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Newark Enrolls

departures

Newark
July 19, 2018

As fate of ‘Newark Enrolls’ is debated, top enrollment officials resign

Gabrielle Ramos-Solomon and Kate Fletcher, who oversaw the district's enrollment system, both resigned shortly after the superintendent tried to oust them.

policy promise

Newark
July 3, 2018

Newark’s district-charter enrollment system is here to stay, new superintendent said in meeting

Superintendent Roger León told charter-school leaders that he will preserve the controversial system, called Newark Enrolls.

Enrollment 101

Newark
June 18, 2018

Should ‘Newark Enrolls’ be scrapped? A guide to the debate over Newark’s controversial enrollment system

The system lets families apply to multiple schools in one place. But some say it was designed to funnel students into charter schools.

match day

Newark
April 20, 2018

On high school match day, two-thirds of Newark eighth graders want magnet schools — but far fewer will get them

Students can apply to up to eight schools, but they only get matched with one. They find out which one on April 20.