NEWARK — While about 350 students were attending their first day of charter school, parents, residents, union officials and community advocates gathered outside to unveil their latest effort to derail the Newark school district’s controversial reorganization.
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Sign The Petition to Stop Cami Anderson’s One Newark Plan!
Recently, five Newark, NJ principals were unjustly suspended by Superintendent Cami Anderson. The reason: for simply supporting community members and speaking out against the closures of public schools. Immediately following the announced suspensions, AFSA President Woodard traveled to Newark to meet with the principals and pledge AFSA’s support. “Superintendent Anderson has seemingly plowed forward blindly, ignoring school leaders and disregarding […]
Read more ›President Woodard Responds to Reinstatement of Suspended Newark Principals
“We are pleased to learn that 3 of the 5 suspended Newark principals have been reinstated, as they did nothing wrong. In fact, AFSA commends these principals for courageously speaking out against policies they felt could potentially harm many of their students. We will continue to work with CASA, AFSA Local 20, to support the other 2 principals in any […]