Elise Joy and her daughters Emma and Quinn Joy, co-founders of the non-profit Girls Helping Girls. Period, have been active in the effort to make period products accessible to menstruating public school students in New Jersey since 2018. 

Focusing on completion of the $160M Long Range Facilities Plan is one of 5 District Goals the South Orange-Maplewood BOE approved on August 24, 2023.

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“We’re seeing really, really striking gaps in math,” said BOE member Courtney Winkfield. She called upon district administrators to consider restructuring and reorganizing the district’s math curricula across all grades as part of a comprehensive plan.

Also: officers are searching for two men who got out of a truck and kicked in the door of a home on 44th street while the homeowner was not home.

Spring Break is now the last week in March, schools are closed for Eid al Fitr in April, and the last day of school is earlier than last year.