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Paterson Teacher Who Stopped Moving Bus To Hit, Curse Out Kid Won't Work In Any Classroom Again Paterson Teacher Who Stopped Moving Bus To Hit, Curse Out Kid Won't Work In Any Classroom Again
Paterson Teacher Who Stopped Moving Bus To Hit, Curse Out Kid Won't Work In Any Classroom Again A Paterson teacher who stopped a school bus on a highway to curse at a student who apparently chucked a snowball at his car had his teaching licenses revoked by state officials. Nathaniel T. Gerson -- a math teacher since 1999 at the district's Don Bosco Technology Academy -- had left for the day when the incident occurred on Route 20 northbound, the State Board of Examiners said. He was driving alongside a school bus when an 11-year-old boy chucked a melting snowball at his car, the report says. Gerson blew his horn and motioned for the bus to stop, positioning his car in front of the…

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Jersey City Teacher From Lyndhurst Who Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl Has Licenses Revoked Jersey City Teacher From Lyndhurst Who Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl Has Licenses Revoked
Jersey City Teacher From Lyndhurst Who Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl Has Licenses Revoked A former second grade Jersey City teacher who admit to sexually assaulting a teen in her Lyndhurst home more than three years ago had her teaching license revoked by state officials. Lauren Coyle-Mitchell, 36, pleaded guilty in Bergen County Superior Court last January to aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, the State Board of Examiners said.  Coyle-Mitchell worked at Dr. Lena Edwards Academic Charter School in Jersey City, according to NJ.com. Her colleagues went to Lyndhurst police after a field trip and reported her having inappropriate contact with a 15-yea…

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State Revokes Teaching License Of Bergen Special Ed Sup't Accused Of Covering Security Cameras State Revokes Teaching License Of Bergen Special Ed Sup't Accused Of Covering Security Cameras
State Revokes Teaching License Of Bergen Special Ed Sup't Accused Of Covering Security Cameras State officials revoked the teaching license of one of the highest-paid school superintendents in New Jersey. Dawn Fidanza, formerly at the helm of The South Bergen Jointure Commission (a Hasbrouck Heights-based special education public school district) apparently created a new job for her daughter without approval and then covered lenses of security cameras in the SBA offices so that co-workers "could not see the comings and goings of her daughter," an investigation found. Fidanza of Ridgewood was placed on a leave of absence in November 2017 and resigned the following month. She was…

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by Cecilia Levine