Moffett to return to Audenried Monday
by Benjamin Herold on Mar 18 2011 Posted in Latest news
Hope Moffett is returning to Audenried High School Monday morning.
In a surprise development, both the School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers have announced that Moffett will be back in the classroom teaching on Monday, and that her proposed termination has been reduced to a five-day suspension. The union is still planning to fight the suspension.
"I feel like it's a win for us and for me," said an elated Moffett Friday evening.
"I could not have imagined such a positive outcome where I would get to return to teach the students, which is what I really wanted."
The dramatically reduced punishment for Moffett is the result of a pre-hearing settlement conference between the teachers' union and the District, held Friday with Magistrate L. Felipe Restrepo.
The District had been pushing to fire Moffett because it alleged that she had