South Orange-Maplewood School District

BA Eric Burnside came under fire with the district facing a multi-million dollar budget deficit and cuts to courses, programs and 28 positions.

A list of 28 positions to be cut was posted to the school district website late Wednesday.

Acting Supt. Gilbert provided the BOE with an update on SOMSD’s five district goals for 2024-25.

District officials have said that no further information on the 28 positions to be cut will be available until after the May 9 reorganization. Former BOE member Tony Mazzocchi says the district is either “hiding things … or you don’t have a clue.”

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“This is what we live for,” said one student. Another said cuts to music & arts would inequitably impact students unable to fund private lessons.

Attorney says he has been conducting his own investigation into an incident between Frank Sanchez and a student and will be delivering the results to the prosecutor’s office shortly.

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Former BOE member Elissa Malespina confirms she shared the draft report with police, which she says the law requires. That report included interviews with the student and student witnesses that claimed Sanchez allegedly grabbed and shook the girl’s shoulders and “push[ed] her so hard that her phone fell out of her pocket.”