Dr. Ronald Taylor

“It’s pretty easy to imagine that dozens if not hundreds of students would have likely received an out-of-school suspension this year who didn’t, likely resulting in literally thousands of instructional hours that students didn’t miss this year.”— BOE member Courtney Winkfield

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At least three classrooms in Clinton Elementary School are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks, prompting the school to institute a temporary indoor and bus mask mandate, Maplewood officials confirmed.

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A presentation by a task force, created as part of a resolution instituting a one-year moratorium on out-of-school suspensions that was adopted by the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education last October, will take place at the Board of Education’s May 2022 meeting, says Supt. Dr. Ronald Taylor.

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By a vote of 6-2, the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education adopted a $165.9M preliminary 2022-23 budget that would entail a 2.9% tax increase.

“Personally, I feel comfortable with the original plan of keeping masks at least until April vacation and then perhaps eliminating the mandate. By that point in time, I hope we will see that cases continue to decline and/or stay at a relatively low level.”

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Beginning February, all South Orange-Maplewood School District students ages 12 and above must have…