Why hasn't she been fired yet?

[TheSuaveOne]

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Jeebus, she never reported them to the authorities? I don't care if the test scores increased under her watch, she needs to be gone NOW!!!

-TSO

DC School Chief's 'Sex' Remarks Stir Controversy

(Jan. 26) -- Washington, D.C.'s schools chancellor is facing harsh criticism for her claim that among the 266 city teachers she fired last October, some "had sex with children."

Speaking with the magazine Fast Company, Michelle Rhee was explaining the criteria she used to determine which teachers the city let go in the face of a $43.9 million budget shortfall. "I got rid of teachers who had hit children, who had sex with children, who had missed 78 days of school," Rhee said. "Why wouldn't we take those things into consideration?"

The problem for Rhee is that if school authorities knew of teachers whose behavior had endangered the welfare of the district's children, the names of those individuals are, by law, supposed to be reported to the police.

On Tuesday, Rhee added additional detail to her claims, telling a local news affiliate that one of the teachers fired had been on administrative leave for sexual misconduct with a student, six others had served suspensions for a variety of corporal punishment violations, and that two of the 266 teachers fired had been suspended for unauthorized absences.

Rhee has so far declined to provide the names of the teachers in question.

 

[Avatar4321]

If you know a teacher is having sex with a student, why on earth would you wait until budget cuts to fire them?

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Michelle Rhee

Michelle Rhee is the Chancellor of DC Public Schools. She is responsible for the DC Public Schools HIV/AIDS Program.
http://www.squidoo.com/michellerhee

 

[DiamondDave]

You think any local DC politician is worth a shit??? Hell.. these people in DC keep electing Marion Barry!!!

Thank god I only work here and don't live here....

 

[Ravi]

Jeebus, she never reported them to the authorities? I don't care if the test scores increased under her watch, she needs to be gone NOW!!!

Didn't it occur to you that she had notified the authorities?

Rhee's letter clarifying the comments, addressed to D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D) and members Kwame R. Brown (D-At Large) and Marion Barry (D-Ward 8), echoed information she first provided to The Washington Post editorial page on Monday. A Post editorial quoted Rhee as saying that a teacher suspected of having sex with a student was put immediately on administrative leave after the allegation, which he denied, and that a report on the matter was made to D.C. police and federal prosecutors in May.

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Sounds like she is trying to make teachers look bad because she is against the teacher's union...but she doesn't appear to have done anything illegal.

 

[beowolfe]

If you know a teacher is having sex with a student, why on earth would you wait until budget cuts to fire them?

Probabaly because of a labor agreement.

 

[Avatar4321]

If you know a teacher is having sex with a student, why on earth would you wait until budget cuts to fire them?

Probabaly because of a labor agreement.

It be interesting to see what kind of agreement actually allowed him to keep his job after doing THAT.

 

[Luissa]

If you know a teacher is having sex with a student, why on earth would you wait until budget cuts to fire them?

Probabaly because of a labor agreement.

It be interesting to see what kind of agreement actually allowed him to keep his job after doing THAT.

maybe you guys should read other posts!
Sounds like the man is on leave pending an investigation, and maybe you should remember people are considered innocent until proven quilty.

 

[Vast LWC]

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Jeebus, she never reported them to the authorities? I don't care if the test scores increased under her watch, she needs to be gone NOW!!!

-TSO

DC School Chief's 'Sex' Remarks Stir Controversy

(Jan. 26) -- Washington, D.C.'s schools chancellor is facing harsh criticism for her claim that among the 266 city teachers she fired last October, some "had sex with children."

Speaking with the magazine Fast Company, Michelle Rhee was explaining the criteria she used to determine which teachers the city let go in the face of a $43.9 million budget shortfall. "I got rid of teachers who had hit children, who had sex with children, who had missed 78 days of school," Rhee said. "Why wouldn't we take those things into consideration?"

The problem for Rhee is that if school authorities knew of teachers whose behavior had endangered the welfare of the district's children, the names of those individuals are, by law, supposed to be reported to the police.

