Newark superintendent’s request for a waiver from state statutes fell on deaf ears last year – and that appears likely to again
By John Mooney
Superintendent Cami Anderson
It was a long shot then, and it’s a long shot now.
Newark schools Superintendent Cami Anderson has for the second year asked the Christie administration for a waiver – technically called an “equivalency” – from state regulations that require teachers be laid off based solely on seniority.
The request is a central part of her 2015-16 budget proposal, which Anderson’s staff said could include layoffs of as many as 300 teachers.
But little has changed from last year, when Anderson submitted the very same application verbatim.
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