Truth or Consequences, NEW MEXICO

Those dismissal hearings can get brutal.

Jan 10, 2008 - At a hearing with the Truth and Consequences School Board to protest his dismissal, a teacher allegedly became unruly and began kicking the attorney. He was promptly handcuffed and placed in the back seat of a police unit. He was later released, issued a citation and sent home.

Van Deelen taught mathematics at Alamogordo High School in 2006 and 2007. During his time at AHS, he also ran for a seat on the Alamogordo school board. Hired in August 2007 in Truth or Consequences, he was dismissed three months later from the Truth or Consequences middle school.

LAWSUITS
While teaching at Alamogordo High School in 2006, Van Deelen filed a lawsuit against fellow teacher Bill Beuhler, which is still pending. AND, he also has a suit against the Alamogordo school board that is pending as well. AND, prior to being placed on administrative leave, he filed suit against two students in his eighth grade Truth or Consquences math class and the grandmother of a student in his sixth grade math class. AND, On July 30 last year, while working at PreCheck in Alamogordo, Van Deelen filed a suit for defamation, slander and libel, invasion of privacy, conspiracy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against three fellow employees, which he later dismissed Aug. 8 last year.

[They missed the 2003 lawsuit.]
See Teacher Sues Alamogordo District ... Again!

Our favorite: Because the hearing was not completed, Van Deelen will continue on paid leave until the hearing can be concluded.

FIRED Jan 15 - Van Deelen failed to show up for the continuance of his administrative hearing Monday. The board subsequently affirmed the decision to discharge him from the district as a teacher.