Student Achievement

After decades of failed attempts, the South Orange-Maplewood School District is finally balancing its elementary schools with its Intentional Integration Initiative. Local leaders agree it’ll take more to erase years of inequity and prepare diverse students for bright futures. 

Calling the findings of the report “atrocious”, the Black Parents Workshop said SOMSD “did little to comply with our settlement agreement.” Superintendent Taylor defended the district’s work on access and equity, despite the district’s own reporting on ongoing disparities in state test scores, suspensions, advanced math enrollment and failure rates.

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