Testimony 5/19/10
Donna Jackson, United Parent Network
,'m appearing before the state board today because there are several emergencies that have surfaced
in Newark. The state has controlled the district for over 15 years. DOE has failed to monitor and/or
correct any of the problems that were the reasons for the take-over in the first place. The state board has
failed to hold anyone accountable for the continued waste and decline in services to the children of
Newark. I am asking for a full investigation into the practices that are being used in Newark.
The condition of the Special Education Department has caused me to file several complaints with
the state and federal departments of education. The problem is that the state is in control of Newark and
in filing a complaint ,'m talking to the entity that created the problem. The state can't police itself. Of
course, now you would like to return Newark to local control because you realize the mess you have
created and the money you have misspent. In the beginning there were about 27 managers and
the state took control and put over 400 people to cover those same positions. Then every year including
this year DOE hires all these consultants who don't know the education field at all to tell us what we
need to do better. To date not one of the plans or programs have improved the education of the children
of Newark. We have a special needs schoo', AVC, Dr. Janey is trying to close. The 300 students of AVC
will be lost if they are forced into the regular high schools. The current plan Dr. Janey has hired a
firm to redo the students IEP's to fit the schools he wants to sent them to. The school shut-down plan does
not include any input from the parents, students or staff. NClB requires that all stakeholders have the
right to be included in the process. The children of AVC have many medical needs, Some students don't
have all there limbs, some have medical bags that have to be checked during the day and other crisises
that may arise. Special handling of these students is needed at all times. I'm requesting that you board
members come to AVC and see the special school and the career shops we have that enhance the lives of
our children. Parents took time to select the best environment for there students and safety is a very
serious concern as Dr. Janey tries to force our children from this building.
Newark has ended almost all of our out-of-district placements because of money. The district still
fails to educate these students. The services the children were receiving at the out-of-district school aren't
even being given to the students now. The state is violating the special ed. law by not following the
students IEP. Students that are to have personal aides don't have them; students in need of speech,
physical and occupational therapy are getting the recommended amount of sessions they need. The
district also returned the out-of-district students to the regular Pre k to 12 program. The special needs
child went back into these schools and the student nor the teacher have any support systems. The needs
of the students aren't being addressed and there education is suffering gravely because DOE allows these
infractions to go on. DOE allowed our autistic children to come back in-district and we had
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no autistic certified teachers. Would you allow this to happen to your child? We have improved the
program this year but look at the harm you did by allowing these students to go without services for the
last 5 years.
Lastly, today I want to know what the board has done with the stimulus dollars that have
come into the state and into Newark. Newark received 25 Million in Title I funds 200 Million in
equalization aide and at least another 150 Million in other areas. ( See attached) The state board has
allowed over 6,000 lay-off notices to be sent out in Newark and there is no reason. When will you get rid
of all the consultants that aren't improving education? When will you stop paying bonus checks to the Dr.
Janey who hasn't improved anything in Newark except his friends are making money off the backs of our
children. I have a lot more to give you but let's start with this and see if you can finally help the students
of Newark and the Students in the State of New Jersey. Call me at 973-342-2697 Donna Jackson
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Budget Cut/ Education Rally
Thursday, May 20/ 2010
4:00 pm
2 Cedar Street
6,000 employees get lay-off letter!
Classroom sizes 50-60; Janey said too bad!
Dr Janey doesn't care about the Students!!
Millions in stimulus money to Newark, what
happened to it???
ACTION TIME!! Come out get involved!!
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Brothers & Sisters;
This morning the Newark Public Schools H.R. Dept. held a Principals Meeting. At this meeting
the following information was distributed; A) all 1,332 civil service employees will receive a
"General Notice of Layoff or Demotion" effective June 30, 2010, B) all 2,800 non-instructional
staff are to receive the same notice forty five days before the layoff (May 1 t\) C) the NPS is
eliminating 262 non-instructional positions, and D) all non-tenured staff are to receive a hand
delivered notice from their principal, prior to May 15th, which they are to sign off on as
received, as they would a pay stub.
Please know that we are currently reviewing this information for legal accuracy. There is no
need to panic, we will issue a more composed and detailed response to this action shortly. Feel
free to call the union at any time with your questions or concerns.
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-2009-10 ARRA State Fiscal Stabilization Funds Allocation (ARRA-ESF and ARRA-GSF)
2009-10 Equalization Aid (EQA) Adjustment
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CountY
- - - - - - - - - REVISED REVENUES - - - - - - . District
Code
Name
OriQinal
Revised
Equalization
Equalization
Aid
Aid
(10-3176)
