Newark Schools

A New Jersey family is suing their school district after claiming that their 7-year-old child was beaten by a school employee. Checkey Beckford reports.

A New Jersey family is suing Newark Public Schools, claiming their 7-year-old child was beaten on an elementary school campus and pushed down a flight of stairs in an attack not done by a student or classmate — but by a school employee

The Department of Education of Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, announced that schools will remain remote for instruction for staff and students until the end of the first marking period, around mid-November, when the NBOE Reopening Task Force will once again reassess.

Mayor Bill De Blasio said 74 percent of NYC students were planning to attend school in person, per the results of a city survey, and 85 percent of teachers intend to physically teach in schools. The remaining 26 percent of students and 15 percent of teachers opted for an all-remote model.