My child’s teacher recently got DUI

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
If I have reason to believe my kid’s teacher is an alcoholic and drinking during the school day (my kid suspected and then we googled her and found a recent DUI arrest), then who do we tell? I don’t think this woman is stable and don’t want to be associated personally with making the report. Is there someone I can call without revealing my name? I don’t think she’s fit to teach. Thanks.

Not your place. And school is over.

Wait, how could this be not her place? The teacher is suspected of drinking during the school day.

It is not her place. The end.

[Anonymous]

I am sure this will come up in her next background check.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you trace a throwaway email address? She’s got a history of violence too! How do I create a throwaway email? I’m really not computer savvy at all. And would you do something? Or just leave it be?

Why not just approach the school yourself? If school is over, then the teacher is no longer in a position to retaliate. Just report it.[/quote

Would that report be to HR or to the principal? Just nervous about personal involvement—not about retaliation specifically in the classroom.

Would the principal want to bury it? Everyone on dcum seems to think that MCPS staff are told to vaporize stuff like this.

[Anonymous]

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Would the principal want to bury it? Everyone on dcum seems to think that MCPS staff are told to vaporize stuff like this.

That's up to the principal, isn't it? If you think the principal doesn't know and should be informed, then inform the principal. What the principal does with the information is up to the principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
If I have reason to believe my kid’s teacher is an alcoholic and drinking during the school day (my kid suspected and then we googled her and found a recent DUI arrest), then who do we tell? I don’t think this woman is stable and don’t want to be associated personally with making the report. Is there someone I can call without revealing my name? I don’t think she’s fit to teach. Thanks.

Not your place. And school is over.

Wait, how could this be not her place? The teacher is suspected of drinking during the school day.

It is not her place. The end.

It’s not my place to report that my kid’s teacher likely drinks during the school day? That seems odd to me. We’re a community—she’s not my iid’s teacher anymore so it’s not my problem? To hell with all those other people’s kids? If a background check did turn this up, would anything happen regarding her employment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Would the principal want to bury it? Everyone on dcum seems to think that MCPS staff are told to vaporize stuff like this.

That's up to the principal, isn't it? If you think the principal doesn't know and should be informed, then inform the principal. What the principal does with the information is up to the principal.

Well if i knew he’d bury it then i might write or call HR instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
If I have reason to believe my kid’s teacher is an alcoholic and drinking during the school day (my kid suspected and then we googled her and found a recent DUI arrest), then who do we tell? I don’t think this woman is stable and don’t want to be associated personally with making the report. Is there someone I can call without revealing my name? I don’t think she’s fit to teach. Thanks.

Not your place. And school is over.

Wait, how could this be not her place? The teacher is suspected of drinking during the school day.

It is not her place. The end.

It’s not my place to report that my kid’s teacher likely drinks during the school day? That seems odd to me. We’re a community—she’s not my iid’s teacher anymore so it’s not my problem? To hell with all those other people’s kids? If a background check did turn this up, would anything happen regarding her employment?

Well you don't KNOW that's she drinking. You have no evidence other than your kid suspecting it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
If I have reason to believe my kid’s teacher is an alcoholic and drinking during the school day (my kid suspected and then we googled her and found a recent DUI arrest), then who do we tell? I don’t think this woman is stable and don’t want to be associated personally with making the report. Is there someone I can call without revealing my name? I don’t think she’s fit to teach. Thanks.

Not your place. And school is over.

Wait, how could this be not her place? The teacher is suspected of drinking during the school day.

It is not her place. The end.

It’s not my place to report that my kid’s teacher likely drinks during the school day? That seems odd to me. We’re a community—she’s not my iid’s teacher anymore so it’s not my problem? To hell with all those other people’s kids? If a background check did turn this up, would anything happen regarding her employment?

Correct, it is not your place to report a rumor about a professional. The DUI will come up in a background check. But you want to gossip. In fact, you seem he’ll-bent on it. Why?

