State Takeover Upheld For Jersey City Schools
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An administrative-law judge today approved New Jersey’s plan for a state takeover of Jersey City’s public schools for at least five years because of ”deep-rooted and endemic” problems, including poor educational quality, political patronage and fiscal mismanagement. An administrative-law judge today approved New Jersey’s plan for a state takeover of Jersey City’s public schools for at least five years because of ”deep-rooted and endemic” problems, including poor educational quality, political patronage and fiscal mismanagement. Unless Jersey City appeals, which is considered unlikely, state officials said a new superintendent appointed by the Department of Education could take control of the district as early as October. The system has 33 schools, 28,000 students, 3,300 teachers and staff members and a budget of $180 million. A takeover would be the first in New Jersey, long a bastion of home rule and local control of schools, and a fulfillment of Gov. Thomas H. Kean’s long campaign to upgrade faltering urban school districts. More : query.nytimes.com |