Black Parents Workshop settlement

Dr. Edward Fergus will meet with South Orange-Maplewood schools quarterly for the next 3 years to assure implementation of recommendations.

Calling the findings of the report “atrocious”, the Black Parents Workshop said SOMSD “did little to comply with our settlement agreement.” Superintendent Taylor defended the district’s work on access and equity, despite the district’s own reporting on ongoing disparities in state test scores, suspensions, advanced math enrollment and failure rates.

“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

The equity audit is to “understand the nature of equity in the district to make sure that all children are treated fairly and equitably.”

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