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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Press Advisory: Parents Assemble at the Board of Education Meeting
Press Advisory
For Immediate Release
Nov. 17, 2009
Parents Assemble at the Board of
Education Meeting
URGENT CALL: GRADUATION FOR ALL!
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, 6 to 8pm,
The city’s grassroots public school reform organization, Parents and Communities United for Education (PCUE) will assemble at the Board of Education meeting to highlight the urgent call to graduate ALL our youth/children from high school and provide them a quality education that prepares them for college and the world of work. The current Jersey City educational policies and practices are not working as evidenced by the repeated failure of four out of six high schools in Jersey City.
What:
PCUE will call on the Jersey City Board of Education and the School District Superintendent Dr. Charles Epps to implement bold and innovative actions being proposed by the PCUE’s high school campaign platform. Participants will hold signs and representatives of PCUE will address the board and members of the community present at the meeting.
Where:
Public School # 11, 886 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City
When:
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, 6 to 8pm
PCUE is an organization of parents, grandparents, and concerned members of the community. It is a chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee of NJ (SEOC). PCUE is a grassroots and direct action organization working to improve Jersey City public schools. PCUE kicked off the GRADUATION FOR ALL campaign in Sept. of this year. The campaign aims to mobilize parents and various communities across Jersey City to build a grassroots movement to hold our school district officials accountable for improving high school education for JC youth.
_______________________________________________
Contact:
Loyda Goldston, 1st Vice-president -- 973-204-4121
For Immediate Release
Nov. 17, 2009
Parents Assemble at the Board of
Education Meeting
URGENT CALL: GRADUATION FOR ALL!
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, 6 to 8pm,
The city’s grassroots public school reform organization, Parents and Communities United for Education (PCUE) will assemble at the Board of Education meeting to highlight the urgent call to graduate ALL our youth/children from high school and provide them a quality education that prepares them for college and the world of work. The current Jersey City educational policies and practices are not working as evidenced by the repeated failure of four out of six high schools in Jersey City.
What:
PCUE will call on the Jersey City Board of Education and the School District Superintendent Dr. Charles Epps to implement bold and innovative actions being proposed by the PCUE’s high school campaign platform. Participants will hold signs and representatives of PCUE will address the board and members of the community present at the meeting.
Where:
Public School # 11, 886 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City
When:
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, 6 to 8pm
PCUE is an organization of parents, grandparents, and concerned members of the community. It is a chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee of NJ (SEOC). PCUE is a grassroots and direct action organization working to improve Jersey City public schools. PCUE kicked off the GRADUATION FOR ALL campaign in Sept. of this year. The campaign aims to mobilize parents and various communities across Jersey City to build a grassroots movement to hold our school district officials accountable for improving high school education for JC youth.
_______________________________________________
Contact:
Loyda Goldston, 1st Vice-president -- 973-204-4121
Letter to Dr. Epps about PCUE's Community Meeting
Nov. 12. 2009
Dr. Charles T. Epps
Jersey City Board of Education
346 Claremont Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07305
Dear Dr. Epps,
We would like to thank you for participating in our community meeting on Thursday Oct. 22, 2009. We were very pleased to see that high school principals and a few district administrators were present at the meeting to hear parents and help address our concern regarding challenges our high schools are facing.
About 120 parents and members of the community attended the meeting. We are happy that there was a spirited and open dialogue among parents, our communities and our schools. We firmly believe we can build great schools for our children only through real partnership and mutual respect.
Despite the good discussion at the meeting, our concerns about our high schools failing our children continue to exist. Unfortunately, we heard no specific plan of action, goals, timelines, and milestones offered by you or any other district and school administrators. We are greatly concerned that summer schools and after school classes are not being offered to our students. We very well understand that these programs have problems. But, they have to be fixed not nixed.
We count on your commitment that intensive after school academic advising will be available to students in our high schools and that no children will be denied free SAT test prep. We are also pleased that you made a commitment that within three years all high school students will have Individualized Student Academic Portfolio (ISAP). These are steps in the right direction, but they are far from enough. Much more has to be done to go beyond the status quo.
