Board of School Estimate

Board of School Estimate OKs Tax Levy for $160M Capital Plan to Improve, Expand South Orange-Maplewood Schools

The South Orange-Maplewood Board of School Estimate on June 11 unanimously approved a tax levy to pay for the school district’s “historic” $157.4 million capital…

BOE Sends $160M+ Facilities Plan to Board of School Estimate — With Turf Fields & AC Included

The long and winding two-year road to undertake massive improvements to the school district’s crumbling infrastructure crossed another hurdle last night as the South Orange-Maplewood…

‘A Historic Moment’: South Orange-Maplewood Moves Closer to $140M School Improvement, Integration Plan

In what the Board of Education president called “a historic moment,” the South Orange and Maplewood Board of School Estimate voted unanimously Thursday to approve…

South Orange-Maplewood Board of School Estimate to Hold Informal Workshop on $140M School District Plan Dec 6

The South Orange-Maplewood Board of School Estimate will begin the process of considering a tax levy to pay for a proposed $140 million Long Range…

Lembrich: Support for Long Range Facilities Plan & School Desegregation Is Moral Imperative for SOMA Community

The following is from Greg Lembrich, Maplewood Township Committee member. On Thursday night I will proudly join my colleagues from the Maplewood Township Committee, South…

South Orange-Maplewood BOE Approves Long Range Facilities Plan by 8-0 Vote

The South Orange-Maplewood BOE voted 8-0 to approve the Long Range Facilities Plan that outlines nearly $140 million in improvements and construction projects for the…

UPDATED: South Orange-Maplewood BOE Approves Long Range Facilities Plan

Updated November 20, 2018: The South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education voted to approve the Long Range Facilities Plan (with a K-5/6-8/9-12 configuration) by a vote…

Ficarra: ‘We Are Looking at Facilities Planning With an Eye to Solving De Facto Segregation’

Editor’s note: This story has been updating to note a clarification by Board of Education President Elizabeth Baker regarding potential redistricting. Interim South Orange-Maplewood Superintendent…

Wright Endorses 3 South Orange-Maplewood Alumni for Board of Ed: Julien, George and Mazzocchi

People stop and ask me questions about what is happening in our school district. They say they ask me because I tell them the truth.…