Newark Teachers Union calls for restoration of vital Ironbound community school
NEWARK…One child brought a sign that read, “We deserve a healthy, safe environment” before she was bused away from Newark’s Wilson Avenue School. Another little girl cried. As parents brought their elementary and middle‐school age children to the first day of school, they found buses shipping off students to the Central Ward or to Belleville. While the Newark Public Schools District office blames Hurricane Irene for the problem, Newark Teachers’ Union President Joseph Del Grosso found the state run district management at fault for mismanaging the situation.
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