On Tuesday, Rhee added additional detail to her claims, telling a local news affiliate that one of the teachers fired had been on administrative leave for sexual misconduct with a student, six others had served suspensions for a variety of corporal punishment violations, and that two of the 266 teachers fired had been suspended for unauthorized absences.

Rhee has so far declined to provide the names of the teachers in question.

Just because she refused to provide the names of the people in question to the press, doesn't mean she hadn't provided the names to THE POLICE.

Duh.

It wouldn't be her place to publicize the names of people under suspicion or indictment, for fear of tainting jury pools.

It would be the responsibility of the authorities to release the names to the public.

Or would you like to see some of these people get off on technicalities, like tainted jury pools?

 

[California Girl]

Probabaly because of a labor agreement.

It be interesting to see what kind of agreement actually allowed him to keep his job after doing THAT.

maybe you guys should read other posts!
Sounds like the man is on leave pending an investigation, and maybe you should remember people are considered innocent until proven quilty.

WFT? Innocent until PROVEN guilty. Crap.


You're right, of course.

 

[Vast LWC]

WFT? Innocent until PROVEN guilty. Crap.


You're right, of course.

Look at that, Cali Girl putting the law over politics.

Well, that deserves some rep.

 

[Avatar4321]

Probabaly because of a labor agreement.

It be interesting to see what kind of agreement actually allowed him to keep his job after doing THAT.

maybe you guys should read other posts!
Sounds like the man is on leave pending an investigation, and maybe you should remember people are considered innocent until proven quilty.

She didnt say she fired people who allegedly had sex with students. Im not commenting on the persons guilt or innocence. Im commenting on the stupidity of this woman's statements.

 

[Ravi]

Probabaly because of a labor agreement.

It be interesting to see what kind of agreement actually allowed him to keep his job after doing THAT.

maybe you guys should read other posts!
Sounds like the man is on leave pending an investigation, and maybe you should remember people are considered innocent until proven quilty.

I've noticed that people never do seem to read other posts. They see one, have a knee jerk reaction to it and then don't bother finding out if it is true.

 

[Avatar4321]

It be interesting to see what kind of agreement actually allowed him to keep his job after doing THAT.

maybe you guys should read other posts!
Sounds like the man is on leave pending an investigation, and maybe you should remember people are considered innocent until proven quilty.

I've noticed that people never do seem to read other posts. They see one, have a knee jerk reaction to it and then don't bother finding out if it is true.

How ironic.

 

[Ravi]

maybe you guys should read other posts!
Sounds like the man is on leave pending an investigation, and maybe you should remember people are considered innocent until proven quilty.

I've noticed that people never do seem to read other posts. They see one, have a knee jerk reaction to it and then don't bother finding out if it is true.

How ironic.

Oh, yeah...you being one of the worst.

btw, you don't normally fire someone that has been accused of something...you put them on leave and wait to see if there is a conviction.

It might be hard for you to understand, but in this country people are usually presumed innocent until proven guilty.

 

[jillian]

oh..is this the resignation/firing they're demanding this week?

lol.. too funny... i wonder whom it will be next week.

 

[Ravi]

oh..is this the resignation/firing they're demanding this week?

lol.. too funny... i wonder whom it will be next week.

What's really funny is this woman seems to hate unions as much as they do.

 

[Avatar4321]

I've noticed that people never do seem to read other posts. They see one, have a knee jerk reaction to it and then don't bother finding out if it is true.

How ironic.

Oh, yeah...you being one of the worst.

btw, you don't normally fire someone that has been accused of something...you put them on leave and wait to see if there is a conviction.

It might be hard for you to understand, but in this country people are usually presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Once again, since you obviously werent reading the posts (Hence the irony), I havent commented once on the guilt or innocence of any of the teachers involved. Ive been commenting on the stupidity of the statement she made suggesting that the budget cuts were the motivation to fire a teacher who has sex with a student.

 

[Ravi]

If you know a teacher is having sex with a student, why on earth would you wait until budget cuts to fire them?

Okay, you're right that you didn't comment on the teacher's guilt. But you did ask this question...and again, you don't fire someone simply because someone accuses them of something.