cellphones. ‘Screen Aware’ Group Wants Strict Ban
The Montclair Public Schools’ interim superintendent this week said the district heeded parents’ calls with a change to how it regulates students’ cell phone use during school hours. Parents from the advocacy group Screen Aware Montclair want a more stringent policy.
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Montclair High School’s ‘Mighty Mounties’ Marching Band Take Back the Field
The Montclair High School homecoming game was the Mighty Mounties first field show in over five years. Learn about these talented musicians and how you can help.
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Montclair High’s SVPA Presents ‘What The @*%$ Is A Mixtape’
The five-show performance takes a trip down memory lane to the days when a compilation of songs were shared on homemade mixtapes.
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Under NJPTA’s Watchful Eye, Montclair’s Glenfield PTA Picks New Leaders
Administration of the voting by the PTA’s state arm was an unusual event — and could be the first of its kind in New Jersey — as such races are typically handled locally.
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Montclair Schools Promise ‘Robust’ Public Info From New Communications Director
Lauren Shears Agnew, who will soon wrap her 18-year stint as a public information officer for Essex County, is a product of the Montclair Public Schools.
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Montclair Standardized Test Scores Called ‘Crisis’ for Black Students
New standardized test scores presented to the Montclair Board of Education this week show gaps between the performance of minority students and their peers persist while school officials said local students scored higher than their counterparts across the state.
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Parents in Montclair Seek to Remove Embattled PTA President
The Glenfield School parents have sought help from the New Jersey PTA, which in an email to the local PTA members, said there should be an election.
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Antisemitism Allegation, Civil Rights Investigations Hang Over Montclair Schools
A Sept. 12 advisory from the attorney general follows a significant increase in Title VI civil rights investigations in the state by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, including one in Montclair that alleges a child faced antisemitic taunts at school.
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Montclair BoE Votes to Name Baseball Field for Dr. Jonathan Ponds
The resolution states that the field will be named the Dr. Jonathan C. Ponds Memorial Field.
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French Immersion Preschool Opens in Montclair
The Consul General of France in New York visited Montclair Friday for the opening of The Montclair Preschool of L’Alliance New York.
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Meet the Candidates Running for Montclair Board of Education
Get to know the six candidates and the plans they have for the future of education in Montclair.
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Montclair BoE Approves Five-Year Strategic Plan Created with Community Input
The Montclair Board of Education approved five-year strategic planning goals for the District on Monday. The goals came out of a series of strategic planning forums that involved the community in shaping the plan.
