DISTRICT IN NEED	DONOR	FOCUS
Beach Haven and Eagleswood Township*	The Furniture Trust Boston, MA	Desks and equipment
Beach Haven and Eagleswood Township*	Upper Dublin Public Schools Montgomery County, PA	Supply/equipment drive by students
Hoboken Dual Language Charter School	The Furniture Trust Boston, MA	Desks and equipment
Long Beach Island Consolidated	Hidden Valley School Marin County, CA	Adopt-a-School Fundraiser
Monmouth Beach	Park Street School Boston, MA	Book drive
Moonachie	Cresskill Public Schools Bergen County, NJ	Collection of supplies
Red Bank Borough	Hillside School, Closter Bergen County, NJ	Adopt-a-School
Manasquan	Randolph Twp. Public Schools Morris County, NJ	Collection of supplies
Union Beach	Hillsborough Public Schools Somerset County, NJ	General supplies
Union Beach	Verona Public Schools Essex County, NJ	Collection of supplies

*The Beach Haven school, located on Long Beach Island, will relocate to a facility operated by the inland Eagleswood Township school district.  

“Superintendents in many of the severely affected school districts indicate that they are still in the process of assessing their needs in terms of lost supplies and damaged equipment,” explained Feinsod.  “The recovery process for many schools will be ongoing.  “We are encouraging local school officials to contact the NJSBA Hurricane Help Hotline (1-888-88NJSBA, Ext. 5209) with information about schools in which classroom equipment or supplies have been damaged or destroyed as a result of the hurricane.  In addition, schools, businesses and organizations that have equipment or supplies that they can share with a district severely affected by the storm are urged to call the hotline.”

By Thursday, Nov. 8, NJSBA’s field service representatives had reached out to all school districts in New Jersey.  Concerns cited by local school officials include locating displaced students, continued power outages, flood damage, gaps in communication with FEMA and the Office of Emergency Management about displaced students, transportation difficulties, and adjusting the school calendar to accommodate the 180-instructional-day minimum.  (On Friday, state Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf said his office would facilitate communication between school districts and the government relief agencies.)

To assist school districts further, NJSBA has established a Hurricane Relief webpage with information related to the storm’s impact on public schools. The webpage includes information items on school districts’ responsibility to provide 180 instructional days and statutory guidelines concerning contributions by public school districts.

NJSBA is also working cooperatively with other statewide organizations, including the New Jersey PTA, to broaden the school assistance effort