Long Range Facilities Plan

Bid Specification Work Begins for $160M Capital Improvements for South Orange-Maplewood Schools

The South Orange-Maplewood School District moved a step closer to embarking on its nearly $160 million Long Range Facilities Plan/capital improvement projects, as reported at…

South Orange-Maplewood, Here’s How $160M in School Bonds Will Impact Your Taxes

The $160 million tax levy just approved by the South Orange-Maplewood Board of School Estimate for the Long Range Facilities Plan is going to cause…

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…

OPINION: Why I Still Oppose Artificial Turf (Especially at Ritzer Field)

Jane Conrad, a South Orange-Maplewood resident, previously expressed her thoughts on natural grass versus artificial turf fields in this piece, Opinion: Let’s Make Ritzer and…

OPINION: Give Ritzer and Underhill Fields the Upgrade MAPSO Deserves

The following opinion piece is from a group of South Orange-Maplewood parents collaborating as the MAPSO Recreation Fields Task Force, which previously authored two pieces…

As $160M+ Facilities Plan Moves Forward, South Orange-Maplewood District Quietly Improves Ongoing Maintenance

As the South Orange-Maplewood School District moves forward on its eye-catching $160M+ Long Range Facilities Plan, the district has quietly been improving its ongoing maintenance…

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…

NAACP Unit Supporting Black Parents Workshop in Suit Against South Orange-Maplewood School District

With permission of the national office, a local unit of the NAACP will be submitting an amicus brief in support of a suit by the…

CHS Briefly Evacuated for Smoke From Elevator System

From the South Orange-Maplewood School District: Columbia High School was briefly evacuated during 1st period (on Monday, April 8, 2019) when smoke was observed coming…

South Orange-Maplewood $140M Facilities Plan Schedule ‘Slides’ — No Bond Approval in March

Looks like the South Orange-Maplewood School District will be under a tight squeeze to get everything in order for construction to begin this summer on…