Manalapan Special Education Attorney
About Manalapan School District
Manalapan is in Monmouth County, NJ. It is part of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. The district serves approximately 5000 students in eight schools, from preK through grade 8. Of the 5000 students, approximately 700 are classified as special needs. Approximately 25 special needs students are sent out-of-district.
The annual budget is approximately $92 million, of which the local taxpayers raise over $67 million. Approximately $6 million is for Special Education . Per pupil cost is in approximately $16,000 annually.
As in most public school districts in New Jersey, Special Education represents a significant portion of the district’s costs and responsibilities. Consequently, the districts face significant fiscal restraints when dealing soaring costs. It is important that parents of special needs students be fully represented by a knowledgeable Special Education Attorney or Educational Advocate from a child’s initial Individualized Education Program (IEP) through to the student’ s graduation or de-classification. The laws dictating his/her education are complicated and could be very costly to both the parent and the school district. No one knows your child better than you. That knowledge and insight must be communicated so that the student receives the education he/she deserves and is required by law to receive.
Manalapan Special Education Legal Services
At Susan Clark Law Group, we provide guidance and representation every step of the way to ensure a thorough and efficient, free education for your son or daughter. We know and have experience in dealing with the Manalapan schools. They have dedicated educators dealing with constraining budgets and trying to provide the best education for their students. However, the laws require that your child be provided with a unique educational program dictated by his/her Individualized Education Program (IEP). At Susan Clark Law Group, we will work on your child’s behalf that he or she receives all to which they are entitled. At our website, susanclarklawgroup.com, you can view all of our blogs dealing with special education law and practices, and how they may pertain to your child. Many things can be done by yourself. However, make certain that you understand every issue and the idiosyncrasies and legal ramifications of each. Several law firms, such as The Susan Clark Law Group offer suggestions which you can pursue yourself or with an educational advocate. It is ultimately your decision how you wish to proceed to best serve the needs of your child. Listed at the bottom of this article are areas with which we deal on a common basis.
Schools in the Manalapan School District
For your convenience, the contact information for the district’s schools and the Director of Educational Services are:
Director of Special Education
Georgianna Petillo 732-786-2750
Supervisor of Special Education
Cindy Camino 732-786-2750
Manalapan- Englishtown Middle School 732-786-2650
Pine Brook School 732-786-2810
Clark Mills School 732-786-2720
Milford Brook School 732-786-2780
Lafayette Mills School 732-786-2700
Taylor Mills School 732-786-2760
Wemrock Brook School 732-786-2600
John I. Dawes Early Learning Center 732-786-2830
Special Education Attorneys in Manalapan
One of the most important parts of a special needs child’s education is in the creation and monitoring of the Individualized Education Program (IEP). The development of this document requires time, patience, evaluation, monitoring, and future planning. Strict time-lines are set. Medical and Educational evaluations must be studies to ascertain where the child is academically, medically, emotionally, and socially. When this is known, it must be determined where he/she should be in those areas. At that point, it is incumbent upon the child study team (of which you, the parent, is/are members) to develop the measurable goals and objectives to get to where he/she should be.
At Susan Clark Law Group, we have been involved in numerous cases that deal with various areas of special education needs, including:
IEP’s examination, development, and follow-through, Out-of-district placements, Mediation, Due process petitions, School long-term suspensions and expulsions, Harassment, bullying, and intimidation, 504 Plans, Guardianship of children with special needs.
Visit us and see if we are a good fit for your child’s needs.
