Jersey City Public Schools

This document outlines the remote learning plan for Jersey City Public Schools during public health-related district closures. The plan focuses on ensuring continuity of instruction through synchronous learning, addressing the digital divide by providing devices and internet access, maintaining meal distribution for eligible students, ensuring facility maintenance, and implementing comprehensive communication strategies. Key areas include maintaining current full-day schedules for all students, conducting IEP meetings and evaluations, continuing assessments, and adhering to attendance policies and student codes of conduct. The plan also covers the continuation of extended day programs and establishes protocols for ongoing communication with the community.

This Long Range Facilities Plan for Jersey City Public Schools outlines a comprehensive strategy for facility improvements and capital repairs from 2020 to 2025. It addresses critical issues such as aging infrastructure and capacity management. The plan is guided by four key focus areas: expanding capacities and removing temporary trailers, renewing older buildings to improve core areas and accessibility, increasing program choice and repurposing available classrooms, and implementing a five-year capital investment plan for repairs, upgrades, and replacements. The document also details various funding strategies to support these initiatives, aiming to enhance educational adequacy and student success.

This strategic plan, titled "Mission Forward: Going for the Gold," outlines the strategic direction for the Jersey City Public School District for the 2024-2025 academic year. The core mission is to inspire and prepare all scholars to confidently achieve their dreams, address global challenges, and reach their fullest potential. The plan's primary focus is on academics, structured around three key goals: ensuring all students demonstrate college and career readiness, maintaining "on track" status through high school, and effectively using data to drive academic achievement and inform instructional practices. Intended outcomes include improved assessment scores (PSAT, SAT, AP, NJSLA, DLM, ACCESS), decreased dropout rates, and increased graduation rates.

The board meeting focused on board training sessions and the review of the board training transitional plan.

The board meeting focused on the anti-bullying initiative, specifically reviewing data regarding HIB (Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying) incidents, violence, vandalism, and substance abuse reported in the Student Safety Data System. Key discussions included an analysis of incident statistics by school division, grade level, location, and nature of the incidents. Additionally, the report covered training programs implemented for students, staff, and community stakeholders and outlined future strategies such as restorative justice practices and social-emotional learning interventions.