BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BOROUGH OF ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD


132 N.J. 327 (1993)

625 A.2d 483

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.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Siegal argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent Board of Education of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs, Bergen County (Hellring, Lindeman, Goldstein & Siegal, attorneys; Mr. Siegal, Bruce S. Etterman, and Matthew E. Moloshok, of counsel).

James S. Rothschild, Jr., argued the cause for cross-respondent-appellant and cross-respondent Board of Education of the Borough of Tenafly, Bergen County (Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, attorneys).

Arnold K. Mytelka argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant Board of Education of the City of Englewood, Bergen County (Clapp & Eisenberg and Paul L. Tractenberg, attorneys; Mr. Mytelka, Mr. Tractenberg, and Agnes I. Rymer, on the briefs).

Mary C. Jacobson, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent and cross-respondent State Board of Education (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Marlene Zuberman, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).

Zulima V. Farber, Public Advocate, argued the cause for amicus curiae Pro Se (Ms. Farber, Public Advocate, attorney; Stephen Eisdorfer, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, on the letter briefs).

Bernard K. Freamon submitted letter briefs on behalf of amici curiae The National Association 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.


PER CURIAM.

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...

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