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Statement of Charges 1-5 Against
Gilbert Public Schools Teacher
Update:
GPS withdrew all charges rather than try to prove any of
them to be true. Sarah retains all her legal claims
against the district.
NEW!
Gilbert Public
Schools Board Member Apologizes for the District's
Retaliation Against Sarah
The following charges date
back to the 2010-2011 school year at Meridian Elementary
School, Mesa, Arizona under principal Vicki Hester.
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1. February 17, 2011: In emails dated
February 17, 2011, Ms. Green described a third-grade ****** student
as being ********** and otherwise labeled students. On another
document, Ms. Green described the same third-grade ******* student
as **********. |
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Read the
emails Sarah exchanged with the school social worker
about bullying in her classroom. Sarah
was on sick leave beginning February 17; she went back to
work on March 2, 2011.
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2. March 3, 2011: During a
meeting with Principal Vicki Hester and a GEA
representative, Ms. Green referred to one of her 3rd
grade students as a ********** student and/or a
**********. Principal Hester explained that it was not
up to Ms. Green to make these judgments and that Ms.
Green should not refer to her students in such a manner. |
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Read
Sarah's handwritten notes taken during the meeting.
Read
Sarah's dictated notes.
The GEA representative whose
job was to observe this meeting to protect Sarah's
rights to due process is the same
GEA president who betrayed
Sarah to board member Staci Burk in December 2011. |
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4. March 7, 2011:
Notwithstanding Principal Hester's prior directives, Ms.
Green again inappropriately labeled students during a
meeting with District Associate Superintendent for Human
Resources Nikki Blanchard, Principal Hester and the GEA
Representative, by referring to one of her 3rd grade
students as *********. |
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Read Sarah's notes from that
meeting, especially pages 3-5.
Inappropriate labeling?
Denise Lowell-Britt's investigation notes show Nikki
Blanchard labeled Sarah on March 9: "Teacher almost like
Asbergers [sic] -- OCD" |
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5. March 7, 2011: During a meeting with
Associate Superintendent Blanchard, Principal Hester and a GEA
Representative, Ms. Green behaved in a defiant, discourteous and
unprofessional manner. For example, Ms. Green accused Principal
Hester of lying and challenged Associate Superintendent Blanchard's
authority to meet with her during the school day. |
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Read Sarah's notes from that
meeting, especially page 6 (lying) and page 2 (why not
wait until the end of the school day instead of
interrupting class?) |
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Notice what is lacking: any
sense of fairness toward Sarah. There never was any
attempt to follow standard GPS procedures for
disciplinary action. There never was any real attempt to
solve problems Sarah reported, especially the bullying.
** Note: Sarah does not have
Asperger's Syndrome
(correct spelling) or
OCD (obsessive-compulsive
disorder). Sarah does have an excellent memory for
spoken words.
GPS wanted to put a happy
face on the situation by ignoring Sarah's pleas for help
for her students.
If this is what happens to a
teacher who reports bullying and racial discrimination
as the law requires, what teacher will "see" bullying in
the future, let alone deal with the bullying?
Redacted Statement of Charges document from
Gilbert Public Schools.
Update:
GPS withdrew all charges rather than try to prove any of
them to be true. Sarah retains all her legal claims
against the district.
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