[27] Because of public pressure, on June 6, 2007, the district's board of education placed Janice Dime on an extended leave[28] and shut down West Brook Middle School for decontamination and testing.

[29] Since the incident more soil tests have been conducted around the area and in other parts of Paramus, with some yielding positive for excessive presence of pesticide.

[30] West Brook was decontaminated and reopened to students, while Janice Dime resigned from her position as superintendent.

In May 2018, a 51-year-old teacher, Jennifer Williamson, and a ten-year-old student at East Brook Middle School, Miranda Faith Vargas, were killed and dozens of students were injured when their school bus slammed into a dump truck on Interstate 80 while travelling on a field trip to Waterloo Village.

Josh Gottheimer pushed for a federal law requiring school buses to have seat belts to prevent deaths in similar types of crashes.