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UPDATE: Classes Resume After 'Swatting' Call Clears Hackensack High School UPDATE: Classes Resume After 'Swatting' Call Clears Hackensack High School
Update: Classes Resume After 'Swatting' Call Clears Hackensack High School UPDATE: Authorities gave the all-clear for Hackensack High School students and staff to return after a bomb threat phoned in from out of state cleared the school. The "swatting" incident began shortly before 9 a.m. Friday, March 4, when a caller "indicated he put bombs at a specific location" on school grounds, said Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. Area streets were closed down and students and staff were moved to safe locations, the captain said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad and K-9 Unit "assisted Hackensack police officers in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Swatting' Call Clears Hackensack High School 'Swatting' Call Clears Hackensack High School
'Swatting' Call Clears Hackensack High School UPDATE: Authorities gave the all-clear for Hackensack High School students and staff to return after a bomb threat phoned in from out of state cleared the school. The "swatting" incident began shortly before 9 a.m. Friday, March 4, when a caller "indicated he put bombs at a specific location" on school grounds, said Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. Area streets were closed down and students and staff were moved to safe locations, the captain said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad and K-9 Unit "assisted Hackensack police officers in check…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DEATH THREATS: Troubling Images Sent To Hackensack School Board Members NOT Up For Re-Election DEATH THREATS: Troubling Images Sent To Hackensack School Board Members NOT Up For Re-Election
Death Threats: Troubling Images Sent To Hackensack School Board Members NOT Up For Re-Election Hackensack police are investigating threatening letters sent to two school board members that include photos of their faces in the crosshairs of a gun with blood dripping from bullet holes in their foreheads. Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the department's officer in charge, said city detectives are tracing the source of the letters sent to neighbors Michael Oates and Scott James-Vickery. They have assistance from their Bergen County law enforcement partners. "You will be taken out by vote or by force," the mailing says. Neither Oates nor James-Vickery are up for re-election, nor have they recently …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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LAWSUIT: 'Massively Overqualified' Hackensack Teacher Was Denied 18 Promotions Due To Age LAWSUIT: 'Massively Overqualified' Hackensack Teacher Was Denied 18 Promotions Due To Age
Lawsuit: 'Massively Overqualified' Hackensack Teacher Was Denied 18 Promotions Due To Age A Hackensack teacher has filed a lawsuit claiming she was denied 18 requested promotions because of her age and then retaliated against because she filed a complaint over the alleged discrimination. Mercedes Abreu Haines, 61, was moved from her role as assistant principal of the Jackson Avenue School to kindergarten teacher due to layoffs in 2011, according to the lawsuit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court this week. Haines' previous position was then filled by a younger, less qualified candidate, the suit says. Haines filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ethics Complaint Filed Against Hackensack BOE Trustee Who Called LGBT Teaching 'Repugnant' Ethics Complaint Filed Against Hackensack BOE Trustee Who Called LGBT Teaching 'Repugnant'
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Hackensack BOE Trustee Who Called LGBT Teaching 'Repugnant' A former Hackensack Board of Education member filed a complaint with the state School Ethics Commission on Thursday over a current trustee’s contention that new state laws that require teaching about LGBT history are “repugnant,” “incredibly disturbing” and “frankly shocking.” Frances Cogelja also wrote that the new laws, which require that the curriculum be incorporated in New Jersey middle and high school beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, are a waste of time. Former board member Jason Nunnermacker, in turn, filed the ethics complaint. Nunnermacker, an attorney from Hackensack, ac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack Soccer Field Could Become New School Hackensack Soccer Field Could Become New School
Hackensack Soccer Field Could Become New School Due to increasing enrollment in the district, the Hackensack Board of Education is considering building a new school, NorthJersey.com reports. Officials are considering the field at the corner of American Legion Drive and Comet Way as a new location for a school, the article says. Since 2010, district enrollment has increased more than 16 percent, according to NorthJersey.com. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

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by Cecilia Levine