PATERSON — School Superintendent Laurie Newell on Wednesday night recommended imposing a tax increase between 6% and 8% in ...

PATERSON — Despite a possible $35 million increase in annual state aid, the Paterson school district faces a shortfall in its ...

Long Island’s Hempstead School District says it plans to close an elementary school and cut jobs over a $34 million budget ...

PATERSON — School 26 reopened for classes on Monday after being closed three days last week because of a bathroom trash can fire. The fire, which happened on March 4 during an evening recreation ...

It will be the third consecutive day of cancelled classes at Paterson's School 26. The closure is due to lingering smoke odor ...

Parents of students at David Paterson Elementary School in Hempstead tell News 12 they're worried the school might close due to the district's finances.

PATERSON — Nearly 3,000 employees at Paterson Public Schools will be switching to a new health insurance network in July, a change that officials say will save the district a projected $17.8 ...

But the Meritain/ Aetna network's proposal said its providers could handle the work at a cost of $78.8 million. The Paterson Board of Education voted 5-4 last Wednesday night to make the change, after ...

District officials blamed the shortfall on rising charter school tuition costs, which are expected to reach $106 million for ...

Paterson, as I’ve stated before, is the fourth holiest city in the world: Jerusalem, Mecca, Medina and then Paterson, New Jersey.” ...