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Chalkbeat
This is what New Jersey’s multilingual learners need and why preschool is the place to start
School districts must provide language support services to students, but implementation looks different from district to district, with no real way to track their impact on pre-K multilingual learners.
Federal wage data shows limits of non-college career pathways
For much of the last few decades, some young people have heard a simple mantra: bachelor’s or bust.
Courier-Post Cherry Hill
Collingswood community says goodbye to James A Garfield Elementary (on MSN.com)
The final day at school June 22 in Collingswood was emotional, as James A. Garfield Elementary officially closed.
New Jersey Globe
Sherrill, legislative leaders have a budget deal
Gov. Mikie Sherrill and legislative leaders appear to have a budget deal in place for the $60.7 billion originally proposed in March, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed.
Montclair Local
Montclair Schools Negotiate New Deal with Sodexo Following Juneteenth Menu Incident
The Montclair Board of Education on Wednesday approved a new contract with a vendor the district’s superintendent earlier this month criticized for using an image depicting a racist stereotype of a watermelon for the date of Juneteenth on a lunch menu.
NJ Patch
Senior prank turned destructive under investigation in Manchester (on MSN.com)
Manchester Township police and the school district are investigating students’ actions after the Manchester Township High School “Senior Prank.”
Shore News Network
New Jersey Issues New Policies to Keep ICE Out Schools, Hospitals and Churches
New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced the publication of six model policies designed to guide schools, hospitals, shelters, social service agencies, correctional facilities and houses of worship when responding to federal civil immigration enforcement activity.
TAPinto.net
Leading NJ Lawmaker Proposes Changes to School District Budget Process, Transparency Improvements
Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin is working with legislative colleagues to change the process for school districts crafting their local budgets and increase transparency in it.
Glen Rock 14-Year-Old App Developer Gets Noticed by Tech Giant
A local high school freshman has caught the eye of Apple executives as an app developer.
