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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

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair is taking a look at a first draft of a districtwide homework policy this summer, and wants parents to weigh in on the subject. The Board of Education has posted a sample version of the policy on the district website...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair’s Board of Education took another look at what could become the district’s new homework policy. The board presented a draft version of the homework policy, which has been under review by its policy committee, at the May 3 meeting at the George Inness Annex. During ...

by ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair’s Board of Education took a look at its homework policy during an April 12 meeting that lasted nearly four hours. The homework policy included a presentation by seven students from Montclair High School’s Civics and Government Institute, a small learning community within MHS. During the...

Montclair’s homework policy and the district’s equity policy were two of the main items discussed during Wednesday night’s Board of Education meeting at the George Inness Annex. At the start of the meeting, a group of seven Montclair High School students appeared before the board and presented their thoughts on current amounts of homework. Some of their co...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair is going to be taking a look at its homework policy this spring. The district’s homework policy was scheduled to come up for discussion at the April 12 board of education meeting. “Th...