‘Youps’: Newark’s expensive, excess school staff

By Joan Whitlow/For The Star-Ledger

[…] Joseph Del Grosso, the Newark Teachers Union president, protested that he’s seen the list and that none of the teachers on it has complaints or reviews on file that would trigger tenure charges or disciplinary action.

One of the problems, I’ve been told, is that principals don’t always write up teachers the way they should, because of everything from friendship to a belief that nothing comes of it.

“Don’t blame the union,” Del Grosso told me.

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