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District recommends termination for Hope Moffett | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

District recommends termination for Hope Moffett | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

District recommends termination for Hope Moffett

by Dale Mezzacappa on Mar 07 2011 Posted in Latest news

The School District plans to terminate Hope Moffett, because she gave tokens to studentsthat they used to leave class and attend a protestagainst the policies of Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, specifically, the planned conversion of their school to a charter under Universal Companies, Inc.

The District decided that this act constituted “endangering the welfare of children” and removed Moffett from the classroom pending the outcome of the disciplinary hearings. The District set a “204 conference” – a termination hearing – for