Bad eggs may be uncommon in teachers. Inept school officials are all too common.
March 5, 2008 - A teacher, we are told, stood up for her peers. At a school board meeting. She was the Brunswick County Schools' Teacher of the Year.
TT - Unfortunately, for the touchy feely story, Brunswick County Schools has not had a banner year and being Teacher of the Year for that school district isn't exactly an accolate you can pin on your chest. From the story:
Brunswick County Schools has received one black eye after another dating back to late 2006.TT - The father tried for eight months to get the board to act to quell the relationship between the teacher and his daughter. It was the fourth case involving inappropriate relations between an employee at a Brunswick County high school and a minor in the past year.
That's when an assistant principal at North Brunswick High School was fired after being charged with possession of marijuana and indecent exposure while attending a school-related conference in Atlantic Beach, N.C. [That would be Greg Morris. TT entry.]
Last summer, former South Brunswick coach and teacher Brenton Wuchae gained national attention when he resigned from his job and later the same day married one of his [16-year-old] students, Windy Hager. [The teacher was 40 years old.]
Hager's parents are suing the Board of Education, accusing them of not doing enough to prevent the two from having a relationship. The parents authorized their then-16-year-old daughter to marry Wuchae.
THREE - count 'em - three lawsuits have been filed against the district, including one where a 74-year-old janitor was allowed to retire - with benefits. He pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual offenses with a male student and six counts of indecent liberties with a child. Collis Hewett is awaiting sentencing.
Another set of parents suing the school board are claiming a West Brunswick High School teacher acted inappropriately with their daughter. That teacher was David Arrowood. TT - entry.
Mar 6 - A Brunswick County teachers' aide who also served as a bus driver was fired for allowing a boy to sit in urine-soaked clothing for about three hours.
LAWSUIT DISMISSED June 11, 2008 - Brunswick Superior Court Judge Thomas Lock dismissed a high-profile lawsuit Monday that was filed against the Brunswick County Board of Education by the parents of a girl who married her track coach. Defense attorney Kathleen Tanner argued that the board of education is immune and cannot be held liable in a case like this.
The judge also dismissed a suit Monday the parents had filed against their daughter's husband, Brenton Wuchae.
