Office of the Attorney General - Department of Law And Public Safety Division of Civil Rights is looking into the Hoboken Public School District

July 25, 2018 Letter

As this letter dated July 25, 2018 indicates, the Office of the Attorney General - Department of Law And Public Safety Division of Civil Rights is looking into the Hoboken Public School District. Regular readers will recall that on April 26, 2018 The Black Parents Workshop expanded their efforts in Bayonne, Jersey City and Hoboken. In May of 2018, The Black Parents Workshop filed a lawsuit claiming racial segregation in NJ schools persists more than six decades after the Supreme Court ruled the practice unconstitutional. It is unclear what relationship, if any, the expanded efforts or lawsuit are connected to the July 25, 2018 letter.

Text of letter: 

Re:      Hoboken Public School District 

The Division on Civil Rights is in the process of gathering information regarding the Hoboken Public School District. Your contact information was provided to us by The Black Parents Workshop Organization. It is our understanding that your child(ren) was involved in an incident that raised issues of concern. 

It is therefore requested that you contact the undersigned within seven (7) days upon receipt of this letter via email at tisha.leonardo@njcivilrights.gov or telephone at (973) 648-4835, Monday through Friday. 

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation, 

Cordially, 

Tisha M. Leonardo-Santiago
Investigator 

 

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