Opinion: Community Coalition on Race Implores District Leaders to Explain Administrative Changes
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Suit Charges South Orange-Maplewood with Continued Discrimination, Seeks $12M to Fix ‘De Facto Segregation’
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Letter: Baker Determined to Address Issues of Inequity and Bias
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Opinion: South Orange-Maplewood BOE Has Had Enough Time, Opportunity to Address Racial Inequities
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Letter: Donna Smith Is a Champion of Educational Equity
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Retiring Supe Ramos: ‘Architecture is in Place’ for South Orange – Maplewood Schools
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CHS Principal to 8th Graders: Choose ‘Most Rigorous Courses’ You Can Handle
[Editor’s note: this article originally ran on December 23, 2016.] The following is an email from Columbia High School Principal Elizabeth Aaron to the families…
Supt. Ramos Clarifies Access & Equity Policy as Students Begin to Plan Schedules
The following email was sent by Supt. Dr. John Ramos to the SOMSD community on Thursday: Dear SOMSD Community: Last fall the Board of Education…
SOMA Black Parents Group ‘Will Not Hesitate’ to Take Legal Action to End Leveling
While the South Orange Maplewood Black Parents Workshop, an advocacy group, has strong praise for the school district’s passage of a new Academic Placement policy that…
SOM Board of Ed Weighs Budget Impact of Special Ed, High Enrollment, Equity & Access
The South Orange – Maplewood Board of Education continued its budget discussions Monday night, hearing a presentation on Special Education budget requests and a summary of…