Overview
- Todd Lewis, 58, voluntarily surrendered his two New Jersey elementary teaching certificates in August, state board records show.
- Police allege he used masking tape to secure a 9-year-old’s head to a desk for roughly 40–50 minutes at Lenox Elementary School in Pompton Lakes.
- He was arrested in December 2024 on second-degree child endangerment, with charges later reduced to fourth-degree abuse and neglect, according to court records.
- In July 2025, Lewis entered a 12-month Pretrial Intervention program; teacher’s aide Sallyann Scala, 68, faces a fourth-degree charge and was assigned about seven months of PTI.
- Both employees were placed on administrative leave, neither has been convicted, and prosecutors did not immediately comment on the licensing development.