>>> FUNDING FOR SPOTLIGHT NEWS PRESENTED BY MEMBERS OF THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION AND MAKING PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREAT FOR EVERY CHILD.

RWJ BARNABAS HEALTH.

LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER.

LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER.

AND THE OCEAN WIND PROJECT.

BY ORSET & PSEG CREATED TO THE CREATION OF A NEW LONG-TERM AND SUSTAINABLE CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE FOR NEW JERSEY.

THIS IS NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS WITH BRIANNA VANNOZZI.

>> GOOD EVENING AND THINGS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER THE STATE ORDERED ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO CLOSE IN AN EFFORT TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS, JUST 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS REMAIN ALL VERMONT.

IT'S ABOUT 53,000 STUDENTS WHO ARE STILL LEARNING AND WORKING VIRTUALLY FROM HOME.

GOVERNOR MURPHY HAS BEEN PUSHING TO GET EVERY STUDENT BACK IN THE CLASSROOM FOR IN PERSON LEARNING BEFORE THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

THERE JUST A FEW WEEKS LEFT.

AS THE NUMBER OF STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASES CONTINUE ON A DOWNWARD TREND.

34 MORE DEATHS WERE REPORTED TODAY.

OUT OF THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE YET TO REOPEN, FIVE OUR PUBLIC.

INCLUDING PATTERSON.

WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE STATE.

THE DISTRICT AND TEACHERS UNIT REMAIN LOCKED IN A DISPUTE OVER THE READINESS OF BUILDINGS TO SAFETY WELCOME BACK STUDENTS AND STAFF.

IT HAS BECOME A FAMILIAR PATTERN AND WHEN THE HAS PLAYED OUT ALL ACROSS NEW JERSEY THIS YEAR WITH FAMILIES CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

>> THIS PATTERSON TEACHER AND MOM OF TWO HAD TO DO HER INTERVIEW FROM HER CAR SO THAT IT WOULD NOT CONFLICT WITH HER KIDS SCHOOL AND SAID.

AN EXAMPLE OF THE CHALLENGES PARENTS STILL FACE WITH VIRTUAL LEARNING.

14 MONTHS AFTER SCHOOLS CLOSE THE DOORS.

>> THE SINGLE MOM SAYS SHE IS STILL UNABLE TO WORK ONE DAY A WEEK SO SHE CAN HELP HER KIDS DEAL WITH DAILY TECHNOLOGY ISSUES.

>> I WOULD NOT SAY MY KIDS ARE BEHIND, BUT IT HAS DELAYED THEM AND COMPLETING ASSIGNMENTS AND GETTING THE FULL LESSON THAT THEY NEED THROUGHOUT THE DAY BECAUSE THE WI-FI CONKED OUT OR THE COMPUTER JUST SHUT OFF.

>> THAT WILL REMAIN THERE DAILY REALITY.

AS OF TODAY, THE PATTERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NO REOPENING DATE.

>> WE HAVE BEEN GUIDED THROUGH THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC BY THE SCIENCE AND THE DATA AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE.

>> AS THE ROUGHLY 25,000 STUDENTS AND PATTERSON CONTINUE TO LEARN VIRTUALLY, THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THE DISTRICT HAS SPENT CLOSE TO $20 MILLION PREPARING SCHOOLS TO REOPEN.

AT A SPECIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING LAST WEEK AFTER COMPLETING SAFETY WALK-THROUGHS TO THE DISTRICTS ROUGHLY 50 BUILDINGS, THE FUND MOST SCHOOLS HAD MET THE REQUIREMENTS TO REOPEN WITH THREE-FOOT SOCIAL DISTANCING IN PLACE AND TEMPERATURE SANITIZERS AND MASKS READILY AVAILABLE AND IN CLASSROOMS WITH NO WINDOWS, PURIFIERS AND AIR SCRUBBERS WILL BE INSTALLED BEFORE THE END OF JUNE.

>> YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THE PREPARATION OF REOPENING SCHOOLS.

>> IT'S UNFATHOMABLE THAT YOU COULD STILL HAVE WINDOWS NOT OPERATIONAL IN SO MANY LOCATIONS AFTER SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY.

>> THE PATTERSON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, WHICH REPRESENTS 3000 TEACHERS CAME TO A DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT CONCLUSION AFTER THE UNION REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SAME WALK-THROUGH.

THEY SAY THAT JUST 10 SCHOOLS WERE READY TO REOPEN.

26 WERE NOT READY AND 20 BUILDINGS WERE UNSAFE.

ONE MAJOR ISSUE IS INDOOR AIR QUALITY.

>> YOU WANT TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL.

ONTO FIRST AND FOREMOST START BY SAYING THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS NOT TO MANIPULATE THE COMMUNITY INTO THINKING THAT ASSOCIATION WANTS TO REMAIN CLOSED.

WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MANY ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE REMEDIATED BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER.

BUT THE IDEA THAT WE COULD WALK THROUGH SCHOOLS AND FIND WINDOWS BOLTED SHUT.

>> THERE IS A DISCONNECT AND APPARENTLY A BREAK DOWN IN COMMUNICATION AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY DISAGREEMENT.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE IN COMMON GROUND.

>> THE PATTERSON SPOKESPERSON SAID THE SUPERINTENDENT CONTINUES TO BE READY TO MEET WITH THE LEADERSHIP AND THEY HAVE SCHEDULED A MEETING WHICH THEY OPT NOT TO ATTEND.

>> I MADE THE DECISION TO NOT ATTEND THE MEETING UNTIL WE HAVE COPIES OF ALL THE THINGS WE ASK FOR.

>> THE UNION IS CALLING FOR THE DISTRICT TO FIX THE REMAINING PROBLEMS IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS AND TO DO A SOFT OPENING FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.

NOT IN TIME FOR THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

>> MY DAUGHTER HAD HIGH HOPES OF GOING INSIDE OF ROSA PARKS HIGH SCHOOL AND PHYSICALLY MEETING HER DANCE MATES AND DANCE TEACHER.

YOU HAVE TO PUT BOTH THINGS ON THE TABLE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE WILL MAKE IT.

>> THE DISTRICT AND UNION CONTINUED TO SPAR BUT THEY HOPE THEY COME TO AN AGREEMENT SOON.

SINCE IT IS THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

AND NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

>> IT COULD BE A SIGN FOR THE DROP IN DEMAND OF VACCINES IS ESSEX COUNTY IS CLOSING THREE VACCINATION SITES BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP.

LOCATION SET UP AT THE FORMER SEARS STORE IN NEWARK AND ANOTHER LOCATION IN WEST CALDWELL WILL ALL SHUT DOWN.

THE SCENES THERE THERE ARE OF FAR CRY FROM JUST MONTHS AGO WHEN LINES SNAKED BACK AND FORTH AND DOWN THE STREETS AND JUST NINE RESIDENTS HAD OPPONENTS FOR THEIR FIRST SHOT IN LIVINGSTON ON MONDAY AND AS OF THIS MORNING THAN 3.3 MILLION RESIDENTS ARE FULLY VACCINATED.

THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THERE NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY TO THE GOAL OF VACCINATING 4.7 MILLION ADULTS BY THE END OF MID-JUNE BUT AT THE END OF APRIL THE STATE WAS ADMINISTRATING WELL UNDER TO 80,000 A DAY.

GOVERNOR MURPHY TODAY SAID THE CLOSURES ARE PART OF A SHIFT TOWARDS A MORE STRATEGIC FOCUS ON POPULATIONS AND BY SENDING SUPPLY TO LOCAL PHARMACIES AND MOBILE UNITS AND POP-UP SITES.

IN THE MEANTIME, KIDS ARE STILL NOT ELIGIBLE FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION.

