Fundraiser for Madison on GoFundMe

 Madison Ramos, to know her is to love her. She was a beautiful soul inside out. Funny, witty, sarcastic, loving, caring, & the mother hen of the family.

On her 17th birthday day, Maddy was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer AML (leukemia). The last 8 months has been a roller coaster for her & family and unfortunately the Lord called her home too soon. All proceeds will be used towards funeral arrangements and to bless the family. Thank you in advance.

There is currently a GOFUNDME page set up to help the family.

GOFUNDME LINK:  https://gofund.me/94c20b4c

Madison Ramos 

The Advanced Placement Program and Educational Inequality

Richard Tremitiedi (1938-2023) 

Often in under performing high schools like Hoboken High School in Hoboken, New Jersey, school boards and superintendents tout "advancement placement" (AP) courses as some type of indication that the school/district is providing a rigorous curriculum and associated course work. However, research shows that expanding access to AP courses without addition incentives or support for disadvantaged students to succeed is unlikely to address educational inequality. 70% of Hoboken High School students qualify for free or reduced lunch. 

The Advanced Placement Program and Educational Inequality 

ABSTRACT: The Advanced Placement (AP) program is nearly ubiquitous in American high schools and is often touted as a way to close racial and socioeconomic gaps in educational outcomes. Using administrative data from Michigan, I exploit variation within high schools across time in AP course offerings to identify the causal effect of AP course availability on college choice and degree attainment. I find that higher income students, White and Asian students, and higher-achieving students are more likely to take advantage of additional AP courses when they are offered, thus widening existing gaps in course-taking. I find little evidence that additional AP availability improves college outcomes for any students. Expanding access to AP courses without additional incentives or support for disadvantaged students to succeed is unlikely to address educational inequality. -Stephanie Owen- Colby College

You can read the full paper here: https://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai23-738.pdf

2021-22 SAT Scores: Nation, State, Hudson County, and Hoboken Public School District

Most recent SAT scores 2021-22:

Nation: Math (521); Reading (529); Combined (1050)

New Jersey: Math (560); Reading (557); Combined (1117)

Hoboken HS: Math (458); Reading (487); Combined (945)

2021-22 data indicates that combined SAT scores at Hoboken HS fall below what would be expected at other Hudson County public high schools even when considering the percentage of low income students enrolled at the high school. 

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Reference:

https://patch.com/new-jersey/holmdel-hazlet/nj-sat-scores-released-2022-every-high-school-ranked https://nj1015.com/best-worst-sat-scores-nj/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

Board of Education Agenda - March 14, 2023 - 2023-24 Budget Introduced; 2.5% Merit Increase for Superintendent; 70 page agenda

Below is the full detailed agenda for the March 14, 2023 Hoboken Board of Education Agenda. Many items on this agenda-- perhaps the most important is 

1) the introduction of the 2023-24 school budget. 10.08 Approval of a Tentative Hoboken Public School District Budget for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year.

2) Also included is item 9.20 which is a merit increase for the superintendent for reaching qualitative goals. This will be a 2.5% increase although the agenda does not specify what criteria the superintendent met.

According to an article in PATCH in 2022, the superintendent made approximately 193,778 in 2019. 

CHRISTINE JOHNSON, District Office, Hoboken Public School District, 6, $193,778

3) 10.08 WHEREAS, the Superintendent and Business Administrator recommend to the members of the Hoboken Board of Education a Local Tax Levy of $61,966,437 to support the 2023- 2024 General Fund Budget in the amount of $75,123,815

HBOE Full Agenda - March 2023 by Tony Petrosino on Scribd

October 2022 ASSA Report Shows Hoboken Non-Public Charter School Kindergarten Enrollment Continues to Fall

 In late November 2021, the Hoboken School District Administration and the Hoboken Board of Education attempted to push a $330 million bond to build a new high school in Hoboken because of "exploding" and "sky-rocketing" enrollment. Enrollment data was recently released by the NJDOE. Here is Kindergarten enrollment in Hoboken's non charter Public Schools for the 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 school years. With a decline of -27.5% over the past four school years, kindergarten enrollment in the Hoboken non-charter public schools is plummeting.

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October 2022 ASSA Report- Hoboken