We insist that our district take bold actions to significantly improve our high school education. This requires an ambitious vision and high standards on the part of our school district leadership, and openness to work with parents and the community. It is wrong to compare and contrast two failing school districts, Jersey City and Camden, to each other. This approach will limit our vision and hamper our schools' ability to grow and improve. All children deserve the best education they can get. We invite you to carefully read and examine PCUE proposals included with this letter.
Below you will find some immediate actions we are seeking. We believe they will improve student performance, the graduate rate, and parent engagement.
(1) A Tutoring center, with after school hours, in each high school so that it can assist students, who are falling though the cracks, to catch up and move forward.
(2) We want Guidance Counselors to have a more intensive face to face quarterly meeting with students during accessible, after school hours. Such support can help our students to have individualized learning plan, develop goals, stay on track, and prepare for college or seek other meaningful career.
(3) We are asking for scholarship fund specifically to assist undocumented immigrant children planning to go to college. Far too many of our Latino and other recent immigrant students cannot go to college because they cannot afford to pay two or three times more in tuition fee than their classmates.
(4) We want our school district to truly listen to us as parents and allow us to annually evaluate our children’s school. We want them to include our evaluation in any efforts to improve our high schools.
(5) We want an annual one-page school report card that shows us how our high schools are doing in educating our children.
(6) Finally, we want all communication to be in the languages spoken at home by parents. Jersey City’s public school children come from homes where dozens of languages are spoken. Unless the School District makes a serious effort to get the information to parents in languages they can understand, the chances for parent support are greatly weakened.
We are also including written questions given to us by the some members of the audience at the community meeting. We are hoping that you will address their concerns.
We are commited to continue our "Graduation for All Campaign" to mobilize parents and our communities across the city to build a powerfull voice for our children. We hope you will do the right thing, use the power invested in you as the Superintendent of our school district, to end educational policies and practices that underseve our urban youth and make sure that they are getting the education that will prepare them for a better and bright future.
Sincerely,
Loyda Goldston
PCUE Vice-president
cc: Board of Education Members
Dr. Charles T. Epps
Jersey City Board of Education
346 Claremont Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07305
Dear Dr. Epps,
We would like to thank you for participating in our community meeting on Thursday Oct. 22, 2009. We were very pleased to see that high school principals and a few district administrators were present at the meeting to hear parents and help address our concern regarding challenges our high schools are facing.
About 120 parents and members of the community attended the meeting. We are happy that there was a spirited and open dialogue among parents, our communities and our schools. We firmly believe we can build great schools for our children only through real partnership and mutual respect.
Despite the good discussion at the meeting, our concerns about our high schools failing our children continue to exist. Unfortunately, we heard no specific plan of action, goals, timelines, and milestones offered by you or any other district and school administrators. We are greatly concerned that summer schools and after school classes are not being offered to our students. We very well understand that these programs have problems. But, they have to be fixed not nixed.
We count on your commitment that intensive after school academic advising will be available to students in our high schools and that no children will be denied free SAT test prep. We are also pleased that you made a commitment that within three years all high school students will have Individualized Student Academic Portfolio (ISAP). These are steps in the right direction, but they are far from enough. Much more has to be done to go beyond the status quo.
We insist that our district take bold actions to significantly improve our high school education. This requires an ambitious vision and high standards on the part of our school district leadership, and openness to work with parents and the community. It is wrong to compare and contrast two failing school districts, Jersey City and Camden, to each other. This approach will limit our vision and hamper our schools' ability to grow and improve. All children deserve the best education they can get. We invite you to carefully read and examine PCUE proposals included with this letter.
Below you will find some immediate actions we are seeking. We believe they will improve student performance, the graduate rate, and parent engagement.
(1) A Tutoring center, with after school hours, in each high school so that it can assist students, who are falling though the cracks, to catch up and move forward.
(2) We want Guidance Counselors to have a more intensive face to face quarterly meeting with students during accessible, after school hours. Such support can help our students to have individualized learning plan, develop goals, stay on track, and prepare for college or seek other meaningful career.
(3) We are asking for scholarship fund specifically to assist undocumented immigrant children planning to go to college. Far too many of our Latino and other recent immigrant students cannot go to college because they cannot afford to pay two or three times more in tuition fee than their classmates.
(4) We want our school district to truly listen to us as parents and allow us to annually evaluate our children’s school. We want them to include our evaluation in any efforts to improve our high schools.
