New Jersey Department of Education

Montclair schools have been instructed by the state Department of Education to develop a preparedness plan to deal with a possible outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19.

The Montclair School District is heading into the 2020-2021 budget season facing a $7.5 million shortfall: more than triple the shortfall that needed to be closed at the start of last year’s budget season.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair received a perfect score on a special education compliance report from the New Jersey Department of Education. The report comes five years after Montclair and 75 other New Jersey districts were placed under a New Jersey Department of Education monitoring program...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news New Jersey has passed a law that would allow school districts to require students to carry their IDs with them at all times while traveling to school-sponsored events. School officials will also compile a list of students traveling on buses to off-campus events, in the event of an emergency...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair High School saw an uptick in substance abuse cases between 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, according to the Department of Education. The number of cases at the high school was low however, compared to some of its neighboring high schools in Essex County...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news New Jersey has agreed to allow high school students to choose one of three pathways for graduation, at least for current juniors and seniors, after a state Supreme Court ruling found that the PARCC testing requirements were against state law...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair is getting stricter with student absenteeism. In a letter to parents, the district announced that Montclair was going to be adhering to attendance policies prescribed by the state of New Jersey...

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. ...

It is coming up on the spring testing season for Montclair and other New Jersey school districts, as the state moves into its second year of administering the PARCC tests in the classroom. The PARCC test is expected to become a more prominent part of the graduation requirements for New Jersey high school students over the next few years, but a couple of pieces of proposed legislation are hoping to