2020 Decisions

January

In the Matter of Kecia Teller, The John P. Holland Charter School, Passaic County, 1/3/2020, (#1-20SEC) 

In the Matter of Travis Ally, College Achieve Central Charter School, Union County, 1/3/2020, (#2-20SEC)    

In the Matter of Caroline Clarke, The Village Charter School, Mercer County, 1/3/2020, (#3-20SEC)

In the Matter of Octavio Loyola, Camden’s Promise Charter School, Camden County, 1/3/2020, (#4-20SEC)

In the Matter of Craig Woolridge, College Achieve Paterson Charter School, Passaic County, 1/3/20, (#5-20SEC)

In the Matter of the Tenure Hearing of Leah Armstrong, School District of the City of Camden, Camden County, 1/9/2020, (#15-20)

C.E., on behalf of minor child, K.E. v. Board of Education of the Township of West Orange, Essex County, 1/9/2020, (#16-20)

Michael Ettz v. New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Student Protection , 1/14/2020, (#17-20)

T.B., on behalf of minor children, I.B., H.H. and S.H. v. Board of Education of the Township of Ewing, Mercer County, 1/22/20, (#28-20)

Mary Leonard v. Board of Education of the City of Plainfield, Union County, 1/22/20, (#29-20)                                                       

A.M.V. and D.V., on behalf of minor child, M.V. v. Board of Education of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen County, 1/23/20, (#33-20) 

John McAllister and James GallagherV. Board of Education of the Borough of Stone Harbor, Cape May County, 1/23/20, (#35-20)

Debra Kwapniewski v. Ryan Curioni, Board of Education of the Borough of Lodi, Bergen County, 1/23/20, (#36-20)

February

Yolanda Greene v. Board of Trustees of the Burch Charter School of Excellence, Essex County and Yolanda Greene v. Board of Trustees of the Burch Charter School of Excellence, Essex County, 2/4/2020, (#48-20)

Deanna DeGraff v. Board of Education of the Township of Belleville, Essex County,  2/4/2020, (#50-20R)

Janan Wehbeh v. Board of Education of the Township of Verona, Essex County, 2/4/2020, (#51-20)

Luis Vazquez v. Board of Education of the Borough of Roselle, Union County;  Rebecca Richardson v. Board of the Borough of Roselle, Union County;   

Audley Bridges v. Board of Education of the Borough of Roselle, Union County;   Danaayaal Salaam v. Board of Education of the Borough of Roselle, Union County; and

Mary Repousis v. Board of Education of the Borough of Roselle, Union County  (Consolidated), 2/4/2020, (#52-20)  

Greta-Marie Scott v. New Jersey State Board of Examiners, 2/11/2020, (#60-20)  

Catherine Parsells v. Board of Education of the Borough of Somerville, Somerset County, 2/19/2020, (#67-20)

D.W., on behalf of minor child, Y. T. v. Board of Education of the City of Millville, Cumberland County, 2/20/2020, (#68-20)

C.B., on behalf of minor child, J.B., v. Board of Education of the City of Newark, Essex County, 2/20/2020, (#69-20)

Timothy Vandergast v. New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Student Protection, 2/20/2020, (#70-20)

Carmen Thomas-Henderson v. New Jersey Department of Education State Board of Examiners, 2/20/2020, (#71-20)

Mindy Prosperi v. New Jersey Department of Education, State Board of Examiners, 2/25/2020, (#75-20)

 

March

Bergen Center for Child Development, Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance, 3/2/2020, (#78-20)

In the Matter of the Revocation of the Certificates of Robert Klein, State Board of Examiners, New Jersey Department of Education, 3/2/2020, (#79-20A)

State Board of Examiners Appeal In the Matter of the Suspension of the Certificates of Craig A. Forte, State Board of Examiners, New Jersey Department of Education, 3/2/2020, (#80-20A)

State Board of Examiners Appeal Archange Antoine v. Board of Education of the Borough of Roselle, Union County, 3/2/2020, (#81-20)

Board of Education of the Borough of Maywood, Bergen County v. Board of Education of the City of Hackensack, Bergen County, 3/2/2020, (#82-20)

T.C., on behalf of minor child, X.C. v. Board of Education of the Eastern Camden County Regional School District, Camden County, 3/9/2020, (#88-20)

C.H. and S.H., on behalf of minor children, C.H., S.H. and S.H. v. Board of Education of the Township of Alloway, Salem County, 3/9/2020, (#89-20)

Scott Baron v. New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Student Protection, 3/13/2020, (#95-20)

German Rojas v. Board of Education of the City of Union City, Hudson County, 3/13/2020, (#96-20)

J.P. on behalf of minor child, D.P. v. Board of Education of the Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District, Gloucester County, 3/13/2020, (#97-20)

M.B., on behalf of D.B. and M.B. v. Board of Education of the Township of Union, Union County, 3/17/2020, (#98-20)

