Reply To: School Board Monitors in Lakewood & East Ramapo

Another problem facing the Lakewood school district is Special ED., the supervisor of special ed. was fired because she lied in court cases as per the APP. She accommodated expensive special ed. for those politically connected while denying private placement to those who weren’t She was caught in one of those cases of perjuring herself. This means everyone who was denied private placement is going to fight it this year. At the same time, the district will be trying to cut the very expensive special ed. programs. Since this will have to be fought on a case by case basis both legal expenses and special ed. cost will shoot through the roof.

Please note the Lakewood Scoop was only talking about a Lakewood township meeting. The NJ State Monitor can still veto the deal and cancel courtesy busing.