ORANGE, NJ — Orange Board of Education’s reorganization meeting will be Monday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m., at the Orange School District’s headquarters at 451 Lincoln Ave., according to Essex County clerk Chris Durkin and Orange Board of Education secretary and business administrator Adekunle James. This meeting will also serve as the official swearing-in ceremony […]
ORANGE, NJ — Siaka Sherif, Brenda Daughtry and Derrick Henry were the winners of the Orange Board of Education election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, according to the Essex County Clerk’s Office. Sherif received 2,779 votes, Daughtry got 2,445 votes and Henry came in third with 2,413 votes. Incumbent appointed board member Rhoda Irodia finished fourth […]
ORANGE, NJ — The race for the three open seats on the Orange Board of Education is nearing the finish line, with Candidates Night forums organized by the Oranges-Maplewood NAACP and the Orange Citizens Action Group on Monday, Oct. 22, and Sunday, Oct. 28, respectively, giving voters a last chance to meet and greet the […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange voters went to the polls for a special election on Tuesday, March 13, electing Siaka Sherif and Tyrone Tarver to the two additional seats on the Orange Board of Education, now that the city has changed from a Type 1 District, in which the mayor appoints seven board members, to a […]
ORANGE, NJ — According to at-large Orange Councilwoman Donna K. Williams, 2016 mayoral candidate Janice Morrell and the Rev. Anthony P. Johnson of the Committee for an Elected Orange School Board, the Orange Board of Education failed to meet the first filing deadline for paperwork needed to facilitate the change from a Type 1 District […]
ORANGE, NJ — According to the Essex County Clerk’s Office, the unofficial results for Public Question No. 1 for Orange on the statewide general election ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 5, show that 1,766 voters or 85.98 percent voted overwhelmingly in favor of changing the Orange public schools from a Type 1 district with a Board […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Committee for an Elected Orange School Board is scheduled to meet on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Oranges Seventh Day Adventist on Reynolds Terrace, ahead of the general election Tuesday, Nov. 7, that could decide once and for all whether or not Orange voters will […]
ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, Oct. 20, Superior Court Judge Thomas R. Vena ruled Orange’s on-again, off-again effort to allow voters to directly elect chosen representatives to serve on the Orange Board of Education. This involves switching from a Type 1 district, in which the mayor appoints board members, to a Type 2 district, in […]
ORANGE, NJ — According to the Rev. Anthony P. Johnson, on Tuesday, Aug. 22, the newly formed Committee for an Elected Orange School Board delivered a petition with more than 400 signatures to the Orange City Clerk’s Office, calling for a referendum to change the Orange Board of Education from one appointed by the mayor […]
ORANGE, NJ — The debate regarding changing Orange’s school district from Type 1 to Type 2, in which the Orange Board of Education would be elected by voters instead of appointed by the mayor, is continuing. Superior Court Judge Tom Vena’s opinion in a recent case stated that granting the “injunctive relief” Orange Board of […]