The inequity between two North Ward high schools less than a mile apart was discussed at Thursday’s monthly Newark Board of Education meeting.

TAPinto Newark earlier in the week revealed a tale of two schools: Technology High School and Barringer High School.

“This data is kind of alarming,” said Board Vice President Allison James-Frison, who has called out the disparity in demographics and outcomes between other schools in the past.

Technology, which is predominantly Latino, chooses which students can attend the school. Only 5.7% of Technology High School students had disabilities, and 2.3% were English Language Learners, according to the NJ School Performance report released in April 2025.

At Barringer, which is also predominantly Latino, 13.7% of the students had disabilities whil

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