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The Newark Education Trust, a permanent local education fund serving Newark public schools, has announced the appointment of a new vice chair and two additional members of the Board of Directors who will be instrumental in the roll-out of programs and initiatives to improve education outcomes for the city’s school children.

Ross Danis, executive director of the Trust,  said  Shané Harris, vice president, Community Resources at Prudential and vice president of The Prudential Foundation, has been appointed vice chair of the Board.

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Both are public schools in Newark. Both need low-cost space for students. One has extra, unused classrooms, while the other has a long waiting list for few available seats.

So it makes perfect sense to co-locate a fast-growing charter school within the half-empty building of a traditional district school. As in any large building full of students, what matters most is management — that school leaders coordinate well.

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Camden Middle School is a good example of the kind of challenges -- and uncertainties -- that await Cami Anderson on her first day as Newark's superintendent of schools.

The school, like the 39,000-student district, is in transition. Last year, less than half its students passed the state tests. This fall, it is moving in with Camden Street Elementary School next door, to form a single K-8 facility.

Replacing it will be three new high schools: the Bard High School Early College, New Day Charter School and People’s Prep Charter. And with them come new teachers and new families.

NEWARK, NJ – June 13, 2011 – Mashea Ashton, the CEO of the Newark Charter School Fund, released the following statement about a revised proposal from Newark Public Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson to share underutilized district schools with public charter schools.

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Newark Public Schools today announced its final shared campus plan for the 2011-12 school year, with fourteen district and public charter schools sharing space in seven buildings across the district, creating space for some 1,800 students.

The plan calls for four new district high schools and seven public charter schools to open next fall in underutilized district schools. The district estimates it will save $4.1 million in facility operating costs next year, while earning about $800,000 in rent.

“Our goal with shared space is simple: to create more high quality school options for Newark families while reducing operational costs and freeing up resources that can be redirected,” said Superintendent Cami Anderson, who announced the plan at a press conference this afternoon, her first official day as superintendent.

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Newark's new schools superintendent announced details Monday of a plan that would allow charter schools to share space inside Newark's public school buildings.

Cami Anderson, on her first day of the job, said the shared campus plan would create four new high schools and allow room for seven charter schools in city school buildings. Anderson also said no schools will close this fall, but five will be consolidated.

She will present the plan Tuesday night to the city's school advisory board. Anderson said the moves are expected to save the school district $4.1 million in operating costs and generate $800,000 in revenue from lease agreements with various charter schools.

NEWARK, NJ – May 4, 2011 – The selection of Cami Anderson as the next superintendent of the Newark Public Schools is receiving the strong support of the Newark Charter School Fund (www.ncsfund.org). But, fund officials caution, Newarkers must recognize that one person can’t be relied upon to change the culture of the entire school district.