As you know, Paterson Public Schools is currently facing a crisis of mammoth proportions in the area of special education. As reported, nearly 2,000 special education students are without requisite speech therapy time.
Teague: Hodges for school board president
With the recent school board election behind us, the political focal point for 2018 has shifted to the coveted president’s gavel. We all know the Paterson Public School District is headed for local control in the very near future. This means that the local school board commissioners will literally hold the keys of power in…
Paterson children won on election day
For months the call was made to the residents of Paterson to make the right choice on Election Day as it relates to the board of education elections. Paterson heeded the call. With the return of former Commissioner Kenneth Simmons and reelection of veteran board member Dr. Jonathon Hodges the children indeed won. The people…
Ex-school board member decries Paterson candidates’ failure to attend debates
I am very concerned about what appears to be an utter lack of sincerity from several school board candidates. It’s bad enough that we have only had 2 debates with the election just weeks away. But to have a group of candidates who seem not the least bit interested in attending any debates at all,…
Letter: No school board debates in Paterson?
We are less than 50 days away from one of the most important elections in the City of Paterson. The board of education election is a pivotal issue because we as a community must go to the polls and make sure that we elected people to serve on the board who are not political operatives.
Teague: ‘School board has become nothing more than an extension of the political mess this city is in’
I recently attended a school board meeting to voice my concerns about the process being used to select the next schools chief. I later found out that several board members had colorful comments in response. One comment suggested, in so many words, that the role of boards members in this matter was to protect fellow…
Teague: We can’t afford electing people with their own political interests at heart
I hear numerous complaints from the community about the state of our city. We often blame the people we put in office. In all honesty, we can’t just blame the politicians completely. By their standards they are doing what seems right to them or at least what they believe they can safely get away with.