N.J. Principals Cite Unmet Facility Needs

By Joetta L. Sack

While most New Jersey principals give decent grades to the conditions of their facilities, the lowest marks are most likely to come from principals in high-poverty districts, a survey has found.

A report on the survey, which queried more than 400 principals on the condition of their schools, urges the state to take another look at the facility needs of its most impoverished districts.

New Jersey is in the midst of a 10-year, $8 billion plan to renovate or replace school facilities. Most of that money will go to the 30 needy districts targeted in the landmark Abbott v. Burke school finance case. ( "High Court in N.J. Ends Funding Suit," ...