Sept 5, 2007 - An Assistant princial at Glen Este Middle School left her 2-year-old daughter to die in a hot, searing car for eight hours outside the school. Since the District Attorney declined to charge her, locals are hoping the school board will fire her.
The West Clermont School Board will meet Monday to discuss the issue. It won't be easy to find a reason to fire her. (TT - Although a decent person would have resigned, recognizing that she had no credibility or moral authority.)
Among the reasons, [Hollie Reedy, director of legal services for the Ohio School Boards Association] said, are gross inefficiency, immorality, willful and persistent violation of school board rules, and good and just cause, “which doesn’t mean any reason that you want. When teachers get fired, there’s a lot of litigation on what constitutes a good and just cause. It has to be a serious matter.”The story has been a sensation throughout greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. The newspaper reports that on Enquirer.com’s message board, some writers who identified themselves as living in West Clermont, and some who live elsewhere, said the district should not allow a woman who can’t keep track of her own kids to watch over other people’s kids and dole out parenting advice.
It’s a tough time for West Clermont. With two members up for re-election and six challengers, this issue is hot enough that it could cost incumbents their seats, and the district its fourth attempt at a bond issue.TT - Link to West Clermont School Board site.
WCPO - August 24 - "The Slaby death was the 23rd such child fatality in the United States this year, according to Jan Null with the Department of Geosciences at San Francisco State University."
TT - A Kentucky teacher left two of her children, ages 2 and 4 months old, in a locked car at school for six hours. They didn't die, but you won't believe what the school principal said. Link
