special notice for woodbridge township school district

At the time, I was driving to Pennsylvania to see a friend, and as I was driving, my phone kept getting texts. When he went to Rutgers, we were so excited that our local kid was going to a local college.ĩ years ago, on October 16th, he was playing at the Meadowlands. When he went to Rutgers, we were all following him. Eric was getting recruited early while he was at high school. They were fun to talk to, and you just wanted the best for them.Ĭoach Lasala had started a homework night for the football players, two nights a week, just to help them all to stay on track academically. But he and his friends, they were great kids. The football coach had mentioned that he was a really good football player. I ran freshman orientation, and I met him there. When I was department head at Colonia High School, we had a student, Eric LeGrand. This special interview in our series features Principal Tricia Fitzgerald who has been committed to continuing Eric LeGrand’s legacy in the very community from which he came.

While the initial prognosis was grim, Eric demonstrated his titan strength by shattering all expectations for his recovery and rehabilitation. Tricia Fitzgerald, Principal, Woodbridge Township School District, Port Reading #9īackground note: In October 2010, Rutgers University football star and Woodbridge native, Eric LeGrand, sustained a spinal cord injury at his C3 and C4 vertebrae during a fourth quarter play at MetLife Stadium.

Special notice for woodbridge township school district