How politicians are robbing NJ’s public schools to reward charter schools
Christopher Cerf–the state-appointed Newark schools superintendent, former state education commissioner, national charter champion and failed business entrepreneur–has scheduled a forum Thursday night from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Park Elementary School to offer his version of where the money went.
It might be a good time for city residents to ask about the shift of funds from public schools to charter schools–and his staff’s tampering with special education reporting documents.
The city school district, after 20 years of state control, faces a year-end shortfall of some $20 million. Cerf already has ordered cuts of up to 75 percent in what’s left of neighborhood school budgets. Charter school budgets, however, remained untouched.
At the last school board meeting, students from a variety of schools talked about cuts in services and supplies as Cerf looks for a way to cover up the fiscal mismanagement that occurred under the leadership of the woman he appointed to be Newark superintendent–Cami Anderson.
But, when Cerf appeared before the state school board Wednesday, you’d think How politicians are robbing NJ’s public schools to reward charter schools | Bob Braun's Ledger: