Lakewood Public Schools

Lakewood Update: Email from Superintendent Winters and Attorney Inzelbuch

I just received this from an anonymous source. Make of it what you will -- a smokescreen? a bargaining tactic?…

7 years ago

Sheesh, SCHI: A Civil Rights Complaint, Plus the Director of Lakewood Special Ed School Accused of Stealing Million Dollars from the District

Last week Rabbi Osher Eisemann, the founder of the School for Hidden Intelligence (SCHI), previously arrested for mere money-laundering, is now…

7 years ago

Six Ways in Which Lakewood is “Special”; Or, What Happens When Local Control Runs Wild

I've been thinking about local control lately and the ways in which it contributes, both locally and nationally, to public…

7 years ago

Lakewood’s Latest “Travesty”: Follow the Money

Last month Lakewood Superintendent Laura Winters sent a letter to Governor Phil Murphy asking for more state money because of…

7 years ago

Fishing for Integrity in Lakewood

Two weeks ago Jersey Matters interviewed State Senator Robert Singer about Lakewood Public Schools’ practice of placing ultra-Orthodox students with…

7 years ago

Great News! Lakewood Board of Education and Michael Inzelbuch Threaten to Resign

"Tell the state we're not to be messed with," Board of Education lawyer Michael Inzelbuch boomed into a microphone inside…

7 years ago

Lakewood Fiscal Monitor: “This Entire District, When it Comes to the Staff, I Would Say It’s a Culture of Fear.”

Once again Lakewood Public Schools has failed QSAC, formally known as the Quality Single Accountability Continuum. That’s a mouthful but…

7 years ago

The Lakewood Vaad Says, “Vote For Murphy, He’s a Mensch”

To no one’s surprise, the Lakewood Vaad, a group of eleven ultra-Orthodox men who control all educational, political, budgetary, and…

7 years ago

Was Lakewood Board of Education’s Hiring of Attorney Inzelbuch Legal? NJ Attorney General Says “Maybe Not.”

The letter below was sent to me by a kind reader who wishes to remain anonymous. This letter was procured…

7 years ago

“You Have to Ask — What is Going on Here?’’ The Canary is Dead in Lakewood

I’ve written much about Lakewood’s practice of privileging ultra-Orthodox Jewish schoolchildren, particularly those with special needs, over the school district’s…

7 years ago