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Newarkguy1836 t1_j9d2wed wrote

Reply to comment by Evildude42 in New Construction & Proposed Multifamily Projects: Newark by madsheb

I grew up in that yellow house next to the gas station across the street ! My parents sold it last August to Gomez and was demolished. I still maintain the subtropical banana plants, yucca's and the cold hardy Palms .The Baxter terrorist projects were demolished back in 2007. It is disgusting and a testament to this fraudulent City nothing has been built after phase one of Baxter Park! It's been like this for over 15 years. Why? Because the corrupt city on the land. No private developer would survive this. You either build or sell the land or go bankrupt. The rumor is a company from Philadelphia called Brandywine development( and I don't know it's one of their couple of brandy wines in real estate and none of the websites even mentions Newark!) Went into a deal with the city of Newark to redevelop that land, as well as the former Borden's Milk Factory AKA Peddler Square. Brandywine agreed to rebuild the cities training facilities for fire and police at the West runion Redevelopment. At the site of the former Belmont Elementary School. In return, Brandywine now gets The Peddler Square/ Borden site in a land swap. The original plan was for townhouses and the style of James Street Commons. This was before the Brandywine acquisition. So far, Brandy one has done nothing. I don't even know if Brandywine is still involved. I know Moonlight Cinemas rented the property and a trucking firm rented half the land to store their trailers a year ago. The trucking firm moved to McCarter Highway to a site where a Wawa was supposed to be built.

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ahtasva t1_j9are6m wrote

Reply to Newark Schools on Absenteeism Assist: Nah, We’re Good by madsheb

If my math is right, NPS is spending 28k per year per student and half of them don’t turn up for school and a majority of those that do can’t read or do math at grade level. The school board has no problem with this and quietly rehired a superintendent who by all accounts has done little or nothing to remedy the many issues the district is facing.

When are we collectively going to face up to the the facts? After 5 decades of failure, has any leader been held to account for the failure of inner city schools? What we have is a crisis of accountability. The parents are not accountable; the district is not accountable; the superintended is not accountable; the unions are not accountable and the students are not accountable. Each party is given a pass by externalizing accountability. It’s always the same tired bogeymen; lack of resources, competition from charters etc. Every problem the schools face are not solvable because the cause lay outside the control of the individuals involved. The parties involved apparently have no agency and are completely at the mercy of the “system”.

Imagine if India or China or any of the Caribbean or African countries like Ghana or Nigeria being able to spend the equivalent of 28k /year per child on education; what do you think the outcomes will be?

We will never break free from this cycle of repeated failure until we come to terms with the fact that no change is possible for the unwilling.

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Oranginafina t1_j993hj1 wrote

Reply to comment by GhostOfRobertTreat in Newark Schools on Absenteeism Assist: Nah, We’re Good by madsheb

It might help deter parents who keep their kids home for no good reason. I’ve had kids tell me they missed school to get their hair done, because it was raining, or, my favorite, they had to go shopping with their mom because “she gets lonely when she goes alone”. On Friday I was told a kid stayed home because “he didn’t want to go to school”. He’s 7.

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madsheb OP t1_j96jt9c wrote

Reply to comment by GhostOfRobertTreat in New Construction & Proposed Multifamily Projects: Newark by madsheb

They define the terms in another one of their reports, as:
*The Planned phase is defined as an apartment community that is actively moving through the pre-development phase; specifically intended to be developed as apartments.
*The Prospective phase is defined as tentative and subject to entitlement approvals; having been temporarily shelved by the developer; or the developer is uncertain regarding final status - to continue as apartments or to sell units as condominiums.

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sweatery_weathery t1_j94ej3g wrote

Reply to thoughts on living in Rahway from a Newarker point of view? good? bad? by Top_Ad5385

I used to live in Newark but now live in Rahway. I’m a fan. The downtown is charming and constantly changing. There’s always stuff going on, even if super small and local. Feels safe and the convenience of the train is great. Population is diverse and not over-gentrified.

The restaurants are also surprisingly good. It’s been interesting to see that Newark has attracted new restaurants that are hipster/cool-looking. In comparison, Rahway’s places feel more mom and pop. In that sense, there isn’t a lot of glitz and glam in Rahway yet, but that’s okay. It’s a town to watch, imo.

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