Councilwoman Blackwell: Don't fire Moffett
by thenotebook on Mar 16 2011
Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell plans to introduce a resolution in City Council tomorrow calling for the retention of Audenried High School teacher Hope Moffett.
The resolution says that Moffett was removed from her classroom andrecommended for termination "after expressing her personal opinions. " It calls the punishment "severe and unwarranted," saying she gave the students tokens "openly and with positive intentions."
Moffett had spoken out against District plans to convert Audenried to a charter school and gave tokens to students who used them to attend a protest at School District headquarters.
The District issued a statement in response saying that "we respect the opinions o
