Public Schools

Jersey City Board of Education Passes Historic School Levy Investment

Tonight the Jersey City Board of Education passed its 2022-23 school budget along a 5-4 vote, approving funds that staved ...
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May 5, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools

Some final words on 2022-23 Schools Budget, anti-school tax rhetoric, and city/BOE budget timelines

This is my final post re: the Jersey City Public Schools budget which will be voted on this Monday. The ...
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March 19, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Tax Rates, Public Schools

Jersey City Schools Budget, 2022-23, a brief update & next steps FYI

This is an update on the unfolding budget process for Jersey City Public Schools; the budget was introduced Tuesday March ...
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March 16, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools

A picture of state aid reduction in Jersey City

I wanted to share a picture of the state aid reductions to Jersey City Public Schools. State Aid can be ...
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March 15, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools

Take Action: Support Jersey City Public Schools

TAKE ACTION FOR OUR SCHOOLSThe Jersey City Board of Education will vote on the 2022/23 schools budget on March 21st ...
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March 13, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools

Putting Jersey City’s low school tax rate into perspective

Jersey City lost another $68 million in state aid on March 10th, 2022. This cut was expected, part of the ...
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March 13, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Schools, Schools: Property Tax Insights

Jersey City Public Schools: Visualization for Federal Covid-19 Aid

The Jersey City Public Schools have received over $160 million in federal COVID-19 aid since 2020 and I was curious ...
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March 1, 2022 / Data Visualizations, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools, School Mental Health

Midway through Jersey City’s “S2” state aid cuts: assessing the fiscal landscape.

It has been nearly four years since NJ passed the “S2” law, leading to state aid cuts to Jersey City ...
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February 11, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Schools, School Mental Health

What is in our local public schools budget? (a tool for advocates)

What’s included in our schools budget, and how is it structured (laid out)? I wanted to create a visualization for ...
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February 2, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Property Taxes, Public Schools

Accountability Check: a look back at mental health services included in the FY2021-22 Jersey City Public Schools Budget

Jersey City's FY2021-22 public schools budget included concrete, promised investments in mental health services for our city's students. In this ...
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January 24, 2022 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools, School Mental Health, Schools: Staffing & Mental Health, Schools: Transparency

Outgoing 2021 Jersey City Board of Education misses mark on showing budgeted investment for mental health services for students; new BOE should aim higher

On Thursday, December 16th, the Board of Education held its final regular meeting of the 2021 calendar year and while ...
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December 18, 2021 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools, Schools: Staffing & Mental Health, Schools: Transparency

JCPS Mental Health – 2021 Call to Action

Help compel the Jersey City BOE to improve mental health services for our students After years of cuts, the district ...
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December 15, 2021 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools, Schools: Staffing & Mental Health

Jersey City Public Schools Urgently Need Counselors for Our Kids

Update: the BOE did not speak in public to the issue of mental health counselors at the Nov 29th BOE ...
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November 29, 2021 / Public Schools, Schools: Staffing & Mental Health

Jersey City Public Schools Staffing Shortage: A data-driven view from Board Docs

Jersey City is experiencing a staffing shortage in its public schools. While this is part of a nationwide trend, local ...
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November 7, 2021 / Data Visualizations, Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools, Schools: Staffing & Mental Health, Schools: Transparency

Improving accountability and transparency for Jersey City Public Schools

In 2021 Jersey City Public Schools fully funded its schools for the first time in over a decade. Reasonable questions ...
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September 25, 2021 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools, Schools: Staffing & Mental Health, Schools: Transparency

NJ’s “Cost Per Pupil” is a flawed comparison of school district cost.

How NJ's "cost-per-pupil" can mislead taxpayers to interpret "investing more in higher needs students" as "overspending" On its face, the ...
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April 26, 2021 / Jersey City School Funding Crisis, Public Schools