Judges included, left to right, Mary Ann Friedman, NJSBA field service representative; Laura Lab (standing), member, NJSBA Special Education Committee, and president, West Orange Board of Education; Elaine Lerner, (retired), former coordinator in the New Jersey Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs; Sean Murphy (standing), principal, The Matheny School at the Matheny Medical and Education Center; and Dolores L. Walther, a coordinator in NJDOE’s Office of Special Education Programs, Bureau of Governance and Fiscal Support.
Judges included, left to right, Mary Ann Friedman, NJSBA field service representative; Laura Lab (standing), member, NJSBA Special Education Committee, and president, West Orange Board of Education; Elaine Lerner, (retired), former coordinator in the New Jersey Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs; Sean Murphy (standing), principal, The Matheny School at the Matheny Medical and Education Center; and Dolores L. Walther, a coordinator in NJDOE’s Office of Special Education Programs, Bureau of Governance and Fiscal Support.

A panel of judges recently met to review nominations for the Innovations in Special Education Awards, which honor exemplary programs for students with special needs. The selected programs will be honored at an event held in conjunction with Special Education Week in New Jersey, which is May 14-20, 2017.