MATTER OF TENURE HEARING OF COWAN


224 N.J. Super. 737 (1988)

541 A.2d 298

IN THE MATTER OF THE TENURE HEARING OF M. WILLIAM COWAN, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE BOROUGH OF BERNARDSVILLE.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Klausner argued the cause for appellant M. William Cowan (Klausner, Hunter & Oxfeld, attorneys; Stephen E. Klausner, of counsel and on the brief).

Lawrence S. Schwartz argued the cause for respondent Board of Education of the Borough of Bernardsville (Schwartz, Pisano, Simon & Edelstein, attorneys; Lawrence S. Schwartz and Nicholas Celso III, of counsel and on the brief).

W. Cary Edwards, Attorney General, attorney for respondent New Jersey State Board of Education (Arlene Goldfus Lutz, Deputy Attorney General, on the statement in lieu of brief).

Before Judges BRODY and LONG.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BRODY, J.A.D.

Affirming the decision of the Commissioner of Education, the State Board of Education dismissed appellant, a tenured public high school music teacher employed by the Borough of Bernardsville School District, for "unbecoming conduct." N.J.S.A. 18A:6-10. Affirming the initial decision of an Administrative Law Judge, the Commissioner found that over the past ten years appellant had committed various acts...

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