Tag: Teacher Certification
Garfield Teacher Accused Of Sex With 15-Year-Old Student Has License Revoked
Amy D’Ovidio, a former Bergen County teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student, has had her teaching license revoked.
D’Ovidio was 35 at the time of the alleged encounters, and was employed by the Garfield Board of Education when they began, authorities said in 2024.
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said the incidents occurred inside Garfield Middle School, at a home in Cedar Grove, and in a car across locations in Bergen, Essex, and Passaic counties.
The criminal complaint says the encounters began sometime after April 1, 2015, when the victim was 15,…
Westwood Band Teacher Who Sexually Abused Students Gives Up Licenses, Eyes Parole In 7 Months
A former New Jersey music teacher and school administrator, incarcerated for sexually assaulting at least two students, has given up his teaching certifications with the force of a revocation, state officials confirmed.
Kurt E. Zimmermann, 56, a father of two from Rockaway, was ordered to relinquish his Teacher of Music certificate and Principal Certificate of Eligibility at a June 26 meeting of the New Jersey State Board of Examiners, according to the board’s formal order.
As of press time, Zimmermann was incarcerated in Bayside State Prison and will be eligible for parole in March 2026, t…
