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With the People.
August 1, 2024
In early 2023, Newark Superintendent Roger Leon and his administrators were in a panic: North Star Academy, part of the highly-regarded public charter network called Uncommon Schools, had been approved by the Department of Education to expand by 450 seats. This expansion ran counter to Leon’s crusade to abolish public school choice in the city. So he took action.
June 17, 2024
As a lifelong member of the Newark community, I was glad to read the recent Star-Ledger editorial which called out the facts about the plight of our children and validated what I’ve called out over and over again: Superintendent Roger Leon and his enablers are hurting our children’s education and future prospects for success.
May 30, 2024
What is the plan put forward by Newark Superintendent Roger Leon to raise the academic achievement of our children? He has no plan.
April 15, 2024
When I reached out to the NJ Department of Education’s Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance (OFAC) to ask them to investigate Newark Board of Education’s $4.5 million no-bid contract for a museum, I told my readers I would update them on a response. Here’s the update.
March 18, 2024
When the Newark school board voted to settle litigation it had started, it did more than stop senseless litigation. It broke the law.
January 16, 2024
As a local real estate developer with over 13 years of experience in Newark, I know that one of the first items on the decision tree when evaluating a potential project is legal fees. In other words, you do the math to calculate whether a deal is worth your time and effort.