Middletown Board of Education Member Branded Unethical
Joan Minnuies
Middletown, NJ- Board of Education Member Vincent Brand has accused his fellow Board Member, Joan Minnuies, of using her official capacity on the Board for the benefit of her daughter’s employment at Middletown High School North and of using her position to recruit Middletown North students to volunteer at her granddaughter’s birthday party in exchange for a letter stating that they performed volunteer hours.
Minnuies says that Brand’s accusations, which were lodged as an Ethics Complaint with New Jersey’s School Ethics Commission, are “bogus” and “political motivated.” Minnuies is standing for reelection next Tuesday.
According to Brand’s complaint, Minnuies opposed efforts by Dr. William George, Schools Superintendent, to hire a new business instruction teacher, Miss Devan Crimi, at MHSN because Crimi is also an “elite” lacrosse and field hockey coach who was an Academic and Athletic All-American in lacrosse while a college student at Adelphi University. Minnuies daughter, Jenna Minnuies Jackson, is employed by the school district as a coach of field hockey, bowling and lacrosse.
Posted: October 27th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Education, Middletown, Monmouth County News | Tags: Devan Crimi, Dr. William George, Jenna Minnuies Jackson, Joan Minnuies, Middletown Board of Education, Monmouth County News, School Ethics Commission of New Jersey, Vincent Brand | 27 Comments »