Finding 26-39
NUSD is not regularly convening or making publicly available the agendas and minutes of two of the three parent and community advisory committees mentioned in the Governance Team Handbook, as necessary to achieve the 2025-2026 district goal of parent and community engagement and communication.
Jury report: Newark Unified School District Revisited: Unresolved Problems and New Challenges · PDF page 55
Permanent linkOfficial response
Newark Unified School District Board of Education
Disagrees because the named committees no longer exist: the Superintendent committee ended, the Budget Taskforce had a one-time 2023–24 purpose, and the Community Schools Taskforce never formed; page 6 promises handbook deletion.
Read official response · PDF page 5Explains the whole disagreement through distinct histories of all three committees and the dated budget taskforce purpose; these are agency assertions.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.