South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education members asked district administration for more qualitative data.
Arun Vadlamani
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GovernmentMaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
Board of Ed to Focus on $12-15M Funding Shortfall for Middle School Facilities Improvements
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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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
Board of Ed Votes 5-4 to Rehire Retired Asst. Business Administrator With 10% Raise
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
With Middle School Construction Bids $12M Over Budget, District Will Prioritize Most Urgent Projects
Superintendent Taylor attributed the high bids to pandemic-related inflation and supply issues. Board member Arun Vadlamani the over-budget bids for the middle schools will be one of the biggest issues the BOE will need to resolve. “It is $12 million. It is not a small number.”
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
Board of Ed Votes to Retain, Reassign Elementary & Middle School Spanish Teachers
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth OrangeTowns
BOE Approves $34.8M Construction Bid for Columbia High School; Work to Begin This Summer
by Lela Mooreby Lela MooreWork to be done include renovating the former pool into a student commons area, library and science lab renovations and roof and HVAC fixes. Postponed for now: guidance suite and classroom alterations and updating the girls locker room.
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
South Orange-Maplewood Board of Ed Tables ALL Policy Approvals as Process Is Debated
Policy 2270 Religion In The Schools was tabled early in the meeting. BOE President Wittleder says the Board will revisit the policy process.
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
‘This District Needs MapSO Freedom School’ Says Founder in Rebuke to BOE Members
“For people to say we are unknown, I think it speaks more to their lack of education about who we are than our work.” — TJ Whitaker
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
As Integration Plan Expands into Year 3 in Fall ’23, Officials Discuss Distance to School & Marshall/Bolden Unpairing
Superintendent presents data and future plans for the ‘living innovation,’ as BOE members look at successes and potential adjustments.
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
Many South Orange-Maplewood Students Still Need Academic Support Post-Pandemic, Data Show
by Lela Mooreby Lela Moore“We know the pandemic did impact our students, but not every student was impacted in the same way or to the same degree,” said Asst. Supt. of Curriculum & Instruction Ann Bodnar. She explained that academic support was provided to students via a “layered” system of interventions, instead of in a one-size-fits-all approach.