EAST ORANGE…City officials welcomed a group of 11 students to City Hall on Monday, February 23rd for “Job Shadow 2009” in partnership with the East Orange Board of Education.

Seniors with a variety of career interests ranging from engineering to business and the arts were chosen to “shadow“ staff from the Mayor’s Office, City Clerk and Council Offices, Property Taxation, Property Maintenance, Finance, Public Works, Policy, Planning, Development and Law Departments to see first hand how city government operates. The plan is give students an opportunity to implement what they learned in the classroom, as well as a chance to gain more information on their careers of choice. “We are instituting this pilot program for the first time this year,” said School Guidance Counselor Lillian Roy-Orr as she accompanied the students into City Hall. “I also wanted to recognize Christine Harris, who is Job Developer at East Orange Campus High School,” Ms. Orr went on to say. “She helped make this program today as a kick off to our year-long initiative possible.” The initiative is part of the national Groundhog Day Job Shadow Program.

The pilot program consisted of students at two other locations throughout the City, including students with Tri-city People’s Corporation on Washington Street and the East Orange Day Care Center on Tremont Avenue.
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