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August 1, 2024

Who Pays Double For A School Building? Look at Newark.

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

Newark Is Failing Our Kids. What’s Next?

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.
April 15, 2024

Education Department Responds to No-Bid Contract Concerns in Newark

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.
January 16, 2024

Newark Superintendent Wants To Silence Us. I’m Speaking Out.

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.