PATERSON – Less than two years after being demoted over a suspended driver’s license, Nicole Payne has regained a position that puts her in charge of the city school district’s alternative education program.
Payne, whose father and brother have served in Congress, was demoted in 2012 after Paterson Press exposed that she had her driver’s license suspended over problems stemming from a conviction for drunk driving and for subsequently driving with a suspended license.
Payne’s position at the time, interim director of non-traditional programs, required that she have a valid driver’s license.
As part of the job, she was supposed to visit various schools located in different areas of the city.
After the demotion, Payne continued working for the district as principal of YES Academy. State motor vehicle records say her driver’s license was restored as of July 10, but the records also say she must continue to use an interlocking device until January 6, 2015. Interlocking devices are designed to prevent someone whose blood-alcohol level exceeds legal limits from driving.
Two months after Payne’s license was restored, state-appointed schools superintendent Donnie Evans put her back in charge of the district’s alternative education program. District spokeswoman Terry Corallo said Payne’s appointment was approved by the state.
Officials have not yet disclosed Payne’s salary for her new job. As principal, she was being paid $102,500. Back when she was in charge of non-traditional programs, her salary was $113,630. The school district in 2012 and 2013 had taken back $6,773 from Payne as reimbursement for the promotion that was rescinded, according to public records.
Payne’s father, the late Donald Payne Sr., had been New Jersey’s first black congressman and her brother, Donald Payne Jr., won election in 2012 and still serves in Congress.
Nicole Payne could not be reached for comment. Board of Education member Chystal Cleaves, chairwoman of the personnel committee, did not respond to a phone message seeking her comments on the situation.
A resident of East Orange, Payne had worked for the Essex Regional Education Services Commission before taking a job in Paterson. Payne was convicted of drunk driving for an incident in Bloomfield in 2011, according to state records. Later, she was convicted of driving while suspended and not having an interlocking device on her vehicle for an incident in Jamesburg in 2012, records show.
Back in 2012, the state records said her license would be suspended until July 2015. But the suspension period ended a year earlier than that, according to current records.
Earlier this year, the mayor of East Orange appointed Payne to the city’s Board of Education.
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Payne, whose father and brother have served in Congress, was demoted in 2012 after Paterson Press exposed that she had her driver’s license suspended over problems stemming from a conviction for drunk driving and for subsequently driving with a suspended license.
Payne’s position at the time, interim director of non-traditional programs, required that she have a valid driver’s license.
As part of the job, she was supposed to visit various schools located in different areas of the city.
After the demotion, Payne continued working for the district as principal of YES Academy. State motor vehicle records say her driver’s license was restored as of July 10, but the records also say she must continue to use an interlocking device until January 6, 2015. Interlocking devices are designed to prevent someone whose blood-alcohol level exceeds legal limits from driving.
Two months after Payne’s license was restored, state-appointed schools superintendent Donnie Evans put her back in charge of the district’s alternative education program. District spokeswoman Terry Corallo said Payne’s appointment was approved by the state.
Officials have not yet disclosed Payne’s salary for her new job. As principal, she was being paid $102,500. Back when she was in charge of non-traditional programs, her salary was $113,630. The school district in 2012 and 2013 had taken back $6,773 from Payne as reimbursement for the promotion that was rescinded, according to public records.
Payne’s father, the late Donald Payne Sr., had been New Jersey’s first black congressman and her brother, Donald Payne Jr., won election in 2012 and still serves in Congress.
Nicole Payne could not be reached for comment. Board of Education member Chystal Cleaves, chairwoman of the personnel committee, did not respond to a phone message seeking her comments on the situation.
A resident of East Orange, Payne had worked for the Essex Regional Education Services Commission before taking a job in Paterson. Payne was convicted of drunk driving for an incident in Bloomfield in 2011, according to state records. Later, she was convicted of driving while suspended and not having an interlocking device on her vehicle for an incident in Jamesburg in 2012, records show.
Back in 2012, the state records said her license would be suspended until July 2015. But the suspension period ended a year earlier than that, according to current records.
Earlier this year, the mayor of East Orange appointed Payne to the city’s Board of Education.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/congressman-s-daughter-regains-paterson-school-job-after-having-driver-s-license-restored-1.1094209#sthash.EFCjk71J.dpuf
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