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VOLUME135

NUMBER178

SINCE 1879

ADVICE E11

BUSINESS AA6

CLASSIFIED D1

LOCAL A3

LOTTERIES A2

OBITUARIES A18

OPINION AA4

PUZZLES E9

SPORTS C1

WEATHER C10

DOVER WOODS IN TOMS RIVER

INSIDER:MICE, FILTHAT CAREHOME A8

Lakewood and Asbury Park couldnt be more different. Lakewoods school board has wel-

comed the states fiscal monitor Michael Azzara, a 60-year-old administrator who helped

turn around the dire financial plights of four urban districts as an ally in its battle to bring

the budget under control.

Asbury Parks board, on the other hand, is suing its monitor, Carole Morris, 75, a veteran educa-

tor and administrator in Monmouth County. After eight months, the board and Morris remain

deadlocked over who should be named the new superintendent of schools.

In the middle are the children, who rank at the bottom of state test scores in both districts.

Can the monitors save the schools? Find out in our special report by staff writers Nicquel Terry

and Nicholas Huba. A6 and A7

State-appointed overseers wield near-total power in the

distressed school districts of Lakewood and Asbury Park

WHO IS

WATCHINGTHEMONITORS?

IN OUR SCHOOLS

HOOLS

TODAYS $1 MILLION RACEAT MONMOUTH PARKFEATURES TALENTED FILLYUNTAPABLE AND A HORSETRAINED BY BOBBAFFERT. SPORTS, C1

THE 47TH HASKELL INVITATIONAL

CHILD WELFARE DEATHS

EXCLUSIVE: NEW REPORTSHEDS LIGHT ON STATEOVERSIGHT. A4

WEIRD NJ

SEARCHING FOR JERSEYSLOST JUNGLE IN THE WILDSOF HOWELL. A13