...but ya fark one sheep

Lemme guess; student was black and cracker Principal was a good ole white guy?

ZAZ: I assume he's retiring to collect a pension worth 80% of his pay.

Duh.

SnakeLee: Being in charge of any school system at really any level sounds like an absolute nightmare.

It's really not. If you have a good sense of judgment and humor, it's a great job!

/HS Principal
//no, really

netweavr: ...but ya fark one sheep

Who can stop at just one ?


/Perhaps I have shared too much

Here's a picture of the (former) Principle

I'm sick of schools trying to dictate everything children do. It was free speech. The kid didn't grab the teachers ass, or anything. If anything it should've been taken as a compliment. School administration people are really soft these days. Not letting kids win, or feel bad for losing. Sometimes even punishing those who succeed. Schools suck, and the system is so backward it's even worse than it ever was before.

AbbeySomeone: Lemme guess; student was black and cracker Principal was a good ole white guy?

My goodness, that post wasn't racist at all!

Waaaaaaaa!!!! Take his benefits and really give him something for which to be sorry.

Agreed on the Zero Tolerance mention. See? ZT bites back, doesn't it??

ZAZ: I assume he's retiring to collect a pension worth 80% of his pay.

To be fair:

- I'm not sure about his state, but in mine it's 70%, not 80.
- that pension is instead of, not in addition to, SS benefits that virtually all other professions get to tap into.
- Retirement is usually available after 35 years.... If he's still there after 44, he must love what he does, because he could get 70% of that pay and stay home.

Karma. It always works eventually.

Zero tolerance goes both ways.

Well played, Subby. Well played.

It's a black fly in your Chardonnay.
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late.

He doesn't believe he was treated fairly? Neither was the 9 year old you stupid jackhole. Karma's a biatch.

Mildot: Here's a picture of the (former) Principle

"Principal", you goddamned moron.

ZERO TOLERANCE for mistakes, Bostic. Did you miss that memo?

Don't cha think?

This is the problem when we try to legislate bugbears or taboos. Sex seems to be a little too much for our squeamish society to handle right now, as well as just about anything carnal. Common sense and a sense of proportion must go out the window when we try to rationalize the irrational.

Rufus Lee King: AbbeySomeone: Lemme guess; student was black and cracker Principal was a good ole white guy?

My goodness, that post wasn't racist at all!

It's not whitey's fault Sambo wants to have carnal relations with our wimmenz

/sarcasm off

That was not a mistake. A mistake is when you stub your toe. That was a complete lack of judgement and probably just the one where he was caught.

Where are his defenders?

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: netweavr: ...but ya fark one sheep

MacGregor the Stonemason? Is that you?

Oh sure, blame the Masons.

/it was the Stonecutters

Was it the teacher who brought the complaint of sexual harassment to the principle? What consequences would he have faced for not acting on it? I'm assuming he had to do something after the complaint.

He probably should have just called the parents and talked to them about the situation.

Aarontology: This is yet another one of those stories where everyone involved is a dimwit.

This.

Ain`Soph: He doesn't believe he was treated fairly? Neither was the 9 year old you stupid jackhole. Karma's a biatch.

Was the decision worth losing a career over? Must be nice to never have made a mistake in your career.... I envy all of you.

The reality is that folks can berate this principal (and the decision seems pretty boneheaded), but administrators are stuck between entitled parents / kids and laws that punish us if we don't respond strongly to misbehaviors. So many of us feel that we're damned if we're too soft or too hard in our decisions.

As I said above, it's a terrific job, but don't judge till you've walked a mile, yadda yadda.

jingks: principle

To the principle authoritative figure I meant. The principal.

vestona22: Well played, Subby. Well played.

Came here to say this.

My work here is done....... By someone else too, which is even better!

Did anyone read TFA? The little smart ass also used the term fine and has been in trouble before for what he said. Now poor, hurt momma gonna sue and someone gonna pay fer all her chillin.

bujin: So many of us feel that we're damned if we're too soft or too hard in our decisions.

And usually, we wind up being damned both ways.

/ Teacher.

Rufus Lee King: AbbeySomeone: Lemme guess; student was black and cracker Principal was a good ole white guy?

My goodness, that post wasn't racist at all!

After spending time in that area, I'd say it was more fact than racism.

Aarontology: This is yet another one of those stories where everyone involved is a dimwit.

This, this, this.

'His mother said she was never told about the other comments. Eyewitness News asked Emanyea specifically about them.
"I didn't use bad language about other students," he said.
"All you said is your teacher is cute?" Eyewitness News asked.
"Yes," he replied.'

case closed, hang the principal.

Yup, ZERO TOLERANCE sure came back and bit him in the ass. lol

Gyrfalcon: bujin: Ain`Soph: He doesn't believe he was treated fairly? Neither was the 9 year old you stupid jackhole. Karma's a biatch.

.

I can think of half a dozen ways this could have been handled without suspending the kid.

Of course, they would have involved actually bringing in the kid, the teacher and "Chiquita" and talking to them like rational people; but still, it could have been done.

Of course.

If the story is actually accurate, you're completely right. The problem is that the school is in no real position to clarify any inaccuracies in the story (due to student privacy) while the family can allege anything. The kid may have said much more inappropriate things that the paper left out.

Still, even if they story is accurate, losing a job over a decision that is easily reversible seems a bit much.

gold, jerry