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Daily Record -Mountain Lakes, Boonton Township in legal battle over high school tuition hike
Matthew J. Giacobbe l Jan 3, 2024 l Media Coverage
The Boonton Township Board of Education represented by Matthew Giacobbe is encouraging residents to attend Thursday night’s school board meeting in neighboring Mountain Lakes to voice objections to a proposed 7.25% tuition…
Partner Ruby Kumar-Thompson Prevails in School District of the Chathams Establishment Clause Lawsuit
Ruby Kumar-Thompson l Oct 26, 2023 l News
After appearing on Tucker Carlson and at a school board meeting in 2017 to object to instruction…
NorthJersey.com – Partner Mary Anne Groh Prevails in $25 Million Paterson Garbage Hauling Lawsuit
Mary Anne Groh l Oct 23, 2023 l News
A judge last week ruled in Paterson’s favor in a legal battle over the city’s decision to award a $25 million garbage collection contract to a new…
Patch – Policy to Regulate Bernards Board Members Use of Email, Social Media
Matthew J. Giacobbe l Oct 6, 2023 l Media Coverage
A policy regulating Bernards Township Board of Education(BOE) members’ use of email and social media was discussed and more changes are being proposed by the Board Attorney, Matthew Giacobbe…
New Jersey Monitor – Court Battle Heats up over Hanover Policies on Parental Notification, Transgender Rights
Matthew J. Giacobbe l Sep 29, 2023 l Media Coverage
After the state sued Hanover Township schools in May to stop a new policy…
NJ.com – 3 N.J. School Districts Could become 1 under merger plan
Matthew J. Giacobbe l Sep 25, 2023 l Media Coverage
Voters in Monmouth County will decide this week whether to merge three school districts into one. The grades K-6 school districts in Highlands, and Atlantic Highlands who is represented by Matthew Giacobbe would join the grades 7-12 Henry Hudson Regional School District, which already…
NJ Spotlight News – Mixed Response as Hanover School Board scraps policy protecting transgender students
Matthew J. Giacobbe l Sep 14, 2023 l Media Coverage
The Hanover Board of Education voted to repeal a policy that includes protections for transgender students. The vote at an emergency…
NJ Spotlight News – Judge to rule on revised parental notification policy
Matthew J. Giacobbe l Sep 6, 2023 l Media Coverage
A Morris County judge will rule on whether he will allow a revised parental notification policy to take effect in Hanover. The reworked policy by Hanover’s school board does not single out LGBTQ students, but it does let school staff consider a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity (among other reasons) to notify parents…
northjersey.com – Judge questions Hanover’s parental rights policy as district, state face off in court
Matthew J. Giacobbe I Sep 6, 2023 I Media Coverage
The state Attorney General’s Office and a Morris County school board remained at odds Wednesday over a controversial policy that critics say would violate the privacy of LGBTQ+ students, with a judge expressing…
Fox News – New Jersey judge temporarily blocks school districts from notifying parents of child’s gender identity change
Bruce W. Padula I Aug 19, 2023 I Media Coverage
A New Jersey judge ruled Friday that three school districts are temporarily prohibited from enforcing new policies on transgender students in which schools would be required to alert parents…
Fox News – New Jersey mother in battle over parents’ rights in New Jersey: ‘It’s sad’
Bruce W. Padula I Aug 17, 2023 I Media Coverage
New Jersey mother Jeani Isaksen and Middletown Board counsel Bruce Padula discuss NJ school districts being sued by Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., over a gender policy on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’
Fox News – New Jersey parents demonstrate as judge weighs parents’ right on kids’ gender requests
Bruce W. Padula I Aug 15, 2023 I Media Coverage
About 100 parents gathered outside a New Jersey courthouse Tuesday as a judge considers whether to block three school districts from implementing a new policy that requires…
northjersey.com – ‘I Didn’t Feel Protected At All’: Students Worry About Bill to Police Anti-Israel Speech
Matthew J. Giacobbe I Jul 13, 2023 I Media Coverage
When Anna Ben-Hur was a college junior, controversy gripped her campus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst when a handful of pro-Israel organizations tried, unsuccessfully, to cancel a panel about free speech and Palestinian rights. The organizations, one of which sued…
Fox News – New Jersey sues school districts over transgender notification policy, claims it poses ‘severe risk’ to kids
Bruce W. Padula I Jun 23, 2023 I Media Coverage
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s administration has filed lawsuits against three school districts that adopted new policies related to transgender students…