Is Our Board of Ed Working? Plus: The New School Cell Phone Ban and What Your Next Tax Bill Means

The Montclair Pod · Aug 27, 2026 · 1h 5m

This week on The Montclair Pod, the new school year is almost here — and there’s a lot changing inside Montclair’s schools. Farnoosh and Mike sit down with MPACT founding member Dan Hafetz to unpack the group’s new report on Board of Education governance, what stronger oversight could look like, and why it matters heading into a wide-open school board race with zero incumbents running. They also look at the long-awaited forensic audit — including what it can and can’t actually tell us about the district’s financial problems.

Then, Montclair schools are going bell-to-bell phone-free. Farnoosh…