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Glen Rock NJ, a movement is gaining momentum in Glen Rock, New Jersey, to honor one of its most distinguished hometown heroes, Tuskegee Airman Thomas L. Hawkins. A new petition seeks to rename Central Elementary School after Hawkins, who was one of the first Black pilots to serve in World War II.
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Glen Rock NJ, a new proposal to unite the borough’s middle and high schools under one principal and add half a dozen other administrators .The plan, which would take effect at the beginning of the next school year, would appoint one person to lead grades 6 through 12 and approve the hire of up to five content-area supervisors during the next two years.
School officials say they could fund the extra staff within the state’s 2% school tax levy cap, which keeps districts from raising property taxes without seeking voter approval via a referendum or ballot question. The proposal was promoted as budget neutral.
The proposal has been met with resistance by some parents, teachers and former officials who said the district is barreling toward restructuring without considering the consequences.