South Orange-Maplewood Supt. Jason Bing prepared his South Orange & Maplewood municipal partners on the Board of School Estimate for potential requests for increased tax levy funding in 2026-27.
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“Maya’s passion for supporting neurodivergent students is personal, as she deeply values the neurodivergence within her own family.” — Asst. Supt. of Curriculum & Instruction Ann Bodnar
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
South Orange-Maplewood Board of Ed to Present 2025-26 Budget March 13
School district staff have been working to close a $4M budget gap for the 2025-26 FY — despite a 6% increase in state aid over last year’s allocation.
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
‘Why Are We Looking to Save Money by Eliminating Services to Our Most Vulnerable Population?’
Parents of special education students speak out at Feb. 25 Superintendent’s Town Hall.
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
Citing ‘Fiscal Cliff’, SOMA Schools Propose Cutting Inclusion Classroom Co-Teachers for Science, Social Studies
“We also are currently working on ways to look at our current model, … a co-teaching bonded model where two full-time teachers are in the same classroom all day,” said Supt. Jason Bing. “Looking at our budget, it’s going to be very difficult to maintain that model moving forward.”
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GovernmentMaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
‘A Productive Path Forward’ for SOMSD’s Beleaguered Special Services Department
by Lela Mooreby Lela MooreAsst. Supt. of Special Services said the department has already fully complied in five of the nine areas that previous audits had revealed as lacking. Most of the changes were to department processes and procedures, and centered on a lack of paperwork. “We are already more than halfway there.”
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
Special Education Audit Reveals Need for Standard Operating Procedure, Better Training
by Lela Mooreby Lela Moore“You’ve got the bones,” said consultant Patrick Keenoy. “Now it’s just a matter of putting those pieces around it.”
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Susie Budine, SOMSD’s 7th Special Services Leader in a Decade, Resigns
by Lela Mooreby Lela MooreBudine is leaving after two-and-a-half years for a position in Madison — with a $15,000 pay cut
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
School District Says It’s Addressing Issues Identified by Audit of Federal Programs
The South Orange-Maplewood School District says that all funding was found to be used appropriately and that many issues identified around procedures were related to the pandemic.
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