NJEA Cancels Atlantic City Convention

After Sandy batters Atlantic City, the state teachers' union cancels its annual gathering there.

New Jersey’s teachers won’t gather in Atlantic City for their annual convention for the first time in 158 years. The damage left behind by Sandy forced the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) to cancel its Nov. 8-9 conference at the shore town. NJEA said its convention is the largest gathering of its kind worldwide, and the sheer size helped make the final decision to cancel. “The NJEA Convention is a massive event, involving tens of thousands of people,” NJEA President Barbara Keshishian said. “We concluded it was simply not advisable to try to have that many people on the roads and using public transportation while so many communities are struggling to restore power and basic services to their residents – including NJEA members.” …

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