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19-Year-Olds Both Named 'Nicholas' Win NJ School Board Races 19-Year-Olds Both Named 'Nicholas' Win NJ School Board Races
19-Year-Olds Both Named 'Nicholas' Win NJ School Board Races Both are 19 years old. Both are called Nicholas. And both won Board of Education races in New Jersey. In Nutley, Nicholas Scotti won one of the three spots in the seven-candidate race and in Egg Harbor Township, Nicholas Seppy beat out an incumbent board member for an unexpired, one-year term, initially reported by NJ Advance Media. Scotti is a sophomore at George Washington University in Washington and told the outlet he plans on attending the board meetings -- despite the 4-hour drive.  Seppy is a sophomore at Stockton University and ran for school board and lost in 2020, NJ Advance…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Teacher At School That Principal Left Gets 6 Months No-Pay For Hitting Student, Touching Others Teacher At School That Principal Left Gets 6 Months No-Pay For Hitting Student, Touching Others
Teacher At School That Principal Left Gets 6 Months No-Pay For Hitting Student, Touching Others Already dealing with the mysterious departure of their principal and vice-principal, parents of students at Wyckoff’s middle school learned this week that a teacher there was recently disciplined for inappropriately touching students. As with the abrupt departure of Eisenhower Middle School Principal Christopher Iasiello and Assistant Principal Christopher Giordano, parents this week said they had no idea that an arbitrator two weeks ago upheld a six-month suspension without pay for teacher Scott Levy. No announcements were made nor information shared, parents in the northwest Bergen Count…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HISTORIC: Newark Regains Control Of Public Schools 25 Years Later HISTORIC: Newark Regains Control Of Public Schools 25 Years Later
Historic: Newark Regains Control Of Public Schools 25 Years Later Nearly 25 years to the day the state assumed control of operations in the Newark School District, state officials announced the local board will regain control. "This is a historic day for Newark, and a day for celebration," Gov. Phil Murphy said. "Today, full local control of the public schools has been restored to the people of Newark so that the local school board can address the unique needs of the school community." The Newark BOE had been struggling for years with management and academic issues when the New Jersey BOE revoked its authority over the district in 1995. A decade later, t…

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by Cecilia Levine