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HiPointDem

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27. 100 teachers and 40 support personnel fired. the teacher had been brought up on charges in

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #23)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 04:05 PM

Jul 2012

1994, and it was the DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, not the teachers or the union, who allowed him to remain in the classroom.

Deasy also didn't do squat until an independent investigation forced him to.

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LA schools superintendent fires entire school staff [View all] n2doc Jul 2012 OP

So people who are not in the same grade Drale Jul 2012 #1

It's this, or Penn ST. bluedigger Jul 2012 #2

smearing the innocent is ok with you then? have a nice day :-) nt msongs Jul 2012 #3

Nobody was smeared, the super was acting with an abundance of caution. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #10

I'm sorry but no Drale Jul 2012 #11

I'm sorry but they closed the school down so that the could be confident that all were safe. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #12

Nobody was smeared, but a lot of innocent people got fired. Zalatix Jul 2012 #14

Two teachers in jail. NOBODY was fired. Did you even read the story??? NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #22

I guess I didn't read this Zalatix Jul 2012 #24

The teachers, who were warehoused at another location, may now return to the classroom at Miramonte NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #25

Of course you would applaud it MattBaggins Jul 2012 #15

Really? Drale Jul 2012 #4

John Deasy, former Gates Foundation employee & Broad Superintendent = education deformer. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #19

Sounds to me like he was looking for a headline. russspeakeasy Jul 2012 #5

This: "feeding students cookies smeared with his semen in "tasting games." NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #6

Boy.... Is he strict! MrMickeysMom Jul 2012 #7

Well.. ananda Jul 2012 #8

In the article it notes the teachers can return tammywammy Jul 2012 #9

There was quite a lengthy investigation. RandySF Jul 2012 #13

"sounds like" and "what really happened" MattBaggins Jul 2012 #16

he fired the staff because he's an ed deformer in the pocket of Gates and Broad. Former HiPointDem Jul 2012 #18

bullshit. that's not why he fired the staff. he fired the staff because he's a Broad Superintendent HiPointDem Jul 2012 #17

What a terrible person Dr. Deasy is! FrodosPet Jul 2012 #20

do you always believe every puff piece you read in the paper? deasy lied about having a HiPointDem Jul 2012 #21

I'm with you. Can't believe people are calling this bullshit. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #23

100 teachers and 40 support personnel fired. the teacher had been brought up on charges in HiPointDem Jul 2012 #27

I would have seriously considered the same thing Sgent Jul 2012 #26

"the culture"? wtf are you talking about? HiPointDem Jul 2012 #28

Organizations have a culture Sgent Jul 2012 #29

it wasn't the *school* who kept berndt in his job, it was the then-superintendent of schools, i.e. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #30