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October 10, 2007 • Vol. XXXI • No. 10

Workshop Headliners Include Kennedy Townsend, Ellis and Clift New Jersey Teacher of the Year to be Honored at Workshop Registration Full for Advanced Board Member Training Forty Districts Receive NJSBAIG Safety Awards Poverty No Factor in Special Education Classification Suit Attempts to Restart School Construction Voucher Suit Dismissed Presenting the 2007 Communications Competition Winners Court Allows Hitler Youth Buttons at School NJSBA Board of Directors to Meet NJSBA Executive Committee to Meet Calendar Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes	Web extra: Supreme Court rules in special education case NSBA's Anne Bryant on NBC News on Oct 10 Workshop Headliners Include Kennedy Townsend, Ellis and Clift Get ready for Workshop 2007! New Jersey Teacher of the Year to be Honored at Workshop John Kline, a social studies teacher for seventh and eighth grade students at the Norwood Public School in Bergen County, will be recognized as New Jersey’s Teacher of the Year at the Opening General Session of Workshop 2007 on Wednesday, Oct. 24. Registration Full for Advanced Board Member Training Pre-registration for the Advanced Board Member Training course being held in Atlantic City on Oct. 26 has been cut off, as the capacity of 500 attendees has been reached. Forty Districts Receive NJSBAIG Safety Awards The New Jersey School Boards Association Insurance Group will recognize 40 school districts with its 2007 Safety Award.

	Poverty No Factor in Special Education Classification This is one of a series of articles that will focus on the findings and recommendations of the NJSBA-commissioned report, “Financing Special Education in New Jersey.”

	Suit Attempts to Restart School Construction The Newark-based Education Law Center filed suit Oct. 2 to force the state to fund construction and repairs to schools in the 31 Abbott districts.

	Voucher Suit Dismissed A Superior Court Judge last week dismissed a suit that called for a voucher system to allow students in low-performing New Jersey schools to attend the public or private school of their choice.

	Presenting the 2007 Communications Competition Winners NJSBA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2007Annual School Communications Competition.

	Court Allows Hitler Youth Buttons at School A federal court on Sept. 20 allowed two Bayonne students to protest the district’s mandatory uniform policy by wearing buttons that pictured a Hitler youth group.

	NJSBA Board of Directors to Meet In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice is hereby provided of a regular meeting and retreat of the NJSBA Board of Directors. NJSBA Executive Committee to Meet In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice is hereby provided of a meeting of NJSBA’s Executive Committee.

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