Cynthia Lee v. Fairfax County Public Schools 4th Circuit Court Of Appeals (Discrimination)

[Anonymous]

During the time Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) was trying to terminate the employment of an outstanding African American teacher Dr. Violet Nichols, (see the July 15, 2012 issue of the Washington Post), FCPS was also attempting to terminate the employment of another exceptional African American teacher, Cynthia Lee. At that time, FCPS had a mandate in their grievance process that all litigants had to pay half the cost of the Fact Finding Panel. Dr. Nichols was able to obtain vindication win she won her case by use of the Fact Finding Panel because she was a member of the union and the union paid all costs. Ms. Lee was not a member of the union so she could not afford the costs of her half of the Fact Finding Panel, which cost thousands of dollars, thus she could not grieve her proposed termination so she signed a "Settlement Agreement" with FCPS that mandated her to step down into an Instructional Assistant position and take a $25,000 annual pay cut. FCPS won because of their mandate to make Ms. Lee pay half the cost of their Fact Finding Panel hearing which amounted to thousands of dollars. Ultimately Ms. Lee found out through researching case law that mandating her to pay half the cost of the Fact Finding Panel Hearing was unlawful because it violated her 14th Amendment right to due process. Ms. Lee filed a case in the Federal District Court Of The Eastern District which was dismissed October 31, 2014 because she signed the “Settlement Agreement”. Now her case is on appeal in the 4th Circuit Court Of Appeals. Ms. Lee feels confident that she will win on appeal because this Court has decided in favor of other litigants who signed a “Settlement Agreement” under economic duress, for example Ms. King won the case of Wanda King v. DonnKenny Inc. In the Plaintiff’s Complaint for Charlton et.al. v. Marie Lemmon and FCPS, it is claimed that Ms. Lemmon is seeking to have a school full of Caucasian teachers with blonde hair and blue eyes. Ms. Lemmon can do no more than FCPS allows her to do. The tail follows the head.

[Anonymous]

Who cares

[Anonymous]

You know what I like? Paragraphs.

[Anonymous]

Is this the teachers best work? No paragraphs no job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:During the time Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) was trying to terminate the employment of an outstanding African American teacher Dr. Violet Nichols, (see the July 15, 2012 issue of the Washington Post), FCPS was also attempting to terminate the employment of another exceptional African American teacher, Cynthia Lee. At that time, FCPS had a mandate in their grievance process that all litigants had to pay half the cost of the Fact Finding Panel. Dr. Nichols was able to obtain vindication win she won her case by use of the Fact Finding Panel because she was a member of the union and the union paid all costs. Ms. Lee was not a member of the union so she could not afford the costs of her half of the Fact Finding Panel, which cost thousands of dollars, thus she could not grieve her proposed termination so she signed a "Settlement Agreement" with FCPS that mandated her to step down into an Instructional Assistant position and take a $25,000 annual pay cut. FCPS won because of their mandate to make Ms. Lee pay half the cost of their Fact Finding Panel hearing which amounted to thousands of dollars. Ultimately Ms. Lee found out through researching case law that mandating her to pay half the cost of the Fact Finding Panel Hearing was unlawful because it violated her 14th Amendment right to due process. Ms. Lee filed a case in the Federal District Court Of The Eastern District which was dismissed October 31, 2014 because she signed the “Settlement Agreement”. Now her case is on appeal in the 4th Circuit Court Of Appeals. Ms. Lee feels confident that she will win on appeal because this Court has decided in favor of other litigants who signed a “Settlement Agreement” under economic duress, for example Ms. King won the case of Wanda King v. DonnKenny Inc. In the Plaintiff’s Complaint for Charlton et.al. v. Marie Lemmon and FCPS, it is claimed that Ms. Lemmon is seeking to have a school full of Caucasian teachers with blonde hair and blue eyes. Ms. Lemmon can do no more than FCPS allows her to do. The tail follows the head.

Link, or it didn't happen.

[Anonymous]

. In the Plaintiff’s Complaint for Charlton et.al. v. Marie Lemmon and FCPS, it is claimed that Ms. Lemmon is seeking to have a school full of Caucasian teachers with blonde hair and blue eyes. Ms. Lemmon can do no more than FCPS allows her to do. The tail follows the head.

Seriously? You expect us to believe this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this the teachers best work? No paragraphs no job.

It's all babble. If there is indeed a pending case, posts like this are of no help to the plaintiffs. People will assume they are the posters and judge them based on the poor writing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this the teachers best work? No paragraphs no job.

It's all babble. If there is indeed a pending case, posts like this are of no help to the plaintiffs. People will assume they are the posters and judge them based on the poor writing.

If this was posted by the teacher in question, she should have indeed been fired.

[Anonymous]

OP, the charges leveled against the principal whose name you mentioned are serious ones. I fully appreciate that they are widely believed to be true within the FCPS community, and that the principal has been the subject of widespread parent and staff dissatisfaction.

It would serve your advocacy better if you would consider a more clearly written statement, with a clearly identified link to an available public document.

[Anonymous]

^Very sound. OP, please rewrite in a more cohesive manner and provide a link. This is a very serious manner and we could consider it with greater understanding if you provide a more clear statement.

[Anonymous]

I heard about this before this post, but agree it was poorly written.

[Anonymous]

In the Plaintiff’s Complaint for Charlton et.al. v. Marie Lemmon and FCPS, it is claimed that Ms. Lemmon is seeking to have a school full of Caucasian teachers with blonde hair and blue eyes. Ms. Lemmon can do no more than FCPS allows her to do. The tail follows the head.

Is this really in the complaint?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

In the Plaintiff’s Complaint for Charlton et.al. v. Marie Lemmon and FCPS, it is claimed that Ms. Lemmon is seeking to have a school full of Caucasian teachers with blonde hair and blue eyes. Ms. Lemmon can do no more than FCPS allows her to do. The tail follows the head.

Is this really in the complaint?

Her admin team is one blonde, one brunette, and one Black woman. Bailey's doesn't exactly scream Aryan at any level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In the Plaintiff’s Complaint for Charlton et.al. v. Marie Lemmon and FCPS, it is claimed that Ms. Lemmon is seeking to have a school full of Caucasian teachers with blonde hair and blue eyes. Ms. Lemmon can do no more than FCPS allows her to do. The tail follows the head.

Is this really in the complaint?

Her admin team is one blonde, one brunette, and one Black woman. Bailey's doesn't exactly scream Aryan at any level.

LOL, and Bailey's demographics are about as far from Aryan as you can get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

In the Plaintiff’s Complaint for Charlton et.al. v. Marie Lemmon and FCPS, it is claimed that Ms. Lemmon is seeking to have a school full of Caucasian teachers with blonde hair and blue eyes. Ms. Lemmon can do no more than FCPS allows her to do. The tail follows the head.

Is this really in the complaint?

Not sure about the blue eyes part:

http://annandaleva.blogspot.com/2014/10/baileys-principal-charged-with.html

Most of the 31-page lawsuit deals with the experiences of Rachel Charlton, a former assistant principal at Bailey’s. Charlton says Lemmon urged the assistant principals to only hire “pretty young blondes” who did not have families and referred to teachers that didn’t fit into that category as the “geek squad.”