Board of Educ. of Borough of Englewood Cliffs, Bergen County v. Board of Educ. of City of Englewood, Bergen County
| Decision Date | 09 June 1993 |
| Citation | 132 N.J. 327,625 A.2d 483 |
| Parties | , 83 Ed. Law Rep. 237 BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the BOROUGH OF ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, BERGEN COUNTY, Petitioner-Appellant and Cross-Respondent, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, BERGEN COUNTY, Respondent-Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the BOROUGH OF TENAFLY, BERGEN COUNTY, Cross-Respondent-Appellant and Cross-Respondent, and A.S., by her Guardian ad litem R.S., Intervenor. |
| Court | New Jersey Supreme Court |
Joel D. Siegal, Newark, for appellant and cross-respondent Bd. of Educ. of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs, Bergen County (Hellring, Lindeman, Goldstein & Siegal, attys., Mr. Siegal, Bruce S. Etterman, and Matthew E. Moloshok, of counsel).
James S. Rothschild, Jr., Morristown, for cross-respondent-appellant and cross-respondent Bd. of Educ. of the Borough of Tenafly, Bergen County (Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, attys.).
Arnold K. Mytelka, Newark, for respondent and cross-appellant Bd. of Educ. of the City of Englewood, Bergen County (Clapp & Eisenberg and Paul L. Tractenberg, attys., Mr. Mytelka, Mr. Tractenberg, and Agnes I. Rymer, on the briefs).
Mary C. Jacobson, Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondent and cross-respondent State Bd. of Educ. (Robert J. Del Tufo, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, atty., Marlene Zuberman, Deputy Atty. Gen., on the briefs).
Zulima V. Farber, Public Advocate, for amicus curiae Pro Se (Ms. Farber, Public Advocate, atty., Stephen Eisdorfer, Asst. Deputy Public Advocate, on the letter briefs).
Bernard K. Freamon, Newark, submitted letter briefs on behalf of amici curiae The Natl. Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People, The New Jersey State Conference of the N.A.A.C.P., and the Bergen County Branch of the N.A.A.C.P.
We affirm the judgment below, including the order requiring a regionalization study, substantially for the reasons set forth in Judge Long's comprehensive opinion reported at 257 N.J.Super. 413, 608 A.2d 914 (1992). We are satisfied that such a study is authorized under the broad powers vested in the State Board of Education. As the Appellate Division noted, "[I]t is hard for us to imagine any reasonable person challenging the power of the Board to 'study' an issue committed to its overall authority." Id. at 482, 608 A.2d 914.
In reaching that conclusion we find it unnecessary to consider whether the State Board of Education has the authority to require regionalization in this case...
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