Thursday, January 31, 2013
A closer look at how Judge Donald Stein ruled in his initial decision ordering Jeff Simon removed from his post.
Three tenure charges were filed against Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon by the Freehold Regional High School District in late February 2012 and the case finally came to a close on January 4, 2013. Administrative Law Judge Donald Stein listened to testimony from 22 witnesses and released an initial decision on Jan. 22 ordering Simon be removed from his position at the high school. Stein found that Simon was in violation of his tenure for “unbecoming conduct” and “a willful failure to read and follow the applicable polices and procedures.” However, Stein did not find Simon to be unfit to serve in a position of educational leadership, as was asserted by the district. Stein said that Simon had outstanding evaluations and did not …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The initial decision by an administrative law judge has been filed with the Commissioner of Education for review.
In-Depth: Breakdown of Judge's Ruling Ordering Removal of Manalapan HS Principal An administrative law judge ordered Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon removed from his position. Judge Donald J. Stein's initial decision, which was filed on Tuesday, Jan. 22, upheld many of the tenure charges Freehold Regional High School District made against Simon in February 2012. The tenure charges brought against Simon alleged that he violated district polices, regulations, and procedures which endangered students and employees, or related to the mishandling of student activity funds. The judges decision has been filed with New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf. Cerf can adopt, modify or reject this decision. If the …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Suspended principal of Manalapan High School, Jeff Simon, and his lawyer took the opportunity to plead their case against the certified filed tenure charges at the last Board of Education meeting.
Suspended Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon and his attorney, Stuart Moskovitz, used the public participation portion of Monday's school board meeting to continued his attack on the tenure charges filed against him. Simon said he would use the public portion of the Freehold Regional High School District Board meetings to have his voice heard about the “witch-hunt” against him, because “not a single one of any of the twelve counts is valid, truthful, substantiated with evidence, warranted, legitimate, or reason for tenure charges to be brought against me." After the previous Board meeting, Simon’s 38-page statement of position and evidence, as well as the tenure charges and affidavits were provided to citizens who filed OPRA …
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Simon's attorney has responded saying that nothing in Simon's statement is false.
The Freehold Regional High School District issued a press release on Friday in reference to Manalapan High School suspended principal Jeff Simon's statement of position and evidence. Simon issued the 38-page statement in response to the tenure charges filed against him and the 13 correlating affidavits. The press release alleges that Simon has been circulating his "highly-inflammatory" statement. "Many of the comments and allegations are highly inappropriate and wrongly impugn the credibility of employees in good standing," the release said. "The allegations of misconduct contained in this inflammatory attack do not represent the factual account of events at Manalapan High School. Based on the facts, the Administration and the Board acted…
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Jeff Simon's attorney, Stuart Moskovitz, sheds some light on the three tenure charges the district certified on Feb. 27.
By now it is no secret that Manalapan High School Principal was placed on a forced administrative leave in December 2011 with pay by Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent Charles Sampson without knowledge of his wrongdoings. Finally the secret is out, as Simon’s attorney, Stuart Moskovitz, has divulged information about the tenure charges brought against Simon in an exclusive interview with Patch. Hundreds came out to the Board of Education meeting on Monday night when the Board voted to certify the tenure charges filed against Simon, and voted in closed session before hearing public comment on the issue. The public voiced agitation about the secrecy surrounding the charges and the disrespect of the Board by voting before …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The Freehold Regional High School District certified tenure charges against Manalapan High School Principal Jeff Simon; the nature of the charges was not made public.
The Freehold Regional High School District voted to certify the filed tenure charges against Jeff Simon, the Manalapan High School principal who the district placed on administrative leave in December, at the Board of Education meeting last night. According to Board President Heshy Moses, Superintendent Charles Sampson conducted a thorough investigation on Feb. 6 and filed tenure charges and a statement of evidence against Simon with the Board of Education. Simon filed a written statement of position in response to the charges within 15 days of the charges being served to him, in accordance with the law. Moses explained that the Board acted as a “grand-jury” like entity, deciding whether or not there was sufficient evidence against Simon …
Joe Pisano
7:23 pm on Monday, April 8, 2013
Wait ..I understand the Simon Issue and missing funds., But does anyone else find count 7 disturbing. This guy Brian is decorating the girls bathroom with Christmas lights. Who decorates a bathroom? Fathers keep your eyes on your daughters around this guy. more ›