The following is from the Special Education Parents Advisory Committee of South Orange-Maplewood:
L to upper R: Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad, Thair Joshua, Erin Siders, Narda Chisholm-Greene, Johanna Wright, Carey P Smith, Sharon Tanenbaum Kraus.
To the South Orange-Maplewood Community,
We are pleased to share with you these 2019 Board of Education candidate statements on special education. We thank all the
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