{"id":290399,"date":"2026-07-08T16:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/290399\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:02:32","slug":"online-petition-collects-1k-signatures-opposing-renewal-of-jersey-city-supt-s-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/290399\/","title":{"rendered":"Online petition collects 1k signatures opposing renewal of Jersey City supt.’s contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

An online petition organized by the group Jersey City Parents for Accountability has collected over 1,000 signatures opposing the renewal and\/or extension of Superintendent of Schools Dr. Norma Fernandez\u2019s contract ahead of next week\u2019s special meeting.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>By John Heinis\/Hudson County View<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have lost confidence in Superintendent Norma Fernandez\u2019s leadership. The Jersey City Board of Education should not renew, extend, amend, renegotiate, approve new terms, or allow automatic renewal of the Superintendent\u2019s contract while major accountability questions remain unresolved,\u201d the Action Network petition<\/a> says.<\/p>\n

\u201cFamilies across Jersey City have raised serious concerns about district leadership, including special education services, nonpublic school services, overcrowding, facilities, student safety, bullying, technology and spending decisions, transparency, and public accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n

They also cite the recent special education audit<\/a> being referred to the Hudson County Prosecutor\u2019s Office (HCPO) that was not released to the board or the public<\/a> due to the ongoing investigation as another reason Fernandez doesn\u2019t deserve a new deal.<\/p>\n

Fernandez first received a three-year contract<\/a> in June 2022, with a three-year extension<\/a> that tops out at $341,200 approved in August 2024, which then-Ward E Councilman James Solomon \u2013 now the mayor \u2013 panned for a \u201clack of transparency<\/a>,\u201d all as HCV first reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cA contract renewal is a vote of confidence. Right now, that confidence does not exist. Do not renew, extend, amend, or allow automatic renewal of Superintendent Fernandez\u2019s contract. Full accountability first,\u201d the Action Network petition concludes.<\/p>\n

As of 1:30 p.m. this afternoon, the online effort has collected 1,148 signatures.<\/p>\n

The Jersey City BOE has called a special meeting for Thursday, July 16th at 5:30 p.m. at the district\u2019s central office, 346 Claremont Ave., where the board \u201cintends to take action to renegotiate, extend, amend, or otherwise alter the terms of its contract with Dr. Norma Fernandez,\u201d according to a public meeting notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An earlier version of the notice which has since been removed from the BOE website said the vote would be to extend Fernandez\u2019s contract through June 30th, 2031.<\/p>\n

Fernandez did not return an inquiry seeking comment on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An online petition organized by the group Jersey City Parents for Accountability has collected over 1,000 signatures opposing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[110986,98,100,99,60228,110987,110988,9,24,101939,63],"class_list":["post-290399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-action-network","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-jersey-city-board-of-education","tag-jersey-city-parents-for-accountability","tag-jersey-city-superintendent-of-schools","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-norma-fernandez","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}