(5) We want an annual one-page school report card that shows us how our high schools are doing in educating our children.
(6) Finally, we want all communication to be in the languages spoken at home by parents. Jersey City’s public school children come from homes where dozens of languages are spoken. Unless the School District makes a serious effort to get the information to parents in languages they can understand, the chances for parent support are greatly weakened.
We are also including written questions given to us by the some members of the audience at the community meeting. We are hoping that you will address their concerns.
We are commited to continue our "Graduation for All Campaign" to mobilize parents and our communities across the city to build a powerfull voice for our children. We hope you will do the right thing, use the power invested in you as the Superintendent of our school district, to end educational policies and practices that underseve our urban youth and make sure that they are getting the education that will prepare them for a better and bright future.
Sincerely,
Loyda Goldston
PCUE Vice-president
cc: Board of Education Members
Sunday, November 8, 2009
PCUE COMMUNITY MEETING: Parents Demand Better High Schools
PCUE COMMUNITY MEETING, A GREAT SUCCESS:
Parents Demand Better High Schools
On Thursday, October 22, 09, from 6 to 8pm, Parents and Communities United for Education (PCUE) held a community meeting with Dr. Epps, Jersey City School District, Superintendent at Metropolitan, AME Zion Church at 140 Belmont Avenue. This meeting was facilitated by PCUE 1st Vice president, Loyda Goldston. About 120 parents and members of the community attended the meeting. Principals from high schools, and some district administrators, Board members, including Dr. Peter Donnelly, Mr. Sean Connors, Ms. Patricia Sebron were present at the meeting. Also, Councilwoman, Viola Richardson was in attendance. PCUE organized this meeting as a part of its high school campaign, "GRADUATION FOR ALL!" to improve high school education for Jersey City youth.
Ms. LueElla McFadden, PCUE President, opened the meeting by welcoming and thanking the participants for attending the meeting. In her statement, Ms. McFadden said "We are calling our campaign "GRADUATION FOR ALL" because we believe that every child in this city despite his or her color or creed, despite their family conditions and economic status MUST RECEIVE, I EMPHASIS AGAIN MUST RECEIVE a quality education and a high school diploma prepared for college or other career track where they can make a living wage and create a descent life for themselves." She told the school and district administrators that they have an obligation to provide Jersey City youth a quality education. She also called on parents and members of the community to organize and take a stand and make sure that our schools are giving our children the education they well deserve.
Dr. Epps thanked PCUE for putting the community meeting together. He introduced school principals and district administrators who accompanied him. Ms. Ellen Ruane, Associate Superintendent for High Schools, described the new Small Learning Community initiative that has been implemented since last school year.
After the opening remarks, Ms. Rosemary Nwabueze, a PCUE leader and President of Parent Council in Dickinson High School made a PowerPoint presentation explaining data regarding low academic performance of Jersey City high schools. She also presented the immediate improvements PCUE is seeking. Dr. Epps, in response to PCUE's concerns regarding graduation rate and test scores, stated that Jersey City high schools had to be compared with similar district such as Camden and not the state.
Once the Q&A started a long line of people was formed. Parents and members of the community raised a whole host of different concerns. They talked about cancellation of summer schools, poor and lack of adequate time for advising, limited SAT test prep, no after school classes, lack of rigorous curriculum, additional mentorship, inadequate number of math teachers. The most emotional part of the Q & A was when Maria Labrador, a mother with a child in Ferris High School talked about her experience with the school. She told the audience and the Superintendent that her son was being pushed out of high school into the Twilight Program. She said she wanted her son to stay in Ferris, and she pleaded for help. Ms. Richardson, Councilwoman from Ward F praised PCUE for organizing the event and thanked members of the audience the school district for having a productive and great discussion.
Dr. Epps addressed each concern and question. He directed his staff to take immediate actions to address individual concerns that were brought up by parents. On a broader issue, he said that summer school was not being offered because it did not work. In terms of after school classes, he stated that he was collecting information to see how effective they were and if it was worth being implemented again. PCUE is calling for mandatory summer school and extended day for all student who fail any of their required courses.
The Superintended acknowledged parents' concern about a lack of adequate advising. He made a commitment that after school advising and open house will be held to accommodate students' need to get more help from their Guidance Counselors. He also stated that all students would be afforded the opportunity to take the SAT test prep.
