Public school for children with autism to open in NJ

From the Scarlet Scuttlebutt in NJ:

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, N. J. —A new public school for students with autism or similar behavioral disabilities is slated to open in September.

The Center for Lifelong Learning will be located in Sayreville, at 333 Cheesequake
Road. The $85,000-square-foot facility will accommodate about 175 students and offer specialized classroom-based instruction through a collaborative partnership between parents and school staff.

The $28 million project is the fifth Middlesex Educational Services Commission school to be funded by county-guaranteed bonds from the Middlesex County Improvement Authority.

The facility is expected to be certified as a green building through the U.S. Green Building Council and will include an aquatic center for water therapy, an aquarium and a nature trail.

It will also include a playground with equipment for special-needs students, funded through a $100,000 donation from the Old Bridge-Sayreville Rotary Club. The playground will be available to community members as well as students.

The opening marks the second new educational services commission building to open in as many years. In September 2008, the commission opened NuView Academy, a school for special-needs students with severe emotional disabilities that was rebuilt in Piscataway after three years of renting space in North Brunswick.

The Middlesex Regional Educational Service Commission's schools serve students from 17 districts in Middlesex County and 91 school districts statewide.