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Fort Lee officials outline mental‑health support and bus‑tracking rollout amid parent questions
Summary
Superintendent Diane Colazo told the board Insight Medical Health Services will start by serving grades 5–8 with an on‑site clinician and family therapy access; parents asked when a districtwide bus‑tracking link will go live and were directed to transportation coordinator George Sacrison for bus‑specific details.
District leaders described plans for a contracted mental‑health provider and answered parent questions about a newly available bus‑tracking app during public comment at the Fort Lee Board of Education meeting.
Superintendent Diane Colazo said the contracted provider, Insight Medical Health Services, will initially focus on grades 5–8, provide individual and small‑group counseling, family therapy, professional development for staff, and a screener if needed. Colazo said the district expects a clinician on‑site five days per week at the intermediate/middle school (referred to in the meeting as ISM Middle School).
On transportation, several parents praised the bus‑tracking app and asked when the district would notify families and provide links. Colazo said correspondence about the tracking went out to families the prior week and directed parents with bus‑specific questions to the transportation coordinator, George Sacrison. Colazo and other board members acknowledged the district purchased two new buses (one expected in December and another in the spring) and that routing, fleet availability and a small number of buses out of service affected offerings; the district is also leasing buses to maintain service.
Board members agreed to follow up with a transportation presentation showing how many routes and seats are available and how the district matches capacity to need. No district cost figure for the bus‑tracking contract was given during the meeting.
