Ethics

From: Dave Linton
To: Mark Crane
September 12, 2005
English 4310

My wife is a third grade teacher in Pleasant Grove.
Last school year was her second year
of teaching. The principal of this particular school
was growing more and more power
hungry. Each teacher was noticing that she was
apparently putting certain teachers on
her chopping block and trying to find anyway of
getting rid of them.

One fifth grade teacher, who somehow got on her bad
list, was fired, or rather,
his "contract was not renewed" because of an apparent
sexual remark he made towards
another teacher. This teacher however was not aware of
any remarks he made that
could have been construed as such. Moreover, the
complaint was not made by the
teacher who was the recipient of the remark, but
rather from a disgruntled student who
told her parents and they in turn told the principal.
With no questions asked he was fired
on the spot.

Naturally any person who actually makes such remarks
should be fired, but at least
some sort of investigation should be conducted to see
if the allegation is correct. The
teacher who was fired was not told who made the
complaint and also did not know who
the other teacher was of whom he supposedly insulted.
(the indentity of the student who
made the initial complaint came out later but the
teacher was not informed who that was
until he had already been fired). He strongly denies
that any situation took place or
remarks were said that could have been misunderstood
to such a severe degree.

He definately had the right to know who was accusing
him and also the right to defend
himself before he gets fired. The principle told him
that this situation would not appear on
his record and would not affect him being able to get
a job at another school. This
happened seven months and he still has not been able
to find a job. All the other
teachers were on his side and wanted to see him stay
at the school. They all knew he
was innocent of the charges but no one wanted to come
forward because of fear that
they would be next on the principal's chopping block.

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