Schools

A local educator is taking the city to court looking to toss an upcoming public ballot question about switching to an appointed school board in place of the currently elected one.

A six-story building with a daycare center and 10 apartments could be built across the street from Weequahic Park.

A former congressman has gifted money to Liberty Science Center towards developing a technology district that includes schools, a research facility, and a residential community.

Last year, Jersey Digs reported that a residential development could be coming to the site of the Academy360 Lower School on the border of Verona and Montclair. Now, plans for a 200-unit project at the site could advance.

A proposal to construct dorms within an existing Jersey City building will now move forward and aims to open by Fall 2020.

Dozens of college students could live inside part of Jersey City’s 150 Bay Street under a new proposal.

A two-story preschool has been approved for a property in South Orange’s downtown.

The Morris County-based foundation has applied to build a new preschool with 16 classrooms between Hawthorne and Nye Avenues in Newark’s South Ward. The property was previously expected to contain a new campus for University High School.

Although the Saint Peter’s Tower at McGinley Square project in Jersey City has yet to come to fruition, the university has begun planning another student housing complex in the neighborhood. The ZBA is scheduled to hear the matter June 27.

The massive complex in New Brunswick’s downtown will include two theaters, over 200 apartments, Rutgers classrooms, and office space.