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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I can find it seems Deilia Butler is around 55.  If she plead guilty 12 years ago that would make her 43.  Plenty years of adult life experience!
Sorry,  I hope she has kicked her addiction, but she should have known better at age 43 and in my opinion she has no business working in [u]any school system[/u] period.  Certified or not.[/quote]

Who cares about your opinion?  You obviously know nothing if this is the type of knee jerk bias you have about someone who committed a felony once in her life.  Please try to educate yourself before you come back spouting nonsense.  What about the follks who have come to FCPS without records only to be fired for sexual offenses or theft?  I'd be more concerned about that, then people who have worked honestly for years only to be thrown out on the streets because someone at FCPS didn't do their job right the first time.  [/quote]

Yes FCPS should have caught it in the beginning and she should not have been hired but their hiring process, while it needs to be corrected, is not the fault here it is the [b]bad decision of an adult[/b] who should have known better.  [/quote]

Maybe an employment attorney can answer this.  She did not lie on her application and was hired to a job in which there were no complaints.  At this time, does the school have just and legal cause to terminate her contract of employment.  My gut feeling without research says that they waived that right and are barred at this time from barring her without cause.  She should find an attorney and find out her options.  That is all.  [/quote]

I don't see how the new administration can be held liable for mistakes made by others years ago.  It is FCPS hiring law and that someone 8 years ago missed it is not grounds to ignore the law.  I am just glad they caught it now for her and the others.  [b]I really don't think suing will gain her anything except for dragging her and her family through more mud.[/b]  [/quote]

I agree, despite feeling for her.  But it would be nice to see someone advocate on her behalf.   I'm no attorney, but can see the liability issues, if something happened and FCPS had not followed their own rules about not hiring ex-offenders.  That said, given that she had held employment and not gotten in any trouble for years (and I believe there's research to show if you haven't reoffended within 7 years, you're not more likely to commit another crime than the average person) seems like she had put it behind her and does not deserve to be publicly rebranded as a felon in her job search now.  [/quote]

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