More Black students failed fourth marking period classes at Columbia High School than did students from any other ethnic group, and it is not clear from data provided by school officials that interventions in place are providing enough support to reverse that direction.
South Orange-Maplewood School District
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South Orange-Maplewood BOE Passes 2022-23 District and Board Goals
The South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education passed 2022-2023 District Goals and Board Goals at…
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
South Orange-Maplewood Board of Ed Discusses Alternatives to YMCA After Care
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South Mountain YMCA Offers Hiring Incentives as Staff Shortages Cause After Care Cuts
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UPDATE: What’s the Status of South Orange-Maplewood Schools’ 2014 Settlement with U.S. Office of Civil Rights?
We filed Open Public Records Act requests for the settlement reports in order to have them all in one place and to help catch our readers — and ourselves — up on the district’s progress.
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As SOMSD Rethinks Busing to Support Integration, a Look at How We Got Here
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‘Give Us a Bus!’ – South Orange-Maplewood Families Scramble for Solutions With End of ‘Courtesy’ Busing
South Orange-Maplewood School District elementary school families who lost “courtesy” busing—transportation for those living more than 1 mile but less than 2 miles from school—say they continue to scramble to find safe, alternative means to get to school with the start of classes just weeks away.
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UPDATE: CHS Grad Sydney Mannion & US U20 Women Win World Junior Ultimate Championship
Update: Sydney Mannion and her US U20 teammates defeated France 14-12 to capture the…
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CHS Grad Jesiah Owens’ Side Quest Magazine Branches Out to Club House & Summer Camp to Help Kids
Columbia High School graduate (Class of 2022) and Maplewood resident Jesiah Owens is making…
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South Orange & Maplewood Town Leaders Want to ‘Collaborate Closely’ With BOE on Restoring & Expanding School Busing
The Mayor of Maplewood and the South Orange Village President are asking that the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education present town leaders with information related to restoring “courtesy busing” routes, and expressed an interest to “collaborate closely on this issue” to potentially raise the funds through tax levies to cover the costs.