NEWARK – New York-based Uncommon Schools is hoping to build a new charter school at the former home of the Star-Ledger newspaper.
The proposed six-story North Star Academy building would be built at a vacant parking lot and parking garage on Court Street and Washington Street, across from the newspaper’s old headquarters.
[…]Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon sent an email to planning officials Monday urging them to reject the proposal, saying the widespread expansion of charter schools are responsible for a now-perennial public school budget deficit. He also argued that the city is home to a number of former school buildings that are now vacant, such as Dayton Street School.
“It is absurd to watch Newark Public Schools close school buildings in order to ‘save money’ and then allow charters to open new or expand existing facilities that will take away more funding,” he said in the email, which was shared with NJ Advance Media.
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