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NJ bill could give students with special needs a school year do-over due to pandemic regression
CHERRY HILL, N.J. - Everyone has struggled the last year, especially kids in school, so why not get a do-over?Should kids be held after the last year and how many parents think they want to do that for their child?"This year has completely thrown my children through the ringer," stated mom Julie Waicus.A wasted year, packed with regression."They flop on the floor, they throw tantrums," Waicus continued..Waicus says her children – Jackson and Darcie – who are nonverbal with special needs, need a do-over."They require handover hand help and they didn’t have that for over a year," Waicus explained.Waicus and other parents, like Kara Cornaglia, are awaiting their children’s fate.Cornaglia, keeping a close eye on a state bill that would give