Maplewood

As Some Students Head Back to Classrooms, South Orange-Maplewood District & Teachers Union Continue Negotiations

Two weeks after students in South Orange-Maplewood public schools moved to all-virtual instruction — after the teachers union declined to return amid COVID-19 safety concerns…

Subset of ‘Most Vulnerable’ South Orange-Maplewood Students to Return to In-Person Hybrid Instruction March 1

The following message is from the South Orange-Maplewood Schools Superintendent Ronald G. Taylor. District Spokesperson Anide Eustache reports that, beyond the information shared below, “mediation…

Maplewood Home That Hosted ‘Mrs. Maisel’ Sells for Record-Breaking $2.15 Million

The iconic Kessler House at 15 Tower Drive — a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home in the Upper Wyoming neighborhood of Maplewood, NJ — has sold…

February 25: Essex County Reports 66,559 (+313) Cases of COVID-19, 2,399 Deaths

Below is the February 25, 2021 report from the Essex County Executive’s Office on the total number of diagnosed coronavirus cases and COVID-19-related deaths as…

Assemblywoman Jasey’s Statement on School Reopenings Amid Pandemic Recovery

The following is from New Jersey Assemblywoman Mila Jasey: Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-Essex, Morris), vice-chair of the Assembly Education Committee and former member of the…

South Orange & Maplewood Elected Officials Work to Help Schools Reopen, Within Legal Limits

Amid complaints from some local parents that they are not doing enough to help reopen South Orange-Maplewood public schools, elected officials from the two townships…

Statement From South Orange-Maplewood Schools Superintendent Taylor

The South Orange-Maplewood School District sent the following statement from Superintendent Ronald Taylor, which he read at the Feb. 22 Board of Education meeting: Update…

OPINION: SOMA Community Alliance for Education Announces Plan to Partner With Stakeholders to Help Reopen Schools and More

From the SOMA Community Alliance for Education: A new educational activism and volunteer group is on the horizon in South Orange Maplewood. SOMA Community Alliance…

Residents Hope to Give Maplewood Theater – Shuttered by Pandemic – a Second Act

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UPDATE: South Orange-Maplewood Board of Ed Sues Teachers Union, Seeks to Force Educators to Return to Classrooms ‘Immediately’

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