From what a report on our local newspaper’s website said a few days ago, the School Board is supposed to be holding an emergency meeting tomorrow at 5pm with an Executive Session. As expected, I can’t find an agenda for such, nor can I find the minutes for the previous board meeting. Here are the most recent documents for your Newark City Council: Last Week’s Full Council Meeting Minutes This Week’s Agendas: Finance Service Safety Economic Development Stay Tuned…

Interestingly, the Newark City Schools website has suddenly been changed and now it is very difficult to find information about the School Board. I will keep investigating this and get back to everyone once I can find the information pertinent to these elected officials. Here are the most recent documents for your Newark City Council: This Week’s Full Council Meeting Agenda Last Week’s Minutes: Finance Capital Improvements Service Economic Development Stay Tuned…

You may remember that I was supposed to attend this past Monday's School Board Meeting. Well, let's just say that things didn't go as I had hoped. First of all, the School Board website calendar, and other public notices published by the Board suggested that the meeting was to take place at 5:30pm. However, when I arrived and attempted to enter the building so as to attend the meeting, I was informed by a gentleman at the door that the meeting wasn't until 6:30. Naturally, I

I won’t be at the Council Committee meeting tonight because I will be attending the School Board meeting instead. Unfortunately, no agenda for that meeting is available. So, here are the most recent documents for your Newark City Council: Last Week’s Full Council Meeting Minutes This Week’s Agendas: Finance Capital Improvements Service Economic Development Stay Tuned…

As you might imagine, I am still frustrated with the complete lack of updates on the Newark City Schools website pertaining to the school board. I imagine that one can obtain the school board meeting materials by personally visiting the building where they meet, but not everyone has the time to do that. In an increasingly-digital age there is no justification for the lack of transparency via the website. Enough with my weekly rant in this respect… This Week’s Full Council Mee