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Charles Thomas Epps, Jr. (June 13, 1944 – March 20, 2015) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2006–2008, where he represented the 31st legislative district, having taken office on January 10, 2006. Epps was elected to the Assembly on November 8, 2005, filling the seat of fellow Democrat Anthony Chiappone, who lost in the primary in his bid for re-election and had held the seat in the Assembly since 2000. ==Biography== Epps was the Jersey City Superintendent of Schools.〔(Assemblyman Epps' Legislative Website ), New Jersey Legislature. (UPDATE JAN 2012: under substantial criticism from the public and from the elected Jersey City School Board, he is being paid one year's bonus salary of his contract in exchange for a agreement to resign without recourse. He also received great negative attention for allegedly unilaterally ordering the removal of the massive bronze statue of the city's founder, Peter Stuyvesant, from its place of honor in the heart of the site of the city's founding as the village of Bergen in 1640)〕 Epps defeated the incumbent Chiappone in the Democratic primary with the support of the Hudson County Democratic Organization.〔Donohue, Joe. ("Voters unseat two assemblymen: Handlin beats GOP veteran Azzolina as Epps ousts Democrat Chiappone in primaries" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', June 8, 2005. Accessed August 1, 2007. "Another departing incumbent will be first-term Democrat Anthony Chiappone in Hudson County. Chiappone, a Bayonne council member, became vulnerable after the May 2004 death of his chief ally, Jersey City Mayor and state Sen. Glenn Cunningham. He was defeated by Charles Epps Jr., the Jersey City superintendent of schools and the party's preferred running mate for Assemblyman Louis Manzo (D-Hudson)."〕 Epps served in the Assembly on the Environment and Solid Waste Committee and the Health and Senior Services Committee.〔 In 2000, the State Board of Education approved Epps as the new State District Superintendent for the Jersey City Public Schools. Epps, who had served as the district’s Associate Superintendent for Community and Support Services since 1998, was recommended to the board by Commissioner David Hespe. Epps has dedicated his entire education career to the Jersey City School District. Since joining the district as a teacher of grades six and seven at the Whitney M. Young School in 1967, Epps has worked his way up through the ranks of the district as a teacher, supervisor, principal of adult evening programs, and director of funded programs. Many of Jersey City's record nine Best Practices awards received from the New Jersey Department of Education in 1998-2000 were for programs overseen or founded by Dr. Epps.〔(Hudson County: Best Practices Award Winners ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 4, 2007.〕 He took a leadership role in the district's efforts to reduce the drop-out rate, which had fallen from a high of 14.6% to three straight years at 10% or lower, starting in the late 1990s. Epps has served as Chairman of the Hudson County Community College Board of Trustees, where he helped establish the Opportunity Knocks scholarship program allowing graduating seniors in Jersey City to attend Hudson County Community College tuition-free. Epps has long been active in the community and serves on several advisory boards, including the National Conference on Community and Justice, the Hudson Cradle advisory board, the Hudson County Schools of Technology advisory board, and the Jersey City welfare board. In 1999, he was recognized by both the NAACP (Outstanding Educator award) and the National Urban League (A Man for All Men award) for his contributions to Jersey City and its public school system. Epps received a B.A. in Education at Bishop College in Dallas, Texas, followed by a Masters degree in Education from Seton Hall University and a doctorate in education from Rutgers University.〔 Epps died after suffering a heart attack on March 17, 2015.〔http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/03/community_reacts_at_charles_t_epps_funeral.html#incart_river〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles T. Epps, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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