The Jersey City School District
The Jersey City School District:
- Jersey City schools are in a “dire situation, and the district remains unable and/or incapable of correcting its own problems.’'
- The Jersey City Board of Education has “a deeply rooted history of governance problems’’ that continues to the present.
- The district’s employees are treated “unfairly and with indifference.’'
- “Widespread political patronage, nepotism, cronyism, and union pressure is a consistent motivation for hiring, firing, promotion, and deployment of staff.’'
- “Innumerable’’ state contract-bidding laws have been violated.
- The school district has “repeatedly failed to meet state requirements for academic-performance standards.’'
- School facilities are in “deplorable’’ condition and constantly in need of repair--some to the point of creating a hazardous environment for staff members and students.
- Fiscal management has been “corrupt’’ and “inefficient,’' and has violated district and state policy.
The “systemic failure’’ of the district has resulted in “thousands of children ... being deprived of the educational services that constitute a thorough and efficient system of education.’'
