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Madison, NJ
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Therese (Tully) Jacob retweeted
NBOE gave a $4.5M development deal via a settlement agreement, evading bidding requirements. Then they spent $50k trying to keep it a secret. Took a lawsuit to get it
@GovMurphy just gave agencies a green light to do this
Cc @NJComptroller
The Newark Public School District spent thousands of dollars to keep a settlement with a developer secret — then lost. Report for @TAPintoNewark with @theresetully - tinyurl.com/8ew7wtzm
Thank you to @CJGriffinEsq for your advocacy.
Therese (Tully) Jacob retweeted
“This OPRA request could have cost the district zero dollars had the district just fulfilled the request,” Griffin said. “Instead, it’s wasted so much taxpayer money trying to keep the public from seeing it.”
Therese (Tully) Jacob retweeted
The Newark Public School District spent thousands of dollars to keep a settlement with a developer secret — then lost. Report for @TAPintoNewark with @theresetully - tinyurl.com/8ew7wtzm
Thank you to @CJGriffinEsq for your advocacy.
I'm honored to be a recipient of the 2024 NJ News Commons Excellence in Local News Awards for my story about post-pandemic tutoring in Newark. Thanks to the @CenterCoopMedia and @TAPintoNewark for their support
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Therese (Tully) Jacob retweeted
Newark Schools Spending $4.5M to Convert School Into Museum, Records Show tapinto.net/s/e80fbf
Therese (Tully) Jacob retweeted
Reading Scores and Questions About Empty Board Seat Dominate Last School Board Meeting of the Year tinyurl.com/3wb8en5x 🖊️by @theresetully
This week I covered 6 year college graduation rates in Newark. The truth is, what high school you attend really matters.
The vast majority of Newark students don’t get college degrees, but some of Newark’s magnet and charter schools are nearly closing the achievement gap. Read more: bit.ly/3QbdKqX
Thanks @njedreport for sharing my piece about the #ScienceofReading approach being used by North Star Academy in Newark: njedreport.com/this-newark-s…
This week I wrote about Newark's newest public schools, and the enrollment challenges they are facing.
Therese (Tully) Jacob retweeted
Newark's Newest Schools Have Biggest Enrollment Decreases tinyurl.com/ysfpxzbj
Therese (Tully) Jacob retweeted
A judge will review the content of a Newark Board of Education settlement agreement that TAPinto Newark has sued to have un-redacted. The agreement concerns the district's effort to reacquire two school buildings. tinyurl.com/3cfbjt7f @TAPintoNewark @CJGriffinEsq
Therese (Tully) Jacob retweeted
Newark’s municipal gov't is stepping in with a campaign to boost literacy among the city’s youngest learners following reports that only 19% of the Newark Public Schools’ third graders passed last year’s state reading exam, city officials said today. tinyurl.com/ye6x7mj7
Therese (Tully) Jacob retweeted
‘Brain Trust’ Addressing Newark’s Literacy Crisis, Baraka Says tapinto.net/s/419f6d
Therese (Tully) Jacob retweeted
TAPinto Newark Files Suit Against School District For Withholding Public Info bit.ly/3PyW35F @NPSvoices @CJGriffinEsq
A year ago the unexpected death of a friend led me to write this poem: moriaonline.com/issue-nine-g… thanks to @MoriaOnline for giving it a home. Love you, MK
In the past month I’ve been able to find and buy one can of my daughter’s baby formula. I tracked it down using: findmybabyformula.com Hope it can help someone else too.
Thanks to Rosa Melendez and the @MoriaOnline staff for publishing my piece "Before-After" in Issue 09 of their publication. It's an honor to be published alongside such incredible work