NJ district fired teacher who accused former co-workers of ‘pedophile parties’ Erin Vogt Published: September 11, 2025 (Google Maps)

LITTLE EGG HARBOR — A special education teacher has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Pinelands Regional School District , saying she was retaliated for raising concerns about what she considered a co-worker’s inappropriate behavior.

Melissa Pomphrey worked for Pinelands Regional School District from March 2021 until earlier this year, though she went out on unpaid disability leave last fall.

Pomphrey, a Barnegat resident, taught a class of six students with autism, ages 16 to 21, at the high school along Nugentown Road in Little Egg Harbor Township.

Each student had an individual paraprofessional for assistance.

Before that, she worked i

See Full Page