Of course, no connection exists between this altercation between the school's principal and a teacher and any previous history. How could it when 11 of the 15 teachers left the school last year after an inability to get along with this McGinley-selected first-year principal, sent in to clean things up. So the four left must have been malleable.
What's not clear from the article (of course!) is if the teacher who balked at worshipping at altar of Ms. Thompson was one of the four who stayed.
It's also unclear what constitutes "passing" and "failing" as described in the article:
The principal of Jane Edwards Elementary School has been accused of grabbing a teacher's arm during an argument about the teacher's evaluation. . . .
The alleged assault happened March 13 in the principal's office, and the dispute was related to [Pamela] Zbrzeznj's evaluation, according to a Charleston County Sheriff's Office report. Zbrzeznj said Thompson had passed her "onto the next level, then had changed her mind and had decided to flunk her and hold her back," according to the report.
Zbrzeznj had the original paperwork that showed she had been passed, and Thompson grabbed it from her when the teacher showed it to her, the sheriff's office report said. Zbrzeznj took the paperwork back and began walking toward the door when Thompson grabbed her arm and closed the door to her office in an attempt to keep Zbrzeznj from leaving with the original paperwork, the report said.
Zbrzeznj eventually was able to leave the office with the original paperwork, and she later asked sheriff's deputies to document the assault, according to the report. . . .
Thompson has faced criticism from teachers at her school in the past. Her first year at Jane Edwards was the 2006-07 school year, and 11 of the school's 15 teachers did not return to the school this school year. Many of those teachers alleged that Thompson acted inappropriately and with poor judgment. District officials completed two investigations into the allegations but did not release specifics of the results. [It used to be called whitewash.]
McGinley said Zbrzeznj's accusation is about a specific incident that has no connection to what happened last school year. The previous allegations have been dealt with, and this incident would be treated separately, she said.
Oh, I forgot, it's the P & C!
Why ask
- how long this teacher has been in the classroom,
- if this is her first year at Jane Edwards, and/or
- if her being hired at Jane Edwards for next year or
- getting another contract anywhere in the district
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This is the same principal that last year wouldn't let teachers call the EMS for a teacher who was very ill because she didn't want the report written about her school and Goodloe supported her actions.....hmmmmmm!.
The teachers today are a joke. They want to put little time in with kids, be paid for every second beyond their required hours and do not want to be held accountable. Teachers use to be the glue of the schools now they want to blame everyone including the principal for their poor performance. Thompson needs to go somewhere where she is appreciated.
"Those who can't learn, teach. Those who can't teach (or lead), teach teachers." You can definately say this about administrators at every level within the Charleston County school system. Most teachers try to adapt within a failed system, but sometimes there seems like there is just no hope, even for the good ones.
There use to be a time when students didn't curse their teacher out. There use to be a time when what the teacher said was the only answer and the principal and parents supported the the adult who was in the classroom. Accountability of the past, teachers where not held to the standards of today. How many teachers in the passed last their job because they couldn't teach. Hardly never so do not bring up the past because it does not apply in this time period. Are some teachers acting like professional babies? Yes, just like some were in the past. Are some teachers lazy? Yes, just like some were in the past. 30 years ago schools and teacher were not held to the microscope like today. Did they have a PACT test in the 20', 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, and the answer would be no so we don't know if the teachers of the past where teaching the best practice of learning. They ruled with an iron fist, but did their students truly learn. I wonder sometimes when we constantly repeat the past. But today's teacher reflect society as a whole. Look at what I do and I am not appreciated and this is true of the Greatest Generation to the youngest generation. We all need to grow up do our job and teacher our kids. Respect teachers, but make sure that our kids can become that person, they did not know they could be.
903 Poster, Thompson needs to go to a place where she is appreciated its called jail. You are obviously one of the ignorant field hands that make up the student body/parents of the school. Dont know if you are aware of it or not, but Charleston County Teachers do not get overtime and are still required to work outside of the school day. Its ignorant trash like you that have brought down the school systems not the teachers. We expect too much from our teachers and need to realize that you can make chicken salad with chicken shi*
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