ALCANTARA v. ALLEN-McMILLAN

DOCKET NO. A-3693-20.

291 A.3d 288 (2023)

475 N.J. Super. 58

Leonor ALCANTARA, individually and as guardian ad litem for E.A., Leslie Johnson, individually and as guardian ad litem for D.J., Juana Perez, individually and as guardian ad litem for Y.P., Tatiana Escobar, and Ira Schulman, individually and as guardian ad litem for A.S., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Angelica ALLEN-McMILLAN, Acting Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, New Jersey State Board of Education, and New Jersey Department of Education, Respondents-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 6, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Lang and Paul L. Tractenberg argued the cause for appellants.

Matthew J. Lynch , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents ( Matthew J. Platkin , Attorney General, attorney; Donna Arons , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Sydney Finkelstein , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges Whipple, Mawla, and Smith.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

Appellants, parents of children enrolled in the Lakewood Public School District (Lakewood, or District), filed a petition alleging the District was not providing its public-school students a thorough and efficient education (T&E) as required by our State's Constitution.

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