PARSELLS v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

A-21 September Term 2022 087261.

294 A.3d 1178 (2023)

254 N.J. 152

Catherine PARSELLS, Petitioner-Respondent, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the BOROUGH OF SOMERVILLE, SOMERSET COUNTY, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc H. Zitomer , Florham Park, argued the cause for appellant (Schenck, Price, Smith & King, attorneys; Marc H. Zitomer , of counsel and on the briefs, and Christopher J. Sedefian , on the briefs).

Christopher Weber , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent New Jersey Commissioner of Education ( Matthew J. Platkin , Attorney General, attorney; Sookie Bae-Park , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and David L. Kalisky , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Hop T. Wechsler , Mount Laurel, argued the cause for respondent Catherine Parsells (Selikoff & Cohen, attorneys; Hop T. Wechsler , of counsel and on the brief).

Albert J. Leonardo argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Education Association (Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman, attorneys; Albert J. Leonardo , of counsel and on the brief, and Richard A. Friedman , Newark, on the brief).


The Board of Education of the Borough of Somerville challenges the award of relief to former teacher Catherine Parsells in this tenure dispute. The Board argues primarily that the Appellate Division erred by imposing a duty on school boards to "notify, in advance, full-time teachers who consider...

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