UCBOE Board Meeting Schedule for the 2009-2010 Board Term Year

As a part of the user friendly budget provisions that continue in this year, the Union City Board of Education budget has been posted to this web site.

Click here to download.

The Union City Board of Education will hold a Special Meeting on Feb 4. This meeting is open to the public in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6, et seq.

For the agenda, to the extent known, click here. or download the file attached below.

Union City School District's Job Fair
March 14, 2009
10:00-2:00
Jose Marti Middle School
1800 Summit Avenue
Union City, NJ 07087

To Candidates:

Meet Our Administrators
Converse With Fellow Teachers
Walk to/View Nearby New High School

CORZ: N.J. KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
Highlights local pupil, teacher in address
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

TRENTON - Gov. Jon Corzine publicly applauded 17-year-old Kamaris Loor, of Union City, and her mentor, veteran science educator Nadia Makar, during his State of the State speech yesterday afternoon.

In touting the state's quality of education, Corzine called Kamaris, an up-and-coming scientist and future doctor, "one of New Jersey's bright hopes for the future," and then acknowledged Makar, saying that "behind every student's success is an exceptional teacher."

WNY, Union City, Weehawken, and North Bergen becoming 'NoHu'
Mary Paul and Caren Matzner, Reporter staff writers

CELEBRATE NOHU ART – St. John’s Episcopal Church in Union City hosts “Celebrate Art” every September with artists from throughout the area.

In 1851, renowned American painter William Ranney settled in a quiet marshy area of farmland across the river from Manhattan, in a town that would one day become Union City. A pioneer in his day, Ranney's famous paintings of rugged settlers are still celebrated today.

He may have been on to something.

At least, that's what mayor and state Sen. Brian Stack thinks.

At the city's board of commissioners meeting last week at St. Anthony's Church on Eighth Street, several resolutions and ordinances were unanimously adopted that aim to beautify Union City and raise the quality of life within it.

Among them were ordinances that would eliminate garbage from the streets, promote lawn care, and plant several trees throughout the city.

A resolution passed that allows the city clerk to accept bids for plant and tree planting throughout the city.

According to Stack, 400 trees were planted throughout the city last year with another 300 to 400 expected this year.

Seventeen-year-old high school student Allison Strong says her last name either flatters or works against her. March 27 was one of those days when 'strong' complimented the senior from Union Hill High School (Union City) as she won a statewide poetry reading contest.

What would you think if I told you that a single, cost-effective mechanism could not only substantially improve the operation of your district, but also enhance student achievement? That’s exactly what happened when we implemented database technology in 1999. As mundane as it sounds, FileMaker Pro revolutionized the way our students learn by redefining the way we think about, generate, process, store and share information.

TRENTON - New Jersey's Agriculture Department says more school districts around the state - including several in Hudson County that had not been previously identified - may have received tainted beef through the National School Lunch Program.

The department says nearly 90 additional districts got raw or cooked beef products that are included in the nation's biggest beef recall ever.