Philly superintendent moves to fire teacher for speaking against school closing
MARCH 7, 2011 PM31 10:21 PM
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Hope Moffett was removed from her Philadelphia classroom two weeks ago, on what looks like a pretext. Most observers connected the disciplinary action to Hope having spoken eloquently against closing Audenried High School.
The School District plans to terminate Hope Moffett, because she gave tokens to studentsthat they used to leave class and attend a protest against the policies of Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, specifically, the planned conversion of their school to a charter under Universal Companies, Inc.
A letter sent to Moffett today by Assistant Superintendent for High Schools Linda Cliatt-Wayman recommends termination because she enabled students to leave school without parental