ALTHOUGH THE FDA AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PFIZER SHOT TO BE USED IN 12 TO 15-YEAR-OLDS COULD COME AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK AND UNTIL THEN PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS WILL SEE A RISE IN YOUTH AS SCHOOLS REOPEN AND ACTIVITIES RESUME.

THE MEDICAL WORLD IS TO LEARNING ABOUT HOW THE VIRUS REACTS IN CHILDREN VERSUS ADULTS.

MANY DON'T EXPERIENCE SEVERE ILLNESS FROM COVID-19.

BUT THE VIRUS CAN HAVE A SERIOUS AND LONG IMPACT ON THEIR HEALTH.

THE SENIOR CORRESPONDENT REPORTS ON THE STATES FIRST AND ONLY PEDIATRIC CLINIC FOR LONG- HAUL COVID-19 KIDS.

>> IT'S SCARY AND SAD ANY QUESTION AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF EVERYTHING THAT IS OCCURRING.

>> HER 15-YEAR-OLD SON GOT COVID-19 BACK IN JANUARY AND SPENT SIX DESPERATE DAYS AND AFTER HARROWING BATTLE HIS FAMILY HAD FIGURED HE HAD EATEN COVID-19 AND RECOVERED.

>> IT WAS A SIGH OF RELIEF LIKE NOW MY SON IS HOME AND HEALTHY AND HE NEVER HAD HEALTH ISSUES.

THEN WE STARTED TO.

UP ON LITTLE THINGS.

>> SYMPTOMS SNOWBALLS AND HER GRADE A STUDENT HAD A WALL.

>> IS THE BRAIN FOG AND FORGETFULNESS AND CONFUSION AND THE BIGGEST THING WAS DEFINITELY HIS GRADES WITH SCHOOL.

THAT WAS MY BIGGEST AHA MOMENT.

>> PARENTS CALL CONFUSED AND VERY WORRIED.

>> WORKING AT NEW JERSEY'S ONLY CLINIC AT ST. ANNA BEST THAT HELPS FAMILIES COPE WITH PEDIATRIC LONG COVID-19 WERE KIDS WHO SEEM TO FIND NOW ARE SUDDENLY FIGHTING THE DELAYED AFTEREFFECTS OF THEIR COVID-19 INFECTION.

>> WE HEARD THAT KIDS WILL GET A SICK OR THEY RECOVER AND THEIR FIND AND THEN HE HAVE A PARENT WHO SEES THEIR CHILD AND THEY SAID THAT MY CHILD IS NOT FINE AND WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> THERE IS DEFINITELY A NEED TO CREATE AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND US.

>> THE CLINIC IS TRACKING ABOUT 90 LONG COVID-19 PATIENTS AND EVEN KIDS WHO INITIALLY EXPERIENCED MILD OR NO COVID-19 SYMPTOMS CAN SUFFER A SUDDEN LOT ONSET OF LONG COVE IT.

ONE INVOLVES A DANCE STUDENT.

>> SHE IS STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON HER FEET AND HAVING EPISODES OF DIZZINESS WHERE SHE FEELS THAT SHE WILL FOLLOW.

SHE IS HAVING HEART PETITIONS AND ANXIOUS AND DEPRESSED OUT OF HER MIND.

>> KIDS SHOW THE SAME SYMPTOMS THAT IMPACT ADULT LONG COVID-19 SYMPTOMS AND AMONG THE MENTAL FOG AND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT OF HEART AND LUNGS.

THEY CAN DIRECT IMPATIENCE TO MORE THAN A DOZEN SPECIALISTS.

LIKE THIS PULMONOLOGIST WHO HAS SEEN STAR ATHLETES BENCHED SHORT OF BREATH.

>> IT'S LIKE I COULD TWO MILES IN THE PROBLEM BUT NOT HAVE TO STOP AFTER FIVE MINUTES AND CATCH MY BREATH.

>> THEY MAY HAVE SCARRED HEART MUSCLE WITH SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS.

>> HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ATHLETES AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHETHER WE HAVE TO LIMIT THEIR ACTIVITIES AND MONITOR THEM THERE >> HOW LONG IS LONG COVID-19 AND KIDS?

DR. SAID THEY DON'T KNOW AND IT COULD LAST FOR WEEKS.

WITH KIDS, THERE'S GOOD NEWS.

>> ALTHOUGH YOU ARE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS NOW THAT ARE FRIGHTENING AND ENCOURAGING.

BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THIS ALWAYS AND IT WON'T BE LIKE THIS ALWAYS.

KIDS HAVE A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO RECOVER AND THEY'RE VERY RESILIENT.

>> SO FAR NEW JERSEY HAS LOGGED 18,000 CASES IN CHILDREN AND SEVERE CASES OF MULTI-SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN TOP 100 IN NEW JERSEY.

BUT NO KIDS ARE NOW HOSPITALIZED AND NO CHILDREN HAVE DIED OF THE SYNDROME.

WITH OUR UNDERWRITER WE EXPECT MORE CASES.

>> FULL VACCINATION FOR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

SCHOOLS ARE OPENING UP AND ACTIVITIES ARE OPENING UP AND WE THINK THERE WILL BE SOME MORE INFECTIONS UNFORTUNATELY.

>> VACCINATIONS HAVE HELPED SOME LONG COVID-19 PATIENTS RECOVER AND WE HOPE TO GET VACCINATED.

>> WE HAVE A ROAD AHEAD OF US AND I WANT TO MAKE IT BACK TO HIM 100 PERCENT.

>> RIGHT AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR YOU WILL NOTICE A FLOOD OF CAMPAIGN MAILERS SHOWING UP AT YOUR HOUSE WITH THE USUAL LAWN SIGNS A CANDIDATE ADS ONLINE.

YOU LIKELY HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH OF IT FROM GOVERNOR MURPHY.

HIS CAMPAIGN IS SITTING ON A WARCHEST WORTH MILLIONS TO SPEND IN THE UPCOMING PRIMARY ELECTION.

WITHOUT AN OPPONENT TO TARGET.

WE LOOK AT THE POWER OF INCUMBENCY WHEN RUNNING A CAMPAIGN.

>> A DEMOCRAT HAS NOT BEEN REELECTED GOVERNOR IN NEW JERSEY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

THAT WAS BRENDAN BYRNE IN 1977.

BUT WAS SIX MONTHS TO GO BEFORE ELECTION DAY, GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY SEEMS POISED TO BREAK THE STREAK.

I KNOW POLL OUT TODAY SHOWS MURPHY WITH STRONG SUPPORT FROM VOTERS WITH 57% APPROVING OF THE JOB HE IS DOING AS OPPOSED TO 35 PERCENT WHO DON'T.

THAT IS DOWN FROM HIS 71-21S IT FROM LAST YEAR.

AMONG DEMOCRATS, MURPHY IS AT 77% AND INDEPENDENCE WITH 39% AND REPUBLICANS WITH 15%.

THE GOVERNOR WHO TOOK OFFICE AS A RELATIVE UNKNOWN IN THE STATE HAS BECOME THE FACE OF THE COVID-19 RESPONSE AND THE UBIQUITOUS RESIDENCE ON TV FOR HIS DAILY BRIEFINGS.

AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING FOR HIM.

>> EVERY SITTING GOVERNOR THAT RUNS FOR REELECTION HAS THE POWER OF INCUMBENCY AND ADVANTAGE OF INCUMBENCY TO RUN.

MURPHY IS TAKING THIS TO A NEW LEVEL.

WITH THESE CORONAVIRUS BRIEFINGS.

AND ALONG WITH THE VACCINE SITES AND VARIOUS NATIONAL PRESS APPEARANCES.

AND HE GETS TO LEAD THE PARADE INTO RECOVERY.