Jeffrey Klein v. Board of Education of the Passaic County Technical Institute, Passaic County and Michelle Owens v. Board of Education of the Passaic County Technical Institute, Passaic County, 3/17/2020, (#99-20)

South Harrison Township Education Association v. Board of Education of the Township of South Harrison, Gloucester County, 3/17/2020, (#100-20)

T.D., o/b/o, T.D. v. Board of Trustees of the Achieve Community Charter School, Essex County, 3/27/2020, (#102-20)

Y.S., o/b/o, J.C.G. and S.G. v. Board of Education of the City of Elizabeth, Union County, 3/27/2020, (#103-20)

F.P., o/b/o, X.P. v. Board of Education of the Township of Saddle Brook, Bergen County, 3/27/2020, (#104-20)

April

N.U., o/b/o, M.U. v. Board of Education of the Town of Mansfield, Burlington County, 4/24/2020, (#106-20)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Dawn Tardif, School District of the Township of Florence, Burlington County, 4/24/2020, (#110-20)

N.J.-B., o/b/o, I.T. v. Board of Education of the City of Union, Union County , 4/24/2020, (#112-20)

May

Luis Vazquez, et al. v. Board of Education of the Borough of Roselle, Union County, 5/8/2020, (#114-20)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Nicole Palazzo, School District of the Township of Middlesex, Middlesex County, 5/22/2020, (#115-20)

Christopher Wong v. New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Student Protection, 5/20/2020, (#116-20)

IMO the Revocation of the Certificates of Andrea Giuffrida, State Board of Examiners, 5/20/2020, (#117-20A)

STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS APPEAL BOE of the Township of Piscataway, Middlesex County v. A.V. and S.V., on behalf of N.V and T.V., 5/22/2020, (#118-20)

June

H.C., on behalf of minor children, J.C., et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Elizabeth, Union County, 6/1/2020, (#121-20)

Board of Education of the Delaware Valley Regional High School v. Board of Education of the Hunterdon County Vocational School District, et al., 6/8/2020, (#124-20)

J.G., o/b/o, T.G. and C.G. v. Board of Education of the Township of Edison and Board of Education of the Borough of Milltown, Middlesex County, 6/15/2020, (#125-20)

In the Matter of Anthony Cassano, Board of Education of the City of Leonia, Bergen County, 6/24/2020, (#129-20SEC)

In the Matter of Jennifer Metzger, Board of Education of the Township of Franklin, Gloucester County, 6/24/2020, (#130-20SEC)

In the Matter of Kristen Figueroa, Board of Education of the Township of Lawrence, Cumberland County, 6/24/2020, (#131-20SEC)

In the Matter of Katherine Hamilton, Board of Education of the Borough of Roosevelt, Monmouth County, 6/24/2020, (#132-20SEC)

In the Matter of Amie Ficacci, Board of Education of the Township of Hardyston, Sussex County, 6/24/2020, (#133-20) 

In the Matter of Richard Norris, Board of Education of the City of Pleasantville, Atlantic County, 6/30/2020, (#135-20)

In the Matter of Peter Micera, Board of Education of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, Bergen County, 6/30/2020, (#136-20)

In the Matter of Thomas Bardinas, Board of Education of the Borough of Bradley Beach, Monmouth County, 6/30/2020, (#137-20)

In the Matter of Margaret Baldwin, Board of Education of the Village of Lock Arbour, Monmouth County, 6/30/2020, (#138-20)

In the Matter of Maureen Sherlock, Board of Education of the Village of Lock Arbour, Monmouth County, 6/30/2020, (#139-20)

In the Matter of Victoria Gallasso, Board of Education of the Township of Elsinboro, Salem County, 6/30/2020, (#140-20)

In the Matter of Adam Robinson, Board of Education of the Borough of Washington, Warren County, 6/30/2020, (#141-20)

July

In the Matter of Kenneth Saunders, Board of Education of the City of Asbury Park, Monmouth County, 7/1/2020, (#143-20)

J.A., on behalf of minor child, K.M. v. Board of Education of the Township of Middletown, Monmouth County, 7/1/2020, (#144-20)

A.J., on behalf of minor child, J.J. v. Board of Education of the Town of Boonton, Morris County, 7/10/2020, (#145-20)

G.S. and C.S., on behalf of minor child, D.S. v. Board of Education of the Township of Holland, Hunterdon County. 7/16/2020, (#148-20)

In the Matter of Jose Rodriguez, Board of Education of the City of Elizabeth, Union County, 7/17/2020, (#150-20)

Tajinder Tung v. Board of Education of the Township of Mount Olive, Morris County, 7/27/2020, (#154-20)

August

Antoine Gayles v. Board of Education of the Township of Hillside, Union County, 8/3/2020, (#157-20)

