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2L 2,2018 THE RECORD PATERSON Vincent Arrington, an information technology analyst with close ties to Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly, was picked Wednesday night to fill the vacant seat on the Paterson Board of Education. In a 7-1vote, the school board selected Arrington over three other candidates Stacey Coleman, Mos- leh Uddin and former board member Corey Teague who went through a public selection process at the headquarters. Arrington said. looking forward to serving our 25,000 pupils. This has been a lifelong Several board members cited expertise in technology as an important asset.

want to move all of our schools to the 21st said board President Oshin Castillo in casting her vote for Arrington. Prior to the vote on Arrington, veteran board member Jonathan Hodges had nominated Teague for the position, calling him a strong advocate for Paterson children. can hit the ground Hodges said. selection was endorsed by several parents at the meeting. But only Hodges voted in favor of Teague.

obvious that the school board has an agenda that supports fraternities and special Teague said of the decision. not about the Three other people who had submitted applications for the seat Rodney DeVore, Allan Gamarra and Alonzo Moody did not attend the screening conducted by the school board. Arrington fills a seat that became vacant when Chris Irving resigned in January to take what at the time was an undisclosed state education department job. On Wednesday, Irving said he had signed a contract to be the executive county superintendent of schools for Passaic County. The previous county superintendent, Robert Davis, died in January.

During screening, Arrington presented the school board with a nine-page presentation on his qualifications, citing his technology background as the primary skill he would bring to the position. Arrington described himself as an based problem who is and an In his 60-day plan, Arrington said he would attend parent-teacher organization meetings, visit four schoolsand review impending school construction projects. Some political insiders in Paterson had viewed the selection of the new board member as a competition between Wimberly and his colleague in the state Legislature, Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter. DeVore, an administrator at Passaic County Technical Institute, is a part-time aide to Sumter. Arrington appointed to school board Technology experience cited as asset by Paterson trustees Joe Malinconico Paterson Press Vincent Arrington HACKENSACK A Jersey City nonprofit that shepherds former criminals through their reentry into society is opening on Friday in a new office on Hudson Street.

Chaired by former Governor James McGreevey, the New Jersey Reentry Corporation helps former inmates find employment, housing, addiction treatment and legal services following their release from prison. The Hackensack office will help Bergen County residents exclusively as they seek to restore their licenses, build set goals and find a job that will look past their criminal record. is critically important, because these systems are so McGreevey said Wednesday. are putting people to work, we are keeping people sober. And instead of becoming a cost to the state, individuals are becoming McGreevey, along with James J.

Tedesco, the Bergen County executive, will attend the 11a.m. event, as will clients of the nonprofit advocacy group whose lives it has helped mend. Founded in 2014, the nonprofit runs a constellation of offices in Hudson, Essex, Passaic, Ocean and Union counties, said John Kakowski, case manager and intake coordinator for the Bergen County site. Two more in Middlesex County and another in Monmouth open in the next two weeks, he said. The nonprofit is funded by state and federal dollars, McGreevey said, and has more than 2,500 clients statewide.

Clients are usually referred to the service by the police, courts or treatment providers, according to Kakowski. It typically provides between six and nine months of assistance. The nonprofit helped restore more than 200 licenses last year, Kakowski said, removing a barrier that often keeps former criminals from finding stable employment. The Hackensack site was chosen because it is near both the county courthouse and the referral sources. just seemed like a prime location for Kakowski said.

Email: Past nonprofit to open in Hackensack Steve Janoski North Jersey Record USA TODAY NETWORK NEW JERSEY CLIFTON The Diocese of Paterson has found classroom space for students of St. Philip the Apostle Preparatory School after an early-morning Jan. 11fire forced the school to close. For the last couple of weeks, students were using technology to foster their lessons, diocese officials said. On Monday, its middle school students, Grades 6, 7 and 8, began classes at Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon.

They have their own teachers and their own wing of the academy building in individual classrooms, officials said. Students in pre-K to Grade 5 began classes on Wednesday in the John Paul II Center, on Valley Road, just a short distance from the St. Philip campus. The building was the original home of Paul VI High School. While parts of the building are currently used for diocesan offices, there was enough classroom space available to accommodate the younger students, said Rich Sokerka, spokesperson for the diocese.

architect, the diocese and the school concluded that to ensure the greatest safety for all, the school building would remain closed while the ongoing restoration work on the wing of the school where the fire occurred is Sokerka said. When complete, students in all grade levels will return to the school at the same time, he said. The reconstruction work is expected to take approximately 90 days. The fire destroyed a half dozen classrooms and severely damaged the roof, Clifton fire officials said. There was also extensive smoke damage to other parts of the school.

Until temporary classrooms could be obtained, St. faculty has collaborated with the Diocesan Schools Office to create a technological education plan for each grade level for home use by students, church officials said. The school community was advised of the plan that classes would begin in these two buildings in a video prepared by the parish staff and sent to all school families last Friday, Sokerka said. Parish and school administrators also met with the school families in two separate meetings, based on grade levels, to discuss the logistics of the move to their respective schools, officials said. St.

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