Dr. Jonathan Ponds

More than two thirds of public schools reported that too few candidates were applying for open positions at their schools, according to the U.S. Education Department.

The district intends to change the way it conducts its lottery for the free preschool program.

On Thursday, the district presented its long-range master plan at a Board of School Estimate meeting, laying out nearly $150 million in projects that would last through 2030.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair teachers and staff will have an easier time getting the COVID-19 vaccine starting next week through a new local partnership. On Friday, March 12, Mayor Sean Spiller announced that through a partnership with the township, the school district and Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center, COVID-19 vaccines will be available to every Montcl

The Montclair School District received an assessment of the district-wide ventilation issues on Oct. 16, which shows numerous issues.

The teachers for Montclair school district's Applied Behavior Analysis Program were given permission to remain remote from the Board of Education.

A nationwide backlog of Chromebooks left Montclair School District and its students looking for alternate ways to avoid an equity gap.

Comedian Josh Pray, unknowingly caught in the crossfire of the removal of a Montclair principal who showed a Pray video in which he thanks teachers during the pandemic, is firing back.  

Montclair school district saw a surge in retirements at the close of the 2019-20 school year, as concerns about opening amid COVID-19 continue to build.

Prior to his work in Moonachie, Ponds served as the principal of Parsons Elementary School in New Brunswick. He has also worked as a teacher and basketball coach in the Boston Public Schools.