Makin, Cheryl. "Plainfield's new $60 million school ready to welcome students", Courier News, July 24, 2023. Accessed October 9, 2024. "School district leaders, students, state and local officials and members of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority helped cut the ribbon Wednesday on Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School which will open in September. The $59.4 million three-story, 120,000-square-foot school will house up to 840 students in grades K-5. The school, which replaces Woodland Elementary School, had its opening delayed by a year because of supply chain issues."
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Giannantonio, Christina. "District receives OK for new school", The Star-Ledger, August 20, 2017. Accessed November 5, 2018. "The Plainfield Public School District has announced that the New Jersey Schools Development Authority has given the green light for the construction of a new elementary school which will replace Woodland Avenue and Cook Elementary schools. The new K to 5 elementary school will be located on Central Avenue and East 7th Street on a 13.28-acre parcel owned by the Plainfield Public School District and will house approximately 756 students. Once construction is complete, Woodland Avenue School will be razed and Cook Elementary School will be put to another use by the district."
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Plainfield City School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed May 7, 2024. "The Plainfield Board of Education (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of nine elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A Superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District. A Business Administrator/Board Secretary is also appointed by the Board and oversees the business functions of the District." See "Roster of Officials" on page 17.
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What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."