'S NEW WITH $7 MILLION IN THE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN FUND AND YOU SHOULD EXPECT MUCH MORE MURPHY IN THE MONTH OF MAY.

>> I EXPECT WE WILL START TO SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT ADVERTISING ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR AND PROMOTING HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HE HAS A RECORD.

BUT IT'S NOT ALL TOUCHDOWNS AND HOMERUNS TO USE A COUPLE OF MURPHY SPORTS METAPHORS.

ASIDE FROM THE RANDOM PEDESTRIAN, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE BLASTED THE GOVERNOR'S LOCKDOWN ORDERS.

WHICH ACCORDING TO SOME FIGURES, THEY HAVE RESULTED IN THE THIRD OF THEM GOING UNDER FOR GOOD.

STILL WITH THIS WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT MANY RESTRICTIONS ARE BEING LIFTED AND CAPACITY IS EXPANDED AND EVEN THAT ALBATROSS APPEARS TO HAVE LOOSENED ITS GRIP.

>> THE PANDEMIC SITUATION IS NOT THAT BAD AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

IN TERMS OF HOSPITALITY AND WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO IN CERTAIN AREAS.

I THINK THAT OVERALL HE DID AN AVERAGE JOB.

>> AND THERE WERE THOSE DEBACLES WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

EVEN THAT IT SEEMS HAS FAILED TO SINK THE GOOD SHIP MURPHY.

>> THERE WAS NO TEXTBOOK AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN TO ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN 100 YEARS.

YES THERE WILL BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND WE ALL FELT THE BUMPS IN THE ROAD.

IF WE GET TO SEPTEMBER AND KIDS ARE NOT BACK IN SCHOOL, I WOULD EXPECT GOVERNOR MURPHY TO TAKE THAT ON THE CHIN.

BUT THAT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WHERE WE ARE GOING AT THIS POINT.

>> THEY HOPE TO WAY MURPHY DOWN WITH BAGGAGE THAT VOTERS AT THIS POINT DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO PUT ON THE GOVERNOR.

BUT SIX MONTHS IS AN ETERNITY IN POLITICS AND GLOBAL PANDEMICS DON'T CARE ABOUT ELECTIONS OR POLLS.

THE GOVERNOR SHOULD NOT BE JUMPING FOR JOY OR SPIKING ANY FOOTBALLS JUST YET.

NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

>> THE PLAN TO CLOSE THE UNION JEALOUS HITTING ROADBLOCKS WITH THE GROUP OF ADVOCATES CALLING ON THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE THE AGREEMENT.

IT WAS TOUTED AS A WAY TO CUT COSTS AND ABOUT $100 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS AND BY SENDING PRISONERS FROM THE UNION COUNTY JAIL AND ELIZABETH TO THE NEARBY ESSEX COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN NEWARK.

ACTIVIST FROM THE NATIONAL UNITED YOUTH COUNCIL CLAIMS THE PLAN IMPACTS THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INMATES AND POINTING TO COVID-19 OUTBREAKS WITHIN THE NEWARK FACILITY AND ALLEGATIONS OF CORRECTIONS OFFICER ABUSE AND CORRUPTION.

UNION COUNTY LEADERS DISPUTE THE CLAIMS IN THE SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE NEWARK PRESENTS RECEIVED A 100% COMPLIANCE RATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF ESSEX COUNTY TO END THE RELATIONSHIP WITH EYES BY HOUSING DETAINEES.

>> IN THE WAKE OF FATAL POLICE SHOOTINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY INVOLVING BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH, NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE TAKING A STAND AND REQUESTING BIG CHANGES úTHROUGH TEENS AND HISTORICALLY OVER POLICED COMMUNITIES NEED MORE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS.

IN RECENT YEARS, DISTRICTS HAVE TO PLAYED AND RETIRED MEMBERS OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO ACT AS MENTORS AND TO KEEP SCHOOL BUILDING SAFE.

