Parents’ Group Sues for Details of Facebook Donation to Newark Schools

NEWARK, N.J. — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey’s Open Governance Project (ACLU-NJ) and the Newark-based Secondary Parent Council (SPC) filed suit today against the City of Newark for refusing to release records concerning the $100 million gift that Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pledged last September to transform the city’s public school system.

“As parents, as taxpayers and as citizens, we have a need and right to know how the money pledged to Newark’s public schools will ultimately serve Newark’s public school students,”…..

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