Robin Baker: Maini and Farfan Will Help SOMSD Turn Important Corner
Robin Baker serves on the Board of Education. However, the views expressed in this letter are her personal views and not those of the Board.…
Board of Ed Approves New Seth Boyden Choice Resolution, Discusses Gentrification & Desegregation
On Monday, January 22, the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education approved a new “opt-out” or choice resolution for in-zone Seth Boyden School families. Although the…
Elizabeth Baker: South Orange-Maplewood Is Addressing Civil Rights Agreement
On Monday, November 20, South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education President Elizabeth Baker gave a detailed report on what the district has been doing to fulfill…
Watch NJ and South Orange, Maplewood Election Results Live: November 7, 2017
It’s going to be a nail-biter tonight in South Orange and Maplewood when results from the Board of Education election start coming in after…
Everything You Need to Know About the 2017 South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education Election
Tuesday, November 7 is election day (find your polling place here). Eight candidates are vying for three seats on the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education.…
South Orange-Maplewood BOE Race Takes Negative Turn With 4-Page Flier
A four-page flier distributed this weekend by the SOMA Black Parents Workshop takes aim at the two incumbent candidates in the South Orange-Maplewood Board of…
VIDEO: SOMA Black Parents Workshop Holds Student-Led Candidates Forum
SOMA Black Parents Workshop held a South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education Candidates Forum at Maplewood Memorial Library on Thursday, October 26. The event was distinguishable…
Collum Gives Kudos to — and a Recap of — All 8 South Orange-Maplewood BOE Candidates
The following was posted by South Orange Village President Sheena Collum on Facebook and is published here with her permission. Read or see more about…
SOMA Justice Introduces Score Card for South Orange-Maplewood BOE Candidates
From Dr. Khadijah Costley White of SOMA Justice: Addressing Race and Inequality: SOMA Justice: Addressing Race and Inequality provided nine questions to each candidate for…
VIDEO: Coalition on Race Hosts South Orange-Maplewood 2017 BOE Candidates Forum
Thanks to Joy Yagid of SOMAtv for this video of the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education Candidates Forum, sponsored by the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition…