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Group: Oust 5 E. Ramapo school board members

Children depart from Hempstead Elementary School in Spring

Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Children depart from Hempstead Elementary School in Spring Valley. (June 20, 2012)

A coalition of parents and community activists in the East Ramapo School District is demanding that the state appoint an independent monitor to oversee the district and oust five Orthodox Jewish school board members.

In a petition to the state Education Commissioner Tuesday, the group calls for the removal of five of the seven school board members, including board president Daniel Schwartz,...

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