[Anonymous]

Just alert the principal. They just arrested one in Sterling, VA last week who was drunk at school and had alcohol at school.

And yes, throwaway accounts can be traced back to you via your IP. Even if you make a throwaway account at a Starbucks or whatnot, security footage could still link you, but no one is going to go through those hoops, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Would the principal want to bury it? Everyone on dcum seems to think that MCPS staff are told to vaporize stuff like this.

That's up to the principal, isn't it? If you think the principal doesn't know and should be informed, then inform the principal. What the principal does with the information is up to the principal.

Well if i knew he’d bury it then i might write or call HR instead.

So tell both of them.

[Anonymous]

A background check won't turn up a DUI will it unless it's a felony, which happens after 3 or more.

Background checks usually don't show anything pending or misdemeanors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
If I have reason to believe my kid’s teacher is an alcoholic and drinking during the school day (my kid suspected and then we googled her and found a recent DUI arrest), then who do we tell? I don’t think this woman is stable and don’t want to be associated personally with making the report. Is there someone I can call without revealing my name? I don’t think she’s fit to teach. Thanks.

Not your place. And school is over.

Wait, how could this be not her place? The teacher is suspected of drinking during the school day.

It is not her place. The end.

It’s not my place to report that my kid’s teacher likely drinks during the school day? That seems odd to me. We’re a community—she’s not my iid’s teacher anymore so it’s not my problem? To hell with all those other people’s kids? If a background check did turn this up, would anything happen regarding her employment?

Correct, it is not your place to report a rumor about a professional. The DUI will come up in a background check. But you want to gossip. In fact, you seem he’ll-bent on it. Why?

Gossip? No I was going to flag a potential problem. I’m asking anonymously on DCUM not chitchatting in the parking lot. I’ll sit on it for a while. Maybe someone else has raised the issue.

[Anonymous]

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Correct, it is not your place to report a rumor about a professional. The DUI will come up in a background check. But you want to gossip. In fact, you seem he’ll-bent on it. Why?

Actually, I think that "My daughter Larla tells me that she thinks that Teacher X is drinks during the day, because [reasons why Larla thinks this]." absolutely is valid thing for a parent to tell the principal. (I'm not the OP.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
If I have reason to believe my kid’s teacher is an alcoholic and drinking during the school day (my kid suspected and then we googled her and found a recent DUI arrest), then who do we tell? I don’t think this woman is stable and don’t want to be associated personally with making the report. Is there someone I can call without revealing my name? I don’t think she’s fit to teach. Thanks.

Not your place. And school is over.

Wait, how could this be not her place? The teacher is suspected of drinking during the school day.

It is not her place. The end.

It’s not my place to report that my kid’s teacher likely drinks during the school day? That seems odd to me. We’re a community—she’s not my iid’s teacher anymore so it’s not my problem? To hell with all those other people’s kids? If a background check did turn this up, would anything happen regarding her employment?

Correct, it is not your place to report a rumor about a professional. The DUI will come up in a background check. But you want to gossip. In fact, you seem he’ll-bent on it. Why?

Gossip? No I was going to flag a potential problem. I’m asking anonymously on DCUM not chitchatting in the parking lot. I’ll sit on it for a while. Maybe someone else has raised the issue.

Yes, gossip. Your kid is the only one who suspects the teacher drinks at school, right? How does your kid know? Does your kid spend a lot of time around drunk people?

Have more skepticism. Or at least own the accusation. You don’t make such a cowardly attack on someone like that. In fact, it should be YOUR KID who talks to he principal about his or her observations. If you aren’t willing to do this, you don’t really have any grounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Correct, it is not your place to report a rumor about a professional. The DUI will come up in a background check. But you want to gossip. In fact, you seem he’ll-bent on it. Why?

Actually, I think that "My daughter Larla tells me that she thinks that Teacher X is drinks during the day, because [reasons why Larla thinks this]." absolutely is valid thing for a parent to tell the principal. (I'm not the OP.)

Laila should go talk to the principal, not Larla’s mommy