Franklin Turner

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A Montclair resident has abandoned a lawsuit alleging the board of education did not adhere to proper procedure on advertising the meeting in which the board voted to appoint a new superintendent...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Department of Education has denied Montclair Board of Education’s request to excuse itself from a complaint filed against BOE member Franklin Turner by a resident challenging his residency status. ...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A Montclair resident filed a complaint with the state on Friday alleging Montclair Board of Education member Franklin Turner does not meet the residency requirements for a board member. In the complaint, filed with the state education commissioner on May 18, resident David Herron alleges Turner does not meet the board’s residency requirements and is therefore

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair Board of Education officially approved the preliminary budget for submission to county officials Monday night, but not without some turbulence. The board had to take a second vote after the first vote resulted in four abstentions and three yes votes, not enough to pass the budget...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair has announced the names of the three finalists in the running for the position of superintendent. Two of the candidates are from out of district: Rachel Goldberg, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Passaic Public Schools, and Ross Kasun, superintendent in the Freehold Public Schools...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Students of color and special education students, especially boys, are disproportionately more likely to be suspended or reported for discipline issues in Montclair’s schools. Those were some of the findings in Montclair’s violence/vandalism and suspension reports, both of which were presented during the Wednesday, Jan. 10, board ...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair school district will be going ahead with an assessment of its special education program. At its Monday, Dec. 18 meeting, the board approved a resolution that lays out the guidelines for the review, and the data that the district should gather from it...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A proposed resolution to do an assessment of Montclair's special education program was among the items brought up during a long, occasionally tense board of education meeting Wednesday night. In its current form, the resolution calls for several components, including data on the number of special education students in each grade, determining how needs were cla

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The student advocate position took center stage at Monday night’s board of education meeting. And the discussion, both between board members and the public, got rather tense at times. The Montclair BOE approved the posting of the job description, following a long, animated and occasionally tense back-and-forth among board members about the need for the posit

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Monday night’s board of education meeting showed signs that the 2017-2018 school year was getting off to a bumpy start in some regards. Two staff members reported that staff morale at the schools was low, while a parent criticized the nutritional quality of the district’s food service, especially after parents reported seeing sodas in a school vending machine