In the Matter of the Tenure Hearing of Kenia Penalva, Board of Education of the Town of West New York, Hudson County, 8/10/2020, (#164-20)

In the Matter of Zakaria Kandiel, Board of Education of the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District, Bergen County, 8/10/2020, (#166-20SEC)

In the Matter of Patricia Gerris, Board of Education of the Borough of Lake Como, Monmouth County, 8/10/2020, (#167-20SEC)

In the Matter of James Donovan, Board of Education of the Township of Lyndhurst, Bergen County, 8/10/2020, (#168-20SEC)

In the Matter of Lisa Asare, Board of Education of the Borough of Berlin, Camden County,8/10/2020, (#169-20SEC)

J.C. and C.C., on behalf of minor child, J.C. v. Board of Education of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional School District, Bergen County, 8/20/2020, (#174-20)

R.P., on behalf of minor child, V.P. v. Board of Education of the Hunterdon Central Regional School District, Hunterdon County, 8/27/2020, (#188-20)

M.P., on behalf of minor child, A.S. v. Board of Education of the Somerset Regional School District, Somerset County, 8/28/2020, (#189-20)

Raymond Vella v. DOE, Office of Student Protection, 8/28/2020, (#190-20)

September

D.W., on behalf of minor, S.D. v. Board of Education of the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, Somerset County, 9/11/2020, (#201-20) 

Jenny Gonzalez v. Board of Education of the City of Union, Union County, 9/11/2020, (#202-20)

October

Tina Gagliano v. Board of Education of the Village of Ridgewood, Bergen County, 10/2/2020, (#212-20)

Lorraine Taddei-Graef v. Board of Education of the Freehold Regional School District, Monmouth County, 10/6/2020, (#213-20)

Board of Education of the Township of Barnegat, Ocean County v. Board of Education of the Freehold Regional School District, Monmouth County, 10/6/2020, (#214-20)

In the Matter of the Suspension of the Certificates of Erin Davidove, Board of Education of the Township of Long Hill, Morris County, 10/9/2020, (#230-20)

N.U., on behalf of, M.U. v. Board of Education of the Town of Mansfield, Burlington County, 10/9/2020, (#231-20R)

C.B., on behalf of J.B. v. Board of Education of the City of Newark, Essex County, 10/19/2020, (#228-20)

In the Matter of the Teaching Certificate of Ammie Dumalagan, Board of Education of the City of Wayne, Passaic County, 10/19/2020, (#240-20)

James Smith v. Emmanuel Capers, Board of Education of the City of Paterson, Passaic County, 10/20/2020, (#246-20) School Ethics Commission Appeal 

November

H.D. and D.D., on behalf of minor child, L.D. v. Board of Education of the Borough of Woodcliff Lake, Bergen County, 11/2/2020, (#252-20)

M.M., on behalf of minor child v. Board of Education of the Township of Lafayette, Sussex County, 11/5/2020, (#253-20)

Garfield Park Academy v. New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance, 11/19/2020, (#264-20)

M.D., on behalf of minor children, O.D.-G. and Y.D.-G. v. Board of Education of the Township of Deptford, Gloucester County, 11/27/2020, (#271-20)

December

Marian DeJesus v. New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Student Protection and Board of Education of the City of Vineland, Cumberland County, 12/2/2020, (#273-20)

In the Matter of the Suspension of the Certificates of James Smith by the State Board of Examiners, 12/2/2020, (#274-20)

In the Matter of the Revocation of the Certificates of Lynderia Mansfield by the State Board of Examiners, 12/2/2020, (#275-20)

Trenton Education Association, et. al. v. Board of Education of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, 12/14/2020, (#283-20)

James Lynch v. Michael Skowronski, East Greenwich Township Board of Education, Gloucester County, 12/15/2020, (#284-20SEC)

L.R. and S.R., on behalf of U.R. v. Board of Education of the Village of Ridgewood, Bergen County, 12/15/20, (#285-20)

Alice Carsdale, Daniel Lee, Annemarie Milnar, Christian Gonzalez, Valerie Rodriguez, Aaron Thayer, Karen Indyk, Peter Stanton,

Mark Eastburn, Shannon Koch, Nancy Abascal, Johanna Hunsbedt, Paige Hinton Mason, Emily Spera, Kristin Hill, Amy Borgia and

the Princeton Regional Education Association v. Board of Education of the Township of Princeton, Mercer County, 12/21/20, (#289-20)

Board of Education of the Borough of Wood-Ridge, Bergen County v. Board of Education of the Borough of Bogota,

Joseph Zarra, Interim Executive County Superintendent and L.B., on behalf of minor child, M.B., 12/21/20, (#290-20)

Jared Fowler v. Board of Education of the Passaic Valley Regional High School District, Passaic County, 12/24/2020, (#291-20)

Parsippany-Troy Hills Education Association v. Board of Education of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District, Morris County, 12/28/2020, (#294-20)