Friday, July 13, 2012

Urban Ed: Another Arbitration Ruling Is Overturned By the Courts

Urban Ed: Another Arbitration Ruling Is Overturned By the Courts:

Urban Ed


Another Arbitration Ruling Is Overturned By the Courts



This is becoming a trend! 
A district 75 teacher and dean turned  a student's suicide note over to the student's father -instead 
of the OSI investigators (the student never followed through).


The DOE charged her with conduct unbecoming of a teacher (3020-a proceedings in DOE 
parlance).  She was found guilty of interfering with a DOE investigation.


The punishment? A $7,000 fine!!


Now outside the DOE, interfering with the police is only punishable by a $1,000 fine. 
So, naturally, the teacher got a lawyer and she did