By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger
In a move that signals a growing fissure between the administration and its elected leaders, the Newark school board has cast an unprecedented, unanimous no-confidence vote against Superintendent Cami Anderson.
But because the state’s largest school district remains under state control, it cannot fire Anderson, who was named superintendent in 2011.
“The vote is intended to send a message to the superintendent that we’re not satisfied with her work,” said Antoinette Baskerville-Richardson, the board’s chairwoman. “When we request important information from her, we don’t get it, and she refuses to compromise on her version of reform.”
Baskerville-Richardson said Anderson fails to provide information about changes to personnel and programs and that she has “overpromised” on the fruits of some key reform initiatives.
Last month, board members rejected the nearly $1 billion school budget Anderson presented, arguing that she failed to provide information about which programs and services would suffer the most because of the district’s $57 million budget gap.
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