Rebooting a program with a new staff is tough enough, even without losing one of your goaltenders, but that’s how the Montclair High School Varsity Lacrosse team is kicking things […]
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Montclair High School spring athletes overcome weather to practice
With just three weeks until most spring sports begin their season, the timing of last week’s massive dumping of snow couldn’t have been worse. Maybe an opening-day dumping would have […]
Staff cuts criticized at Board of School Estimate meeting
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Personnel cuts were on the minds of many audience members as the Board of School Estimate took a first look at the 2017-2018 Montclair public schools’ […]
Montclair school budget goes in for second review
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The school budget process moved into its next phase Monday night as the Board of School Estimate had a line-by-line review. Monday’s meeting was the first […]
PARCC testing to take place in Montclair, amid pending legislation
It is coming up on the spring testing season for Montclair and other New Jersey school districts, as the state moves into its second year of administering the PARCC tests […]
Montclair High School sophomore is an international triple-threat
by ANDREW GARDA garda@montclairlocal.news Most Montclair High School students will spend the next month planning how they will relax during their April Spring break and maybe how they can scam […]
Montclair schools plan changes to world language program
Montclair’s children receive a great deal of instruction in world languages in the classroom. But the school district feels that much more can be done. The Montclair School District wants […]
High School host scholarship meeting for Mountie athletes
by ANDREW GARDA garda@montclairlocal.news One of the aims of high school — and by association, high school sports — is to prepare young people for life beyond high school, directing […]
Lacrosse: New Montclair boys staff is all about family
by ANDREW GARDA garda@montclairlocal.news Sleep is a luxury that new Montclair High School varsity boys lacrosse head coach John Scanlan can’t really afford. Scanlan accepted the job a few days […]
Montclair BOE adopts 2017-2018 budget
Montclair has adopted the budget for the 2017-2018 school year. The Board of Education approved the $120 million budget during a three-hour meeting at the George Inness Annex Monday night. […]
Save the Date: Montclair Literary Festival begins March 31
Trevor Noah, Paul Auster and more than 50 other authors will participate in the first Montclair Literary Festival. The Festival, according to its website, succeed2gether.org/montclair-literary-festival, is designed to promote “reading […]
Fencing: Montclair High girls’ epee squad wins second straight NJSIAA title
by ANDREW GARDA garda@montclairlocal.news The Montclair High School fencing squads had a strong showing both at this year’s NJSIAA Team and Individual state tournaments the past two weekends, with the […]
Montclair BOE releases more details of budget
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair Public Schools could be seeing some staff reductions in the 2017-2018 school year. The board of education presented some more details of the preliminary […]
Girls Basketball: Deep first-half hole leaves Montclair on wrong side of 50-26 loss
by ANDREW GARDA garda@montclairlocal.news The Montclair girls basketball team showed a lot of guts in the second half against Morristown, but couldn’t crawl out of the hole they’d dug in […]