At the end of the meeting PCUE presented the Superintendent with a set of questions regarding future goals for student outcomes. Ms. Roslyn Gibbs-Muse, PCUE Member-at-Large asked Dr. Epps if he would use his leadership as the Superintendent to commit to increase the graduation rate in Jersey City to that of the state level in three years. The Superintendent made no commitment and responded maybe. PCUE asked if he would commit to making sure that in no school would more than 10% of students graduate with Special Review Assessment (SRA) in three years. He made no commitment and responded maybe. PCUE asked if he would commit for our high schools to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) set by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in three years. The Superintendent made no commitment and responded maybe. PCUE asked him if he would commit to increase average SAT test scores to that of the state average within the next three years. He response was maybe. He committed that all high school students within the next three years will have individual academic portfolio. He also stated that he could not make a commitment to have all students take SAT test because not all students wanted to go to college.
Ms. McFadden, PCUE President closed the meeting by thanking everyone for their participation and cooperation to make the meeting productive and exciting. She called on everyone to stay involved and work with PCUE in our future high school campaign actions. She also thanked Rev. Legay and the Metropolitan Church to allow us to use their space for the community meeting.
Parents Demand Better High Schools
On Thursday, October 22, 09, from 6 to 8pm, Parents and Communities United for Education (PCUE) held a community meeting with Dr. Epps, Jersey City School District, Superintendent at Metropolitan, AME Zion Church at 140 Belmont Avenue. This meeting was facilitated by PCUE 1st Vice president, Loyda Goldston. About 120 parents and members of the community attended the meeting. Principals from high schools, and some district administrators, Board members, including Dr. Peter Donnelly, Mr. Sean Connors, Ms. Patricia Sebron were present at the meeting. Also, Councilwoman, Viola Richardson was in attendance. PCUE organized this meeting as a part of its high school campaign, "GRADUATION FOR ALL!" to improve high school education for Jersey City youth.
Ms. LueElla McFadden, PCUE President, opened the meeting by welcoming and thanking the participants for attending the meeting. In her statement, Ms. McFadden said "We are calling our campaign "GRADUATION FOR ALL" because we believe that every child in this city despite his or her color or creed, despite their family conditions and economic status MUST RECEIVE, I EMPHASIS AGAIN MUST RECEIVE a quality education and a high school diploma prepared for college or other career track where they can make a living wage and create a descent life for themselves." She told the school and district administrators that they have an obligation to provide Jersey City youth a quality education. She also called on parents and members of the community to organize and take a stand and make sure that our schools are giving our children the education they well deserve.
Dr. Epps thanked PCUE for putting the community meeting together. He introduced school principals and district administrators who accompanied him. Ms. Ellen Ruane, Associate Superintendent for High Schools, described the new Small Learning Community initiative that has been implemented since last school year.
After the opening remarks, Ms. Rosemary Nwabueze, a PCUE leader and President of Parent Council in Dickinson High School made a PowerPoint presentation explaining data regarding low academic performance of Jersey City high schools. She also presented the immediate improvements PCUE is seeking. Dr. Epps, in response to PCUE's concerns regarding graduation rate and test scores, stated that Jersey City high schools had to be compared with similar district such as Camden and not the state.
Once the Q&A started a long line of people was formed. Parents and members of the community raised a whole host of different concerns. They talked about cancellation of summer schools, poor and lack of adequate time for advising, limited SAT test prep, no after school classes, lack of rigorous curriculum, additional mentorship, inadequate number of math teachers. The most emotional part of the Q & A was when Maria Labrador, a mother with a child in Ferris High School talked about her experience with the school. She told the audience and the Superintendent that her son was being pushed out of high school into the Twilight Program. She said she wanted her son to stay in Ferris, and she pleaded for help. Ms. Richardson, Councilwoman from Ward F praised PCUE for organizing the event and thanked members of the audience the school district for having a productive and great discussion.
Dr. Epps addressed each concern and question. He directed his staff to take immediate actions to address individual concerns that were brought up by parents. On a broader issue, he said that summer school was not being offered because it did not work. In terms of after school classes, he stated that he was collecting information to see how effective they were and if it was worth being implemented again. PCUE is calling for mandatory summer school and extended day for all student who fail any of their required courses.
