Case Study
Fort Lee Public Schools
Fort Lee Public Schools serves about 3,600 K-12 students in Fort Lee, N.J., a suburban community situated on the Hudson River. The district’s sports teams are known as the Bridgemen because of the community’s strong link with the George Washington Bridge. The bridge crosses the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee to Manhattan. When Paul Saxton became superintendent of Fort Lee Public Schools in 2013, he found that the district was struggling w