![]() We also have positions for those interested in working with older children as well, but we have a lot of Early Intervention Classrooms where we are seeking candidates. More from this author.Currently we are seeking individuals who are interested in working with children in Elementary Education Classrooms. *No aspect of this advertisement has been submitted to or approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. For a description of the “Super Lawyers – Rising Star” selection methodology, please visit The Super Lawyers – Rising Star list is issued by Thomson Reuters. ![]() Less than 2.5% of attorneys selected as “Rising Stars” (lawyers under 40) through a peer nominated process based on independent research and peer evaluation. Tedesco was selected to the “New Jersey Super Lawyer – Rising Star” list (2022 in the area of School & Education). Tedesco conducts workplace investigations, training and seminars, drafts policies and manuals, and provides strategic advice to school administrators regarding school law issues. Tedesco concentrates her practice on the representation of boards of education and charter schools in all areas of school law including: labor and employment, special education, Section 504, student discipline, FERPA, Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act, student residency, civil rights, tenure, OPRA, OPMA, and teaching staff tenure matters under TEACHNJ and ACHIEVENJ. Tedesco-Dallas, Esq.is a Shareholder in Capehart Scatchard's School Law and Labor & Employment Law Groups. Since it was undisputed that OPRA statutorily mandates a fee award to the prevailing party, the Appellate Division rejected the District’s remaining argument the trial judge abused her discretion by awarding attorney’s fees. The Appellate Division rejected the District’s contention that Gilleran created a blanket exception for all surveillance videos and also determined the District failed to establish any security concerns to prevent disclosure under OPRA. The Appellate Division disagreed with the District and affirmed the trial court’s decision. On appeal to the New Jersey Appellate Division, the District argued the security footage was exempt from disclosure under OPRA and attorney’s fees were not mandatory under the common law right of access. Specifically, the trial court determined Gilleran allowed for production of a record or portion of a record that does not reveal information about the security scheme of the public building and that it was the District’s burden to demonstrate that the footage would reveal “security compromising information” which the District failed to do. The trial court ordered the District to produce the surveillance video and determined plaintiff was the prevailing party entitled to an award of $8,046.50 in attorney’s fees. The trial court found for plaintiff under both OPRA and the common law right of access. Plaintiff also argued the common law right of access to the security footage “outweighs the governmental need for confidentiality.” The alleged incident was purportedly captured on two of the elementary school’s security cameras.Īfter the District denied the request for the surveillance video, plaintiff filed a verified complaint in the Superior Court of New Jersey seeking an order to show cause against the District, requesting the court require the District produce the requested security footage and sought attorney’s fees. The request for the surveillance video arose after plaintiff, Helen Zezza, alleges she was threatened and accosted after her grandson’s baseball game at the elementary school. 159 (2016) for the premise the case created a categorical OPRA exception for all public surveillance videos. The District denied the request for the video footage on the basis of the security exception to OPRA and the case of Gilleran v. The appeal arose from a citizen’s request under the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) and the common law right of access, for approximately thirty-five (35) seconds of surveillance footage taken from two cameras at an elementary school within the Evesham Township School District (“District”). On June 29, 2023, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued an unpublished opinion in the matter of Zezza v. In NJ School Law, Open Public Records Act
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