In the Matter of the Suspension of the Certificates of Nicole Jacobsen Mesloh, Board of Trustees of the Empowerment Academy Charter School, Inc., Hudson County, 2/12/2021, (#36-21)

36-21
Agency Dkt. No. 5-1/21
New Jersey Commissioner of Education
Final Decision
In the Matter of the Suspension of the Teaching
Certificates of Nicole Jacobsen Mesloh,
Board of Trustees of Empowerment Academy
Charter School, Inc., Hudson County.
The record of this matter has been reviewed. 	The Board of Trustees of Empowerment
Academy Charter School filed a petition seeking the suspension of respondent Nicole Jacobsen Mesloh’s
teaching certificates pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:28-8 because she resigned without providing the Board
with 	the 	requisite 	statutory 	notice. 	The 	Commissioner 	issued 	an 	Order 	to 	Show 	Cause 	on
January 13, 2021, which the Board served on respondent on the same date. Respondent did not respond
to the Order to Show Cause, other than to email the Department of Education on January 13, 2021 to state
that she does not dispute the suspension of her teaching certificates. 	Accordingly, the Commissioner
finds that the respondent’s certificates should be suspended pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:28-8, and further
finds that a one-year suspension of the respondent’s certificates is the appropriate penalty.
Accordingly, the respondent’s teaching certificates are suspended for a period of one year
from the filing date of this decision, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the State Board of Examiners
for implementation of the suspension.
IT IS SO ORDERED.1
ACTING COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Date of Decision: 	February 12, 2021
Date of Mailing: 	February 12, 2021
1 This decision may be appealed to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:6-9.1.
Under N.J.Ct.R. 2:4-1(b), a notice of appeal must be filed with the Appellate Division within 45 days from the date
of mailing of this decision.