SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the man and woman pictured. According to police in a Dec. 7 release, the couple entered South Orange Middle School on Nov. 15 through a rear entrance and remained inside the building for nearly two hours. The woman was in possession […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood School District Parenting Center is once again holding its annual holiday toy drive. Community members are asked to donate toys for needy children within the district. Drop off an unwrapped toy — for children who are infants through age 16 — at your child’s school or […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange-Maplewood interim Superintendent of Schools Thomas Ficarra and Clinton Elementary School Assistant Principal Timothy Beaumont presented the 2017-2018 New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum report to the Board of Education at its Nov. 20 meeting, revealing passing scores in four of the five categories that the process evaluates. […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The SOMA Black Parents Workshop announced its intention to file a lawsuit against the South Orange-Maplewood School District during a press conference Tuesday, Nov. 14, after data released by the district showed continued racial disparities and little improvement to the achievement gap in the district, especially at Columbia High […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Montclair State University’s African Drumming Ensemble had Seth Boyden School’s staff, students and community members on their feet dancing and drumming their way into the start of something new. Led by John J. Cali School of Music adjunct faculty member Robert Levin, graduate music education coordinator Lisa De Lorenzo and undergraduate music […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The people have spoken and they have elected incumbent Elizabeth Baker, and challengers Anthony Mazzocchi and Robin Johnson Baker to the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education. Elizabeth Baker, who was coming to the end of her first term on the board, has served as board president for the last […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — There are three seats open on the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education, and eight candidates are vying to fill them in the Nov. 7 general election. Incumbent BOE President Elizabeth Baker is running for a second term, as is incumbent BOE member Donna Smith. Challengers are Anthony Mazzocchi, Robin […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A special report at the Oct. 16 Board of Education meeting showed that, despite some small gains, the South Orange-Maplewood School District is still failing to level the academic playing field for students regardless of race. In attempts to ensure that all students have the same opportunities, five years […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Issues regarding cultural insensitivity, taxes and overcrowding were just some of the hot-button topics of the Oct. 10 South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education candidates debate held by the League of Women Voters and the SOMSD Presidents Council. There are currently eight candidates running for three open seats on the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School families were alerted recently that, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, a student had brought an airsoft rifle to Underhill Field. The rifle was discharged in the locker room and hit several students, none of whom were seriously injured, according to a letter from the South Orange-Maplewood School District. According to […]