What Would Campbell, Mona, and Sam Have to Say?
Some interesting news came across the SBSB news desk today.A teacher, let's call him, Rudy Baylor, was teaching a class one day and reached from behind to hand a 7th grade female student a piece of paper. The student was sitting with several of her female friends. It seemed all pretty routine, huh?
The next thing Rudy knows is that he is being accused of improperly touching this girl. How? The young lady claimed that when Rudy bent down ever so slightly to hand her the paper his dingy touched the back of her shoulder.
The girl immediately reported this, not to the principal, but rather to school safety. School safety had no other choice but to call in NYPD. Thank God that the officers that responded were well trained and able to think independently, Rudy was not charged.
This was in March; Rudy was immediately sent to the Rubber Room, he got cleared today. Six months later.
This could not have been cleared up within a week? Two weeks? Who suffered here? The students did. The students were without their teacher for the last 3 months of last year and so far 2 weeks off this year.
Yet, the Three Stooges of education reform in New York State, Campbell Brown, Mona Davids, andSam Pirozzolo would lead you to believe that the long investigative process is the fault of the teachers and the union that "protects teachers."
Without that union that "protects teachers" Rudy Baylor would have been out on his buttocks no questions, no nothing asked nor rights protected. Rudy is a single father, without the protections put in place by the collective bargaining agreement and state law, Rudy would have had to go collecting cans so his son could eat.
But according to the Stooge like troika, Rudy even though he has been cleared can still be in jeopardy. The Stooges, if they have their way, would force any decision if a teacher is cleared of sexual misconduct to be given a thumbs or or thumbs down decision made by the chancellor.http://www.southbronxschool.com: