ATLANTIC CITY — The state Department of Education won’t make a decision regarding the status of schools Superintendent La’Quetta Small until the charges against her and husband Mayor Marty Small Sr. are resolved, a spokesperson said Friday.
“The commissioner cannot make a final determination as to whether the Superintendent is disqualified from employment until the pending charges are fully adjudicated,” spokesperson Howard Seidman said in an email.
State education officials declined to comment on the investigation Monday.
The Atlantic City Board of Education held its first meeting April 23 since charges were filed against the Smalls for allegedly abusing their teenage daughter.
Both the board and La’Quetta Small didn’t address the charges during the meeting, and board President Shay Steele declined to comment, stating the situation is a “personnel matter” and cannot be discussed publicly.
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Small, who has been superintendent since October 2021, makes $210,000 a year.
A tort claim filed last week against Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, schools Superintendent La’Quetta Small, claims the couple attempted to destroy evidence to cover up alleged child abuse after they were charged with endangering the welfare of their teenage daughter, according to BreakingAC.
Superintendent Small, 47, was charged April 15 with three counts of disorderly persons simple assault.
Mayor Small, 50, was charged with terroristic threats, aggravated assault and disorderly persons simple assault.
Earlier this year, the couple’s teenager daughter told officials at Atlantic City High School she was being physically and mentally abused at home, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
The claims set off an investigation that saw the high school principal, Constance Days-Chapman, charged March 28 with failing to report the alleged abuse.
Days-Chapman has since been replaced by the school district’s secondary education director, Donald Harris.
The Smalls are due in court May 15 for their first appearance.
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