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By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair Public School District is enlisting the help of the New Jersey School Boards Association to help with the superintendent search. On Jan. 8, the Board of Education approved the hiring of two consultants from the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA): one for the search, and one to help the district assess which issues in the schools should

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair School District has hired a new interim director of personnel and an interim director for elementary education.   The hirings were announced at the Wednesday, Oct. 2, board of education meeting. Paul ...

Montclair's school woes feel like the TV show "Scandal," writes Kirsten Levingston in her latest Welcome to Montclair. But just keep swimming, she says.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Dr. Nathan Parker, former superintendent of Summit School District, has been named as Montclair’s new interim superintendent. Parker’s appointment was announced during a special board of education meeting at the George Inness Annex on Aug. 15. Parker...

Montclair’s new interim superintendent of schools will be named at a special meeting planned for Thursday, Aug. 15. 

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Fear of what yet another transition in district leadership will mean for Montclair was an overall theme at the July 15 BOE meeting when members approved Superintendent Kendra Johnson’s resignation. W...

Superintendent Kendra Johnson will be leaving Montclair for Maryland.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Glenfield Middle School will be sticking with its nine-period schedule for the time being. Montclair Public Schools Superintendent Kendra Johnson sent a notice to parents Friday afternoon informing them that the school would remain with its current schedule for the 2019-20 school year...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Glenfield Middle School may be moving to a schedule with longer, fewer periods next year, a move that district officials claim will give students more time to spend on academic courses. But parents claim the move will take time away from the arts program that the school is known for...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Glenfield Middle School community is objecting to plans to move to a class schedule with fewer periods next year, contending the move will have negative consequences for what Glenfield is known for — its arts program. D...