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MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Daretown School is to provide a highly individualized program consisting of special education, related services, counseling and family involvement in an environment that encourages appropriate social behavior and prepares students for successful return to less restrictive public school settings.
STUDENTS SERVED
The Daretown School serves students in grades K-12 who:
- Have been diagnosed as Seriously Emotionally Disturbed/Behavior Disordered;
- are residents of Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester Counties, New Jersey; and
- have been judged by their sending school districts to have exhausted all in-district, 'less restrictive', (LRE) educational alternatives.

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For additional information please contact
Salem County Special Services School District
James A. D'Amato, Ph D.
404 Daretown Rd, Elmer NJ 08318
856-358-2108 Ph. 856-358-0133 Fax
Administrative Office
Loren Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent
P.O. Box 126 Woodstown, NJ 08098
856-769-0101 ext. 269 Ph. 856-769-3602 Fax
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Anti-Bullying Specialist
James Helder
School Social Worker
Phone: 856-358-2108 ext. 5105
Fax: 856-358-0133
Email: jhelder@scsssd.net






