Perth Amboy school board puts superintendent on paid leave

By Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger

The vote was met with a roar of cheers and applause from the audience. Of about 400 people at meeting, about half were district employees, said Donna Chiera, president of the local teachers union.

Chiera said Caffrey had lost the “trust and confidence” of the staff.

“The issue has always been that decisions have been made in what is to be done to the staff, and not with the staff,” Chiera said.

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