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NJ Special Education Leaders Unite in Decision to Put Safety First and Provide Extended School Year for Students with Disabilities Remotely
“Children with the most intensive disabilities cannot serve as the test case for whether New Jersey schools can reopen safely.” - Dr. Howard Lerner, superintendent of Bergen County Special Services School District and chairman of the NJ Joint Council of County Special...
Creative and Committed Staff Ease Transition to Remote Learning
Students and staff of Burlington County Special Services School District meet virtually for Ms. Reinicker's class. Faced with the COVID-19 health crisis, the state’s county special services school districts rose to the challenge of maintaining services to students...
February is CTE Month: County Special Services School Districts Celebrate Success of Career and Technical Programming, Life Skills Training
A student takes advantage of one of the many career-focused learning spaces within Burlington County Special Services School District. It may have been Alexander Graham Bell who famously said that “preparation is the key to success,” but these words are often echoed...
NJ’s Special Services School Districts Help Make Medical and Emergency Care Less Stressful for Special Needs Families
A student at Burlington County Special Services School District practices visiting the dentist during an on-campus simulation “Teachers from all eight of our districts are out in the community, identifying needs and then working to form programs and partnerships to...
NJ Joint Council of County Special Services School Districts Welcome NJ DOE Officials
Leaders from the eight member districts of New Jersey's Joint Council of County Special Services School Districts meet with Peggy McDonald, Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Student Services for the New Jersey Department of Education, and Kim Buxenbaum,...
Special Services School Districts Ready to Meet High Standards of New Jersey’s Deaf Student’s Bill of Rights
Students from Bergen County Special Services School District engage in a STEM lesson using robotics. “Collectively, as the Joint Council, we are sharing best practices and expertise to support the standards outlined in the Deaf Student’s Bill of Rights,” Dr. Howard...