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How Does DCPS Handle Allegations Like These?
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Anonymous
| Several years ago I was concerned about one of my child's teachers. Something was off. (There's more, I'd rather not share specifics here.) There was no evidence of any wrongdoing except some unusual judgment calls, like repeated requests to socialize on the weekend, my child alone with this teacher. If we had been naive and allowed this, who knows what would have happened. At the time I was afraid to share my concerns with the principal. I thought she'd tell the teacher and that the teacher might take it out on my child. To this day I wonder if my suspicions were on target. This teacher has moved to the other side of the country. I have no idea what the teacher is doing these days. Anyway, my question is what is DCPS protocol, what are parents' rights and teachers' rights in these instances? (I post this in light of the news of the Sidwell teacher who was charged this week with inproprieties with a student (or more, not clear) last summer.) |
Anonymous
| I posted this before Rhee's statement about having fired teachers who'd had sex with students broke. Now more than ever I think everyone needs clarity on this. What is current policy? And are teacher's unions protecting teachers when parents raise concerns about behavior that suggests questionable intentions? |
Anonymous
| Teachers unions don't 'protect' teachers against allegations like these; yes, access to a crappy legal service is a union 'perk' but it is not like being a union member makes you above the law. You would call the best lawyer youcould find like anyone else. |
Anonymous
| This is not DC; why do people take the worst case teachers' union scenarios (NY, CA) and apply them to DC? DO you have evidence of rooms where poor teachers are stored in DC? |
Anonymous
| I'm the OP and I posted the New Yorker article. I was afraid to talk to the principal because I felt the teacher would have more rights than I did, access to a lawyer at no fee, etc. I also was concerned the principal might be obligated to share my concerns with the teacher. DC parents do not always know what's in the teacher's contract. (When they have one!) One contract prohibited principals from seeing class plans in advance ... how messed up is that? I'm pro-union but I believe the system needs tweaking and parents need to have a better understanding of what their rights. |
Anonymous
| P.S. It eats away at me that I did nothing here. Something was off. He might be doing the same thing, and worse, to others. |