Laura Hertzog

Sergio Gonzalez was announced as the newest member of the Montclair Board of Education on Monday, Aug. 26. He will finish Laura Hertzog's remaining term.

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 A division within the board of education has resulted in the departure of another board member, the second in two months. Board president Laura Hertzog resigned from the Montclair Board of Education Thursday, May 16, the same night the board elected new leadership, including Eve Robinson as president and Latifah Jannah as vice president...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Board president Laura Hertzog resigned from the Montclair Board of Education Thursday, May 16, the same night the board elected new leadership including Eve Robinson as president. Latifah Jannah was elected as vice president...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair High School will be getting portable classrooms in late October, as the district prepares to start rebuilding four staircases in the old section of the school. However, an inspection found traces of asbestos, delaying construction of the staircases that have been closed down since the start of school...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news New Jersey has plans to start scaling back PARCC tests in schools. The state announced the first phases of a gradual plan to start scaling back the statewide assessment tests - which have been especially unpopular in Montclair - in New Jersey’s schools. “...

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 Wednesday night's board of education meeting was Kendra Johnson's first as superintendent, and several board and audience members took a moment to wish her welcome. However, the meeting got off to a tense start, with BOE President Laura Hertzog and board member Eve Robinson having a disagreement over what led to three members being absent from Johnson’s confir

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Laura Hertzog and Eve Robinson will be returning to the Montclair Board of Education, while Latifah Jannah will be joining as its newest member later this year. Mayor Robert Jackson announced that Hertzog and Robinson were reappointed on Sunday, April 15...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Kendra Johnson has been named Montclair’s new schools superintendent. The board voted on April 11 to retain Johnson for the position open since 2015 during a special meeting of the board of education with only four board members in attendance. Joh ...