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 U.S. education funds could send N.J. teachers back to school 8/20/2010 Jill Laskowski, who was laid off from her fifth grade teaching job at the Applebee Schoo in Spotswood in June, listens as U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District) discusses federal funds that could send her back to work. SPOTSWOOD — Claudia Addesso and Jill Laskowski lost their Spotswood teaching jobs in June to budget cuts, but haven’t unpacked their supplies. Addesso keeps them close at hand in her garage, Laskowski in unopened boxes that line her living room. Each said they have been waiting, hoping for a call from the school district saying some funding has been found ...   Read Full Article Pay raises for new N.J. teachers contracts are smallest in at least 30 years 8/20/2010 TRENTON — As Gov. Chris Christie campaigned against teacher raises during his first six months in office, unions and school districts agreed to the lowest pay hikes in more than three decades, according to a survey released Thursday by the New Jersey School Boards Association. Teachers in 75 districts who settled contracts in the first half of the year will see an average raise of 2.03 percent for the 2010-11 school year, the association said. That’s the lowest pay increase in the more than 30 years the group has kept track — and doesn’t include an additional 18 districts that... Read Full ArticleSchool, municipal representatives criticize property tax cap deal reached in Trenton 7/3/2010 Star-Ledger TRENTON — Teachers union, school board and municipal representatives this evening said a plan to lower the state's property tax cap to 2 percent would hamstring local governments, but they had varying concerns. The plan, a compromise reached between Gov. Chris Christie and Senate Democrats, would tighten the limit on property tax increases, lowering the cap from 4 percent to 2 percent and limiting exceptions to pension, health care, debt payments, natural disasters or rising school enrollment. The current policy allows local governments to ask the state to go ov... Read Full Article
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