THE STUDENT ADVOCATE SAY IT IS TIME FOR THE STATE TO MAKE A NEW INVESTMENT.

>> THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND LOCAL YOUTH LEADERS ARE GATHERING AT NEWARK'S LINCOLN PARK TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

THEY SAY THAT MANY OF NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS AND PREDOMINANTLY ONES WERE BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN ATTEND AND VEST WAY TOO MUCH MONEY IN POLICING AND NOT ENOUGH IN COUNSELING AND OTHER MUCH- NEEDED AND HEALTH-RELATED RESOURCES.

>> MY SCHOOL HAS AROUND 6 TO 7 SECURITY GUARDS AND WE HAVE ONLY THREE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND ONE NURSE.

THIS IS STRESSING ALL OF THE STUDENTS OUT.

IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING TARGETED AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY AFRAID THAT IF WE MESS UP THAT THERE WILL BE A VERY BIG REPERCUSSION.

>> THEY ARE CALLING ON STATE LAWMAKERS TO REDIRECT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FUNDS THIS AIR USED FOR SECURITY MEASURES THAT TARGET AND CRIMINALIZE STUDENTS OF COLOR.

>> YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE AND THE FOURTH HIGHEST LATINO INCARCERATION RATE IN THE NATION.

NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM INCARCERATING YOUTH AND SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY COME FROM.

>> IT IS A SETTLEMENT THAT THESE YOUTH ADVOCATES THEY WOULD NOT ONLY BENEFIT STUDENTS HERE IN NEW JERSEY.

BUT ALSO ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS WERE BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH LIKE THE 16 OLD MICHALAK BRYANT OF OHIO AND THE 13-YEAR- OLD ADAM TOLEDO OF CHICAGO THAT TIED AT THE HANDS OF POLICE.

>> ADAM TOLEDO GREW UP IN A SCHOOL WHERE THERE WAS NOT EVEN AN ART CLASS AND HE LOVED DOING ART.

ONE OF THE WORDS HIS TEACHERS GAVE US THAT IF ONLY WE HAD AN ART CLASS FOR HIM.

IT IS UPSETTING THAT RESOURCES LIKE THAT ARE NOT GIVEN TO STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY THEY ARE BLACK AND BROWN.

>> STUDENTS AT THE RALLY SAY HAVING POLICE AND SECURITY GUARDS AT THE SCHOOLS ONLY MAKES THE SITUATION WORSE AND THEY ARE FED UP AND IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE.

>> ACCORDING TO THE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCES WEBSITE THEY ARE PROPERLY TRAINED TO PROTECT STUDENTS IN SCHOOL FACULTY AND STAFF AND THE SCHOOLS THEY ATTEND.

BUT NOT EVERYONE SEES THEIR PRESENCE THAT WAY.

>> I HAVE BEEN BULLIED A LOT.

BUT THE SECURITY GUARDS HAVE NEVER DONE IN THE TO STOP IT.

IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS JUST OBSERVING WHAT HAPPENED.

>> CRIMINAL.

AND NOW A PERSON WHO HAS COMMITTED A CRIME.

SIMILAR TO A LAWBREAKER OR OFFENDER OR VILLAIN OR FELON.

I DON'T WANT THE METAL DETECTORS IN MY HIGH SCHOOL BUT THEY WOULD DEFINE ME BEFORE I COULD EVEN INTRODUCE MYSELF.

>> STUDENTS SAY THEY JUST WANT TO FEEL A SENSE OF NORMALCY AND HEIGHTENED SECURITY MEASURES AT SCHOOLS IS NOT THE ANSWER.

>> WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE METAL DETECTORS OUT OF OUR SCHOOL SO THAT WE DON'T FILE CRIMINALS JUST FOR WALKING INTO OUR SCHOOL TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION.

>> THEY CONTINUE PUTTING MORE RESOURCES INTO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND THEY CONTINUE TO DEMAND CHANGE UNTIL IT HAPPENS.

