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A Jersey City school board memberhit with an ethics complaint a day earlier orchestrated a coup Thursday night, ousting the current board president and vice president in a raucous, chaotic meeting. And the fracture of the school board that many hoped would get along better than previous versions couldn’t come at a worse time — the budget for the 2024-25 school year must be submitted in less than a month. First-year board member Dejon Morris, a Jersey City police detective who just finished serving a 90-day suspension, was elected president and Younass Barkouch vice president in 5-0 votes after…

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