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Denver school employee fired for duct-taping student
Oct 28th
What would you do if your first-grader came home to tell you that his mouth and hands were duct-taped in school as punished for disrupting class? I’m sure it would be more than just insulting, as the case with yesterday’s poster. But this horror story is exactly the situation in which Ashlye Tenner finds herself today. Her son, Joshua, was said to be disturbing class, and was sent to the principle’s office by his first grade teacher. The principle was out to lunch when Joshua arrived, however the secretary, Jennifer Carter, was there to promptly greet Joshua with duct tape. According to news reports, the school principle discovered the duct-taped Joshua upon returning to lunch, removed the duct tape, and apologized to him. 
Jennifer Carter has been arrested by the police and charged with misdemeanor child abuse and false imprisonment. Needless to say, she has been fired from the school, which said in a statement, “Based on the evidence confirmed at Read the rest of this entry »
Lesson Taught
Oct 27th
I had been working off and on for three years as a sub in the third-largest school district in the state. A couple of months ago, I put a video on YouTube where I told students to get their work done and graduate. A lot of students left vulgar and stupid comments, which i ignored. 
One day at the end of 6th period at one of the high schools, a teacher told me I was wanted at the office. When I went in there, the principal had a printout of the YouTube comments and told me he did not like them. He told me that my services would be no longer needed at that school and that he had requested that the school board take me off the sub list. He then had security escort me out of the building while another teacher covered what was supposed to be my 7th period class. I met with the HR people at the school board office and they told me that it was unprofessional for a school board employee to allow that kind of language on the Internet. I told them that it had nothing to do with my classroom performance, as I was a good sub, but they were so stubborn and hard-headed that they would not listen to me. I tried to appeal a few weeks later, and the HR director kicked me out of his office. My job was to fill in f Read the rest of this entry »
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