TAPinto Newark<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ahead of Newark\u2019s school board election, 150 North Star Academy students registered to vote, the first time 16- and 17-year-olds can participate. Senior Jibola Omotoyinbo described her new right to vote as a feeling of \u201cadulthood and freedom.\u201d The three winning candidates will join the nine-member board responsible for policies affecting 36,000 students across 64 … Contin\u00faa en<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":14172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1],"class_list":["post-14171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newark","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nYouth in Newark Empowered to Vote School Board for the First Time - Uncommon Schools<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ahead of Newark\u2019s school board election, 150 North Star students registered to vote, the first time 16- and 17-year-olds can participate. Senior Jibola Omotoyinbo described her new right to vote as a feeling of \u201cadulthood and freedom.\u201d The three winning candidates will join the nine-member board responsible for policies affecting 36,000 students across 64 schools, the state's largest school district.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Youth in Newark Empowered to Vote School Board for the First Time - Uncommon Schools\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ahead of Newark\u2019s school board election, 150 North Star students registered to vote, the first time 16- and 17-year-olds can participate. Senior Jibola Omotoyinbo described her new right to vote as a feeling of \u201cadulthood and freedom.\u201d The three winning candidates will join the nine-member board responsible for policies affecting 36,000 students across 64 schools, the state's largest school district.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uncommon Schools\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T18:08:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-10T15:16:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC1584-2-e1753802417383-1024x685.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"685\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"kellycarrion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"kellycarrion\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"kellycarrion\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5006ff54bc3046c67ea3ed5463c21e2e\"},\"headline\":\"Youth in Newark Empowered to Vote School Board for the First Time\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-25T18:08:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-10T15:16:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":81,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/DSC1584-2-e1753802417383.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Newark\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/\",\"name\":\"Youth in Newark Empowered to Vote School Board for the First Time - Uncommon Schools\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/fr\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/DSC1584-2-e1753802417383.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-25T18:08:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-10T15:16:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5006ff54bc3046c67ea3ed5463c21e2e\"},\"description\":\"Ahead of Newark\u2019s school board election, 150 North Star students registered to vote, the first time 16- and 17-year-olds can participate. Senior Jibola Omotoyinbo described her new right to vote as a feeling of \u201cadulthood and freedom.\u201d The three winning candidates will join the nine-member board responsible for policies affecting 36,000 students across 64 schools, the state's largest school district.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/DSC1584-2-e1753802417383.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/DSC1584-2-e1753802417383.jpg\",\"width\":8280,\"height\":5540},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/news\\\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Youth in Newark Empowered to Vote School Board for the First Time\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Schools\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5006ff54bc3046c67ea3ed5463c21e2e\",\"name\":\"kellycarrion\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e28f4e125c3d6b045e1634392e1f6b0cfb77d5ea85fae547cff6be3e7418f696?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e28f4e125c3d6b045e1634392e1f6b0cfb77d5ea85fae547cff6be3e7418f696?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e28f4e125c3d6b045e1634392e1f6b0cfb77d5ea85fae547cff6be3e7418f696?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"kellycarrion\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uncommonschools.org\\\/es\\\/author\\\/kellycarrion\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Youth in Newark Empowered to Vote School Board for the First Time - Uncommon Schools","description":"Ahead of Newark\u2019s school board election, 150 North Star students registered to vote, the first time 16- and 17-year-olds can participate. Senior Jibola Omotoyinbo described her new right to vote as a feeling of \u201cadulthood and freedom.\u201d The three winning candidates will join the nine-member board responsible for policies affecting 36,000 students across 64 schools, the state's largest school district.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"Youth in Newark Empowered to Vote School Board for the First Time - Uncommon Schools","og_description":"Ahead of Newark\u2019s school board election, 150 North Star students registered to vote, the first time 16- and 17-year-olds can participate. Senior Jibola Omotoyinbo described her new right to vote as a feeling of \u201cadulthood and freedom.\u201d The three winning candidates will join the nine-member board responsible for policies affecting 36,000 students across 64 schools, the state's largest school district.","og_url":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/","og_site_name":"Uncommon Schools","article_published_time":"2025-03-25T18:08:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-10T15:16:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":685,"url":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC1584-2-e1753802417383-1024x685.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"kellycarrion","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"kellycarrion","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/"},"author":{"name":"kellycarrion","@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/5006ff54bc3046c67ea3ed5463c21e2e"},"headline":"Youth in Newark Empowered to Vote School Board for the First Time","datePublished":"2025-03-25T18:08:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-10T15:16:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/"},"wordCount":81,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC1584-2-e1753802417383.jpg","articleSection":["Newark","News"],"inLanguage":"es-MX"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/","url":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/","name":"Youth in Newark Empowered to Vote School Board for the First Time - Uncommon Schools","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/fr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC1584-2-e1753802417383.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-25T18:08:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-10T15:16:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/5006ff54bc3046c67ea3ed5463c21e2e"},"description":"Ahead of Newark\u2019s school board election, 150 North Star students registered to vote, the first time 16- and 17-year-olds can participate. Senior Jibola Omotoyinbo described her new right to vote as a feeling of \u201cadulthood and freedom.\u201d The three winning candidates will join the nine-member board responsible for policies affecting 36,000 students across 64 schools, the state's largest school district.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es-MX","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-MX","@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC1584-2-e1753802417383.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC1584-2-e1753802417383.jpg","width":8280,"height":5540},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/news\/youth-in-newark-empowered-to-vote-school-board-for-the-first-time\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Youth in Newark Empowered to Vote School Board for the First Time"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/fr\/","name":"Escuelas poco comunes","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es-MX"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/5006ff54bc3046c67ea3ed5463c21e2e","name":"kellycarrion","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-MX","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e28f4e125c3d6b045e1634392e1f6b0cfb77d5ea85fae547cff6be3e7418f696?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e28f4e125c3d6b045e1634392e1f6b0cfb77d5ea85fae547cff6be3e7418f696?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e28f4e125c3d6b045e1634392e1f6b0cfb77d5ea85fae547cff6be3e7418f696?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"kellycarrion"},"url":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/author\/kellycarrion\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}