With Essex County now under a winter weather advisory, and freezing rain and ice expected, the school schedule for Friday has changed.
The local theater production of "The Little Mermaid" has 37 area students in the cast, several from Maplewood and South Orange.
After an NJ teacher was accused of removing a second-grade girl's religious hijab in class, prosecutors will not charge her with a crime.
The Montclair 4th grade teacher, who lives in Maplewood, has dealt with 'multiple recurrences' of cancer, wrote a friend who posted video.
The South Orange-Maplewood schools will now start off remote in January, they announced Wednesday afternoon.
See how FAFSA applications changed for Maplewood area high schools.
The South Orange-Maplewood schools have said that unvaccinated students traveling far for Thanksgiving should quarantine for 7-10 days.
What happens if the Maplewood schools need to go remote again? The district posted its plan last week.
The teacher who was accused of "forcibly" removing a second grade student's hijab wrote a message to her students.
An annual list of the top public school districts in New Jersey by the company Niche.com put South Orange-Maplewood in the top 100.
Columbia High School, in the South Orange-Maplewood district, has a higher number of National Merit Semifinalists than most area schools.
Parking rules in areas near schools will change in Maplewood for the new school year, the police chief said, which could mean delays.
The South-Orange Maplewood School District released a complete school reopening handbook including COVID precautions.
The South Orange-Maplewood board president explained the salary amount, saying the parties delayed negotiating during the COVID pandemic.
Even a descendant of Thomas Jefferson supported the South Orange-Maplewood school board vote to seek new names for a school.
Some NJ school districts' COVID precautions say that a traveling family will have to quarantine and undergo remote education upon return.
The South Orange-Maplewood school board is set to vote to rename Jefferson Elementary School, which "bears the name of an enslaver."
Superintendent Ronald Taylor sent out back-to-school information for the South Orange-Maplewood school district on Wednesday.
The election for the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education will be held Nov. 2.
The South Orange and Maplewood School District's Board of Education planned a special meeting.
In the wake of the death of Moussa Fofana, only student-athletes will be allowed to use Underhill, officials said.
Nationally, applications for financial aid are down this year.
Maplewood NJ teen Moussa Fofana, shot to death June 6, dreamed of being a soccer star. Friends want to name the athletic complex for him.
Here is a link to the ceremony Thursday evening in which seniors will graduate from Columbia High School in Maplewood.
An abridgment of the classical "Romeo and Juliet," called "Juliet & Her Romeo," is coming soon. Three Maplewood teens will perform in it.
A vigil is planned Saturday for Moussa Fofana, who was killed at Columbia High School's athletic complex Sunday. No arrests have been made.
Now that Kamal Zubieta has resigned, the Maplewood-South Orange district announced Wednesday what the requirements are to replace her.
Student Moussa Fofana, 18, was killed at Columbia High School's sports field in Maplewood Sunday and another student was injured.
Columbia High School, which serves Maplewood and South Orange, will hold its Hall of Fame awards ceremony Friday. The link to watch is here.
"Divide-and-conquer-the people-of-color is both colonial and repugnant," said South Orange-Maplewood Board member Kamaljit Zubieta.
The teacher, Nicole Dufault, pleaded guilty in January 2020 to three counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact.
The towns will honor LGBTQIA+ and allied graduates from 2020 and 2021. Maplewood was the first NJ district to hold such a ceremony.
Tell us why your grad is special and send a message of congratulations on Maplewood Patch.
The district will get an extra day off this month because all three snow days weren't used. Also, the school board meets Monday. Link below.
The annual ranking released by U.S. News and World Report ranks schools based on factors such as graduation rates and academic performance.
The SAT can help determine where high school seniors get into college. See Columbia High School's average score here.
See how college aid applications changed for Maplewood area high schools.
Some students in the South Orange-Maplewood School District have been remote for over a year.
The show '2020 Hindsight,' to be performed virtually starting Thursday through Sunday, will include humor, music, and nostalgia.
Maplewood's mayor said they've secured nearly 4,000 slots for South Orange-Maplewood educators. But when will schools reopen to all grades?