The Superintended acknowledged parents' concern about a lack of adequate advising. He made a commitment that after school advising and open house will be held to accommodate students' need to get more help from their Guidance Counselors. He also stated that all students would be afforded the opportunity to take the SAT test prep.
At the end of the meeting PCUE presented the Superintendent with a set of questions regarding future goals for student outcomes. Ms. Roslyn Gibbs-Muse, PCUE Member-at-Large asked Dr. Epps if he would use his leadership as the Superintendent to commit to increase the graduation rate in Jersey City to that of the state level in three years. The Superintendent made no commitment and responded maybe. PCUE asked if he would commit to making sure that in no school would more than 10% of students graduate with Special Review Assessment (SRA) in three years. He made no commitment and responded maybe. PCUE asked if he would commit for our high schools to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) set by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in three years. The Superintendent made no commitment and responded maybe. PCUE asked him if he would commit to increase average SAT test scores to that of the state average within the next three years. He response was maybe. He committed that all high school students within the next three years will have individual academic portfolio. He also stated that he could not make a commitment to have all students take SAT test because not all students wanted to go to college.
Ms. McFadden, PCUE President closed the meeting by thanking everyone for their participation and cooperation to make the meeting productive and exciting. She called on everyone to stay involved and work with PCUE in our future high school campaign actions. She also thanked Rev. Legay and the Metropolitan Church to allow us to use their space for the community meeting.
Jersey Journal: Parents want higher graduation rate and better test scores
BRAINSTORMING
Superintendent, parents put heads together to improve high schools
Saturday, October 24, 2009
By MELISSA HAYES
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
Mahaley Bowles thinks high school students could focus better if school started at 11a.m.
If students got a late start and stayed in school until 6 p.m. - when their parents get home from work - it could reduce crime and increase student learning, she told Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Charles T. Epps Jr. at a community meeting this week.
While Epps said he didn't think Bowles' suggestion would work, he did entertain other ideas, like having guidance counselors spend more time with high school seniors.
About 75 people came out Thursday night to meet with Epps, administrators and principals at Metropolitan AME Zion Church.
The event was organized by Parents and Communities United for Education of Jersey City, a chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee, which advocates for better education in low-income districts.
"When our children do not get a good education, we all fail and our community suffers as a whole," parent LueElla McFadden, president of PCUE, said.
PCUE organized the meeting as part of its "Graduation for All Campaign," which aims to have all Jersey City students graduate high school.
T
he district's graduation rate for the 2007-08 school year was 74 percent, significantly lower than the state average of 93.1 percent, according to data from the state Department of Education.
PCUE members also complained about student performance on the High School Proficiency Assessment tests. Districtwide, 73.1 percent of students were proficient in language arts and 60.1 percent were proficient in math during the 2007-08 school year.
Epps responded that the district is offering afterschool tutoring and restructured the high schools to provide smaller learning communities. The schools now have themed academies, and eighth graders must apply to programs.
Ferris High School, for example, is the Academy of International Enterprise, with a concentration on business and finance. Lincoln is the Academy of Governance and Social Sciences, with programs on law, education, cosmetology and culinary arts.
Dickinson is the Academy of Science and Snyder the Academy of Arts.
Two schools were not changed: McNair Academic, where 100 percent of students consistently pass state tests and go on to college, and Liberty High School, which Epps said was already a small learning community.
The new programs allow students to study things that interest them while still learning the core subjects, Epps said.
Epps acknowledged there is still room for improvement, especially with student attendance, but said it's going to take the entire community.
"We came out tonight because we are real partners with parents," he said. "That's what we do. We need to figure out why children don't go to school. But I can't do that by myself. I need the help of parents and community groups."
Superintendent, parents put heads together to improve high schools
Saturday, October 24, 2009
By MELISSA HAYES
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
Mahaley Bowles thinks high school students could focus better if school started at 11a.m.
If students got a late start and stayed in school until 6 p.m. - when their parents get home from work - it could reduce crime and increase student learning, she told Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Charles T. Epps Jr. at a community meeting this week.
While Epps said he didn't think Bowles' suggestion would work, he did entertain other ideas, like having guidance counselors spend more time with high school seniors.
