Why did they fire the DuFief principal?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is an affair an issue for the school/school system? Lots of people cheat (not agreeing with it but that's the reality).

This wouldn't fly at most workplaces. It's pretty much unacceptable to have an affair with a subordinate. It's not necessarily grounds for firing but someone in the relationship should be transferred to a different dept, etc.

Sex with a subordinate is always considered sexual harassment because of the power inbalance.

But, it happens all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is an affair an issue for the school/school system? Lots of people cheat (not agreeing with it but that's the reality).

This wouldn't fly at most workplaces. It's pretty much unacceptable to have an affair with a subordinate. It's not necessarily grounds for firing but someone in the relationship should be transferred to a different dept, etc.

Sex with a subordinate is always considered sexual harassment because of the power inbalance.

But, it happens all the time.

Yes it happens a lot but it is still unacceptable. Seriously this is on every employee handbook. HR makes us go through a training on this and other unacceptable forms of behavior every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is an affair an issue for the school/school system? Lots of people cheat (not agreeing with it but that's the reality).

This wouldn't fly at most workplaces. It's pretty much unacceptable to have an affair with a subordinate. It's not necessarily grounds for firing but someone in the relationship should be transferred to a different dept, etc.

Sex with a subordinate is always considered sexual harassment because of the power inbalance.

But, it happens all the time.

So does sexual harassment. Does that make it correct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is an affair an issue for the school/school system? Lots of people cheat (not agreeing with it but that's the reality).

This wouldn't fly at most workplaces. It's pretty much unacceptable to have an affair with a subordinate. It's not necessarily grounds for firing but someone in the relationship should be transferred to a different dept, etc.

Sex with a subordinate is always considered sexual harassment because of the power inbalance.

But, it happens all the time.

So does sexual harassment. Does that make it correct?

It's always the subordinate who ends up transferred.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is an affair an issue for the school/school system? Lots of people cheat (not agreeing with it but that's the reality).

This wouldn't fly at most workplaces. It's pretty much unacceptable to have an affair with a subordinate. It's not necessarily grounds for firing but someone in the relationship should be transferred to a different dept, etc.

Sex with a subordinate is always considered sexual harassment because of the power inbalance.

But, it happens all the time.

So does sexual harassment. Does that make it correct?

It's always the subordinate who ends up transferred.

Not anymore.

[Anonymous]

Well that’s a nice change. Usually at the whiff of a rumor- even if untrue- the woman feels pressure to leave- from all fronts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well that’s a nice change. Usually at the whiff of a rumor- even if untrue- the woman feels pressure to leave- from all fronts.

You can thank the me too movement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School web site says he is "currently on leave for personnel matter unrelated to students" and there's an acting principal for the remainder of the school year.

I didn’t take “personnel matter” literally. I’ve seen too much written communication riddled with mistakes; I assumed someone meant “personal matter,” and spelled it incorrectly.

I don't think that's a good assumption. The difference in implication between "personal matter" and "personnel matter" is quite a big one and could open an employer up to a lawsuit if they suggested something about a departed employee that was not true. I think they were very careful with the wording.

Webster wrote it. She is way too smart to make that huge of a typo and send it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School web site says he is "currently on leave for personnel matter unrelated to students" and there's an acting principal for the remainder of the school year.

I didn’t take “personnel matter” literally. I’ve seen too much written communication riddled with mistakes; I assumed someone meant “personal matter,” and spelled it incorrectly.

I don't think that's a good assumption. The difference in implication between "personal matter" and "personnel matter" is quite a big one and could open an employer up to a lawsuit if they suggested something about a departed employee that was not true. I think they were very careful with the wording.

Webster wrote it. She is way too smart to make that huge of a typo and send it out.

I think they wanted to make sure parents knew it had nothing to do with students.

[Anonymous]

You mean the MCPS lawyer wrote it with Webster. MCPS must have lawyers working double time right now. Hard to work for this system right now. Who would want to admit they work for MCPS these days? I wouldn’t want to be admin either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You mean the MCPS lawyer wrote it with Webster. MCPS must have lawyers working double time right now. Hard to work for this system right now. Who would want to admit they work for MCPS these days? I wouldn’t want to be admin either.

Any updates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You mean the MCPS lawyer wrote it with Webster. MCPS must have lawyers working double time right now. Hard to work for this system right now. Who would want to admit they work for MCPS these days? I wouldn’t want to be admin either.

Any updates?

What kind of updates are you looking for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You mean the MCPS lawyer wrote it with Webster. MCPS must have lawyers working double time right now. Hard to work for this system right now. Who would want to admit they work for MCPS these days? I wouldn’t want to be admin either.

Any updates?

But updates, do you mean more rumors?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well that’s a nice change. Usually at the whiff of a rumor- even if untrue- the woman feels pressure to leave- from all fronts.

You can thank the me too movement.

Unless the case involves a student. My child was forced to leave his home school to protect himself from the people who hurt him. MCPS might take rights of employees seriously but they fail to protect the rights of victims when the victim is a student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well that’s a nice change. Usually at the whiff of a rumor- even if untrue- the woman feels pressure to leave- from all fronts.

You can thank the me too movement.

Unless the case involves a student. My child was forced to leave his home school to protect himself from the people who hurt him. MCPS might take rights of employees seriously but they fail to protect the rights of victims when the victim is a student.

Nah, generally speaking the person with least power ends up leaving, student OR staff.