CAMDEN
CAMDEN
CAMDEN
CAMDEN
CAMDEN
CAMDEN
CAMDEN
CAMDEN
CAPE MAY
CAPE MAY
CAPE MAY
CAPE MAY
CAPE MAY
CAPE MAY
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND
ESSEX
ESSEX
ESSEX
ESSEX
ESSEX
ESSEX
ESSEX
ESSEX
ESSEX
ESSEX
ESSEX
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
GLOUCESTER
4590 RUNNEMEDE BORO
4790 SOMERDALE BORO
5035 STERLING HIGH SCHOOL DIST
5080 STRATFORD BORO
5400 VOORHEES TWP
5560 WATERFORD TWP
5820 WINSLOW TWP
5900 WOODL YNNE BORO
1080 DENNIS TWP
2820 LOWER CAPE MAY REGIONAL
2840 LOWER TWP
3130 MIDDLE TWP
5340 UPPER TWP
5840 WOODBINE BORO
540 BRIDGETON CITY
950 COMMERCIAL TWP
995 CUMBERLAND CO VOCATIONAL
997 CUMBERLAND REGIONAL
1020 DEERFIELD TWP
1120 DOWNE TWP
1460 FAIRFIELD TWP
1820 GREENWICH TWP
2270 HOPEWELL TWP
2570 LAWRENCE TWP
3050 MAURICE RIVER TWP
3230 MILLVILLE CITY
4750 SHILOH BORO
5070 STOW CREEK TWP .
5300 UPPER DEERFIELD TWP
5390 VINELAND CITY
250 BELLEVILLE TOWN
410 BLOOMFIELD TWP
1210 EAST ORANGE
1390 ESSEX CO VOC-TECH .
2330 IRVINGTON TOWNSHIP
3310 MONTCLAIR TOWN
3570 NEWARK CITY
3750 NUTLEY TOWN
3880 CITY OF ORANGE TWP
4900 SOUTH ORANGE-MAPLEWOOD
5680 WEST ORANGE TOWN
860 CLAYTON BORO
870 CLEARVIEW REGIONAL
1100 DEPTFORD TWP
1180 EAST GREENWICH TWP
1330 ELK TWP
1590 FRANKLIN TWP
1715 GATEWAY REGIONAL
1730 GLASSBORO
1775 GLOUCESTER CO VOCATIONAL
2070 HARRISON TWP
2440 KINGSWA Y REGIONAL
2750 LOGAN TWP
2990 MANTUA TWP
3280 MONROE TWP
3490 NATIONAL PARK BORO
3580 NEWFIELD BORO
4020
AULSBORO BORO
P
4,154,985
2,439,285
5,479,357
3,619,276
3,593,826
10,036,915
39,722,500
6,139,027
1,492,850
564,909
4,938,877
7,473,102
5,712,298
2,238,587
58,969,892
9,375,500
2,979,921
10,230,540
2,169,548
799,239
5,418,596
207,265
2,471,533
5,160,197
3,359,980
50,131,645
114,903
555,401
4,876,636
84,661,317
21,194,872
15,018,177
131,603,631
18,509,637
80,250,455
1,087,665
633,652,423
4,869,990
59,988,788
930,079
2,081,514
8,446,321
12,340,985
19,347,132
1,987,565
1,816,206
7,373,476
5,665,100
14,478,933
7,091,856
4,817,451
6,090,991
4,846,503
5,277,929
28,724,127
1,912,590
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1,139,962
11,321,749
3,401,079
1,996,686
4,485,149
2,962,572
2,941,741
8,215,757
32,515,009
5,025,124
1,221,978
462,409
4,042,737
6,117,137
4,675,824
1,832,404
48,270,037
7;674,352
2,439,226
8,374,248
1,775,892
654,220
4,435,413
169,657
2,023,083
4,223,899
2,750,325
41,035,455
94,054
454,625
3,991,790
69,299,854
17,349,146
12,293,188
107,724,670
15,151,136
65,689,326
890,313
518,678,680
3,986,350
49,104,059
761,320
1,703,831
6,913,770
10,101,762
15,836,671
State Fiscal Stablization Fund (SFSFJ
ARRA
- ESF
(16-4520)
ARRA-GSF
(17-4521 )
1,486,662
6,035,588
4,637,190
11,851,788
5,805,067
3,943,343
4,985,805
3,967,124
4,320,269
23,512,247
1,565,559
933,120
725,809
426,104
957,155
632,229
627,783
1,753,286
6,938,877
1,072,389
260,777
98,680
862,742
1,305,430
997,846
391,045
10,301,085
1,637,748
520,544
1,787,110
378,985
139,614
946,541
36,206
431,737
901,403
586,934
8,757,186
20,072
97,020
851,869
14,788,960
3,702,401
2,623,432
22,989,022
3,233,334
14,018,454
189,997
110,688,800
850,708
10,479,069
162,470
363,607
1,475,435
2,155,770
3,379,630
347,195.
317,262
1,288,027
989,601
2,529,235
1,238,832
841,531
1,063,997
846,606
921,969
5,017,640
334,098
199,133
28,097
16,495
37,053
24,475
24,302
67,872
268,614
41,514
10,095
3,820
33,398
50,535
38,628
15,138
398,770
63,400
20,151
69,182
14,671
5,405
36,642
1,402
16,713
34,895
22,721
339,004
777
3,756
32,977
572,503
143,325
101,557
889,939
125,167
542,675
7,355
4,284,943
32,932
405,660
6,289
14,076
57,116
83,453
130,831
13,440
12,282
49,861
38,309
97,910
47,957
32,577
41,189
32,773
35,691
194,240
12,933
7,709
9,267,462
1,977,726
76,561
1,626,930 I
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