About 75 people came out Thursday night to meet with Epps, administrators and principals at Metropolitan AME Zion Church.
The event was organized by Parents and Communities United for Education of Jersey City, a chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee, which advocates for better education in low-income districts.
"When our children do not get a good education, we all fail and our community suffers as a whole," parent LueElla McFadden, president of PCUE, said.
PCUE organized the meeting as part of its "Graduation for All Campaign," which aims to have all Jersey City students graduate high school.
T
he district's graduation rate for the 2007-08 school year was 74 percent, significantly lower than the state average of 93.1 percent, according to data from the state Department of Education.
PCUE members also complained about student performance on the High School Proficiency Assessment tests. Districtwide, 73.1 percent of students were proficient in language arts and 60.1 percent were proficient in math during the 2007-08 school year.
Epps responded that the district is offering afterschool tutoring and restructured the high schools to provide smaller learning communities. The schools now have themed academies, and eighth graders must apply to programs.
Ferris High School, for example, is the Academy of International Enterprise, with a concentration on business and finance. Lincoln is the Academy of Governance and Social Sciences, with programs on law, education, cosmetology and culinary arts.
Dickinson is the Academy of Science and Snyder the Academy of Arts.
Two schools were not changed: McNair Academic, where 100 percent of students consistently pass state tests and go on to college, and Liberty High School, which Epps said was already a small learning community.
The new programs allow students to study things that interest them while still learning the core subjects, Epps said.
Epps acknowledged there is still room for improvement, especially with student attendance, but said it's going to take the entire community.
"We came out tonight because we are real partners with parents," he said. "That's what we do. We need to figure out why children don't go to school. But I can't do that by myself. I need the help of parents and community groups."
Jersey Journal: Jersey City superintendent meeting with community members
Jersey City superintendent meeting with community members
By Melissa Hayes/The Jersey Journal
October 20, 2009, 12:12PM
An education reform group is hosting a public meeting with Jersey City Schools Superintendent Charles Epps Thursday.
Parents and Communities United for Education (PCUE), the Jersey City chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee, which pushes for better education in low-income districts, is hosting the meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. at Metropolitan AME Zion Church on Bergen Ave.
Lead organizer Mahmood Ketabchi said the grassroots organization wants to address the high schools’ alarming drop-out rate, low graduation rate, low test scores and lack of college preparation.
PCUE is comprised of parents, grandparents and concerned community members
By Melissa Hayes/The Jersey Journal
October 20, 2009, 12:12PM
An education reform group is hosting a public meeting with Jersey City Schools Superintendent Charles Epps Thursday.
Parents and Communities United for Education (PCUE), the Jersey City chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee, which pushes for better education in low-income districts, is hosting the meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. at Metropolitan AME Zion Church on Bergen Ave.
Lead organizer Mahmood Ketabchi said the grassroots organization wants to address the high schools’ alarming drop-out rate, low graduation rate, low test scores and lack of college preparation.
PCUE is comprised of parents, grandparents and concerned community members
Jersey Journal: Jersey City Superintendent Epps to meet with community tonight
By The Jersey Journal
October 21, 2009, 11:37AM
Superintendent of Schools Superintendent Charles T. Epps Jr. is scheduled to meet with members of the community tomorrow at Metropolitan AME Zion Church, at 140 Bergen Ave., from 6 to 8 p.m., according to today's Jersey Journal.
The event is open to the public.
The event is organized by Parents and Communities United for Education, the Jersey City chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee which promotes improving education in low-income districts.
Epps is going to discuss high school education at tonight's meeting. Several principals will be present, he said, to discuss what initiatives are being implemented at the schools.
October 21, 2009, 11:37AM
Superintendent of Schools Superintendent Charles T. Epps Jr. is scheduled to meet with members of the community tomorrow at Metropolitan AME Zion Church, at 140 Bergen Ave., from 6 to 8 p.m., according to today's Jersey Journal.
The event is open to the public.
The event is organized by Parents and Communities United for Education, the Jersey City chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee which promotes improving education in low-income districts.
Epps is going to discuss high school education at tonight's meeting. Several principals will be present, he said, to discuss what initiatives are being implemented at the schools.
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