>> FOR NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

>> NOW TURNING TO THE GAINS IN THE PRIVATE JOBS MARKET AND WITH HER THE PROGRESS HIT EXPECTATIONS.

WE HAVE DETAILS IN TONIGHT TOP BUSINESS STORIES.

>> PRIVATE COMPANIES ADDED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW WORKERS IN APRIL AND THE NEW JERSEY-BASED SAYS 432,000 POSITIONS WERE ADDED WITH A STRONG SHOWING AND SLIGHTLY UNDER THE ECONOMIST FORECAST WITH NEARLY A THIRD OF THE JOBS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.

MORE THAN A YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC, WORKING CONDITIONS AND WORKER ATTITUDES HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.

BASED ON THE FINDINGS FROM THE RESEARCH INSTITUTES LATEST REPORT.

WORKERS HAVE MORE FEARS ABOUT JOB INSECURITY AND THAT HAS PROMPTED MORE THAN 75% OF THE RESPONDENT TO TAKE ON EXTRA TASKS OR WORK LONGER HOURS.

SUMMER COMPENSATED FOR THAT EXTRA WORK BUT MANY WERE NOT.

UNPAID OVERTIME HAS JUMPED SHARPLY ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF ECONOMIST AT ADP.

>> THE INCIDENT OF WORKING FOR FREE AND UNPAID WORK GREW ESPECIALLY HERE IN NORTH AMERICA AND IT DOUBLED IN THE COURSE OF A SHORT ONE YEAR PERIOD.

IT IS A MIXED KIND OF RESULT IN TERMS OF PAY AND PERFORMANCE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

>> IN THE MEANTIME, YOUNGER WORKERS ENGINES HE SUFFERED THE GREATEST JOB LOSS IN THE PAST YEAR.

>> THERE IS A BIG PUSH IN NEW JERSEY FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY THAT COULD LEAD TO LOWER UTILITY BILLS.

STATES GAS AND ELECTRIC UTILITIES ARE SPENDING A TOTAL OF $1.6 MILLION OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO ENCOURAGE THEIR CUSTOMERS TO REDUCE ENERGY USE.

EACH UTILITY IS OFFERING DIFFERENT INCENTIVES SUCH AS A REPORT FOR INSTALLING AN ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCE.

FIND OUT MORE BY READING MY COLLEAGUES ARTICLE ON NJ SPOTLIGHT MEANS.ORG.

A FEDERAL JUDGE TODAY OVERTURNED A NATIONAL BAN ON EVICTIONS ACCORDING TO REPORTS.

THE BAND, ISSUED BY THE CDC, WAS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THOSE WHO HAD FALLEN BEHIND ON THE RENT.

EVEN WITH THIS RULING AGAINST THE FEDERAL BAN, THERE ARE ALSO LOCAL AND STATE LAWS ON THE BOOKS BANNING EVICTIONS DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

NEW JERSEY HAS HAD SUCH A BAN IN PLACE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW.

AND NOW HERE IS A LOOK AT HOW THE WALL STREET TRADING DAY ENDED UP.

THESE ARE YOUR TOP BUSINESS STORIES.

>> SUPPORT FOR THE BUSINESS REPORT SUPPORTED BY THE HEART AND SOUL OF SOUTH JERSEY.

>> TONIGHT WE BRING YOU THE STORY OF AN ENDANGERED BIRDS PERSEVERANCE IN THE WORK OF ONE LOCAL MEN TO HELP IT SURVIVE.

THE TINY RED NOT WASTE HIS 4.7 OUNCES YET MANAGES TO MIGRATE TO 10,000 MILES EVERY YEAR.

FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND MAKING A CRUCIAL STOPOVER RIGHT HERE IN JERSEY ON THE DELAWARE BAY.

WE RELY ON A FEAST OF HORSESHOE CRAB EGGS FOUND IN OUR COASTLINE TO STAY ALIVE.

FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST HAS MADE IT HIS MISSION TO MAKE SURE NEITHER GOES EXTINCT.

HE JOINS ME NOW.

>> WE KNOW YOU STARTED THIS WORK IN THE LATE 90s AND HOW DID YOU GET FLAGGED TO THE ISSUE?

>> THE ISSUE FIRST AROSE IN THE EARLY 90s.

WHEN SUDDENLY THE FISHERS FROM NEW ENGLAND WERE COMING TO NEW JERSEY AND TAKING BAIT.

AND THAT QUICKLY WENT FROM ABOUT 100,000 CRABS TO 2.5 MILLION EACH YEAR.

AND IT HAS BASICALLY BEEN A BATTLE EVER SINCE THEN TO STOP PEOPLE FROM KILLING CRABS.

>> IS THAT OVERFISHING THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE EXISTENCE OF THIS RED NOT BIRD?

>> NOW THE FISHING IS WELL- REGULATED.

IN TERMS OF THE BAIT HARVEST.

AND IT IS THE COMBINED THREATS LIKE THEY ARE STILL KILLING CRABS FOR BAIT WITH ABOUT 700,000 A YEAR.

AND THEY ARE ALSO KILLING CRABS FOR THEIR BLOOD.

AND IT'S A PROCESS WHERE THEY COULD NOT KILL CRABS IF THEY TOOK LESS BLOOD OR TOOK BETTER CARE.

THE BEST USE OF CRABS IS TO LET THEM LIVE AND BLOSSOM WITHIN THE ECOSYSTEM AT THE BAY.

BUT WE HAVE FOUND OVER THE YEARS IS THAT THE BIRDS DEPEND ON THESE EGGS.

WE HAVE ALSO FOUND FISH AND ALMOST ALL OF THESE SPECIES AND FISH IN THE BAY ARE EATING EGGS.

SO WHEN THE HORSE CRAB WENT DOWN AND ALL OF THE FISH WENT DOWN TOO.

THAT IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH HORSESHOE CRABS AS THEY'RE NOT BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THAT VALUE YOU CANNOT PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE ON.

BECAUSE IT EXPRESSES ITSELF AT THE HIGHER LEVELS OF THE FOOD CHAIN.

LIKE BIRDS AND FISH.

>> DO YOU SEE THESE BIRDS COMING BACK NOT JUST FROM THE BRINK BUT REALLY BEING HERE AND SURVIVING FOR THE LONG HAUL?

>> I FEEL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE COULD MAKE THE TRADE IN TRANSITION AND RESTORE THESE ECOSYSTEMS.

I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

BECAUSE HE HAVE THE BONES OF FRUSTRATION AND ALL OF THE LAND IS STILL INTACT.

YOU JUST NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT MANAGEMENT AND IT IS THE SAME STORY AND EDUCATION.

IT'S LIKE A GENERATIONAL EFFORT.

AND EVERYONE HAS TO DO THEIR PART.

>> IT'S GREAT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY AND THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR TIME.

>> WITH DECADES OF WORK AND CHECK OUT JOHN HURDLES PIECE ON NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.ORG.

>>> AHEAD OF THIS MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND, WE LOOK AT THE PANDEMIC PRESSURES ON MOM AND THE TOLL THIS HEALTH CRISIS HAS TAKEN ON THE CAREERS AND PARENTING AND MENTAL HEALTH.

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT TAKES A DEEPER LOOK AT MOM SAYS UNSUNG HEROES OF THE PANDEMIC FOR THIS WEEK'S CHAT BOX.

SEND YOUR QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME ARE TWEET US USING THE HASHTAG.

FOR THE ENTIRE NEWS TEAM, THINGS FOR WATCHING AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

>> PRESENTED BY NJM INSURANCE GROUP.

SERVING THE INSURANCE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FOR MORE THAN A 100 YEARS.

AND HORIZON BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY.

AN INDEPEDENT LICENSE OF THE BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION.