Used to teach at Plainfield High school. It's a wonderful community, very vibrant! Highly recommend eating at comedor latino

Apparently it's a special colored light that goes off when you go through the turnstiles when you have a senior pass

Is there contact info on the top of the ticket? You can call or email and ask for a copy

Something similar happened to me years ago. I accidentally grabbed my mom's unlimited card because we both had one, but hers had a senior discount and mine didn't. Got caught with it and was given a ticket with an option to fight it. I went in to fight the charges, and ended up having it dropped because the officer forgot to write on the ticket what I was being ticketed for. My advice, read the ticket thoroughly.

Don't sleep on Morristown as an option. Lots to do, easy commute to the city.

Toro Loco in South orange

Call your local precinct. They will have it towed. It's not douchey, they are the douche.

Poor man vegan!

We have plenty of Asian staff in our buildings.

I actually disagree, I think all districts should offer free pre-k. The studies that have been done show that pre-k has many benefits that kids can miss out on if parents can't afford tuition

I really feel for these kids because they truly want these programs. A kid approached me about trying to start a lacrosse team, and I don't even know how we could get the funding we'd need for that. I also used to work in a school where they had a student lounge they kept open until 6 pm for kids that needed a safe place to hang out after school. It was a pretty standard set up...pool table, couple of couches, vending machines, but it was something the kids needed and I wish we had it for our kids, too.

Ugh don't get me started on that one...

Not at all unless you've got the money to fund the idea.

We have many Arabic, black, and latinx teachers in our schools. How does this not match student demographics?

Education-wise, I would love for the high schools to do a partnership with a vocational school so students can earn their associates degree while finishing high school. I would also like a stronger foreign language department (more languages offered than the standard of French and spanish). I also want to see more variety in sports and clubs for the kids.

Contract-wise, I would love for this district to offer paternity leave, as well as paid maternity leave. I also wish we had the ability to opt out of health benefits and/or make it cheaper to add a dependent.

When it comes to parent involvement, you can only lead a horse to water. I have some parents who are incredible at communication and staying up to date on their child's performance in school, and some who can't be bothered to care. I can't force them to be involved.

Because teachers can't afford jersey city housing on a jersey city teachers salary...

To be fair, a good chunk of it is because we give standardized tests that are not designed with esl and sped students in mind. We give them accommodations, but there is no way they can pass. We then use these tests to measure student performance in the state, so we will always fall short compared to districts with smaller ESL populations

SGOs exist so that teachers can be assessed on student performance

Many are leaving in droves for districts with better pay. I'd be one of them if I wasn't in the middle of fertility treatments and can't allow my health benefits to lapse. I love my students and coworkers, but the lack of cost of living raise is problematic. Inflation is a real problem

So you speak for all the schools based on the experience of students in one school?

It is not abnormal for tap water to smell like chlorine since it is often treated with chemicals, that doesn't mean it's unsafe to drink. Plus, the school has no control over that. You can get a free water testing kit at home depot and test it if you're that concerned.

If a pipe is broken or something, of course they're going to turn off the water. What are they supposed to do, not fix these problems right away?

You want to be more specific? I work at ferris and mcnair, the water is fine at those schools.

The water has been drinkable since we came back from covid

Unfortunately changes to the hiring process need to be made for this to happen. Qualified teachers don't want to work here because they would have to start at the first step with their salary, compared to districts that will match their salary to their experience.