Bid For Takeover Of School District Is Begun By Jersey
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Declaring that Jersey City’s public schools are plagued by a ”cycle of failure,” New Jersey’s Education Commissioner moved today to have the state take over the district for at least five years. Declaring that Jersey City’s public schools are plagued by a ”cycle of failure,” New Jersey’s Education Commissioner moved today to have the state take over the district for at least five years. The Commissioner, Dr. Saul Cooperman, said he was starting the intervention procedure, spelled out in a new state law, because the district, New Jersey’s second largest, had failed to meet the educational needs of its 29,000 students. ”Taken overall, the Jersey City school district can be characterized as a public enterprise that has reached a state of managerial bankruptcy,” Dr. Cooperman said at a news conference. ‘A Compelling Case’ More : query.nytimes.com |