IN RE VAN PELT

DOCKET NO. A-5889-08T2.

999 A.2d 481 (2010)

414 N.J. Super. 440

In the Matter of the SUSPENSION OF the TEACHING CERTIFICATE OF Melissa VAN PELT, Gray Charter School, Newark, Essex County.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Koy, Morristown, argued the cause for appellant Melissa Van Pelt (Law Firm of William Koy, L.L.P., attorneys; Mr. Koy and William F. Koy, on the brief).

Cherie L. Adams argued the cause for respondent Gray Charter School (Adams Stern Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLC, attorneys; Ms. Adams and Erin E. McLaughlin, on the brief).

Cynthia Raymond Rimol, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Commissioner of Education (Paula T. Dow, Attorney General, attorney; Lewis A. Scheindlin, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Rimol and Joyce Atkins, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, GILROY and SIMONELLI.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

GILROY, J.A.D.

Appellant Melissa Van Pelt appeals from the May 29, 2009 final decision of the Commissioner of Education that suspended her State teaching certificate for one year after appellant resigned from her teaching position at the Gray Charter School (the school) in Newark. The appeal requires us to address the correctness of the Commissioner's determination that N.J.S.A. 18A:26-10 and N.J.S.A.

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