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Brownsville settles with teacher over Facebook photo with stripper ( Pittsburgh )
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| August 18, 2010
| Paula Reed Ward
Posted on 08/18/2010 5:14:23 PM PDT by george76
A Spanish teacher in the Brownsville Area School District, she was suspended for 30 days without pay because a photograph of her with a stripper at a colleague's bachelorette party was posted on the popular social networking website.
On Tuesday, she said she felt vindicated, as she and her ACLU attorney announced a $10,000 settlement with the district, along with full back pay and a clearing of her disciplinary record.
Butch Santicola, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania State Educators Association, said teachers have to be careful in what photographs they take, what gets posted and where.
"This is something that's occurring with our members on an almost daily basis," Mr. Santicola said. "For some reason, our teachers are expected to be held to a different standard."
(Excerpt) Read more at postgazette.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: aclu; educators; santicola; teacher; teachers; teachersunion; teacherunion
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posted on
08/18/2010 5:14:26 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
“Mr. Santicola said. “For some reason, our teachers are expected to be held to a different standard.””
gee imagine that
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posted on
08/18/2010 5:17:47 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
That’s what I was thinking.
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posted on
08/18/2010 5:20:21 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: driftdiver; freekitty
To: george76
"For some reason, our teachers are expected to be held to a different standard than other Democrats." There, fixed it.
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posted on
08/18/2010 5:25:36 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: george76
It is against the rules to post this without pics.
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posted on
08/18/2010 5:26:41 PM PDT
by
edcoil
(Truth's commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed.)
To: george76
It is against the rules to post this without pics.
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posted on
08/18/2010 5:26:47 PM PDT
by
edcoil
(Truth's commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed.)
To: george76
"This is something that's occurring with our members on an almost daily basis." No wonder. Perhaps teachers should spend more time teaching rather than trying to be "BFF's" with their students. I think some teachers behave as if the classroom is the latest reality show.
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posted on
08/18/2010 5:28:52 PM PDT
by
rickmichaels
(Allah AkBarack!!!)
To: edcoil; metmom
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posted on
08/18/2010 5:42:19 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
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posted on
08/18/2010 5:44:11 PM PDT
by
edcoil
(Truth's commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed.)
To: george76
I just spoke with someone from this school earlier today on an unrelated issue. Weird.
To: edcoil
Notice the rainbow flag in the background. Don’t think she’s into dudes.
To: george76
“and a clearing of her disciplinary record. “
It’s all over the internets so unless they clean the many tubes it will not happen
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posted on
08/18/2010 6:17:51 PM PDT
by
mainsail that
("A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights" - Napoleon Bonaparte)
To: mainsail that
The way you worded that just made me grin...
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posted on
08/18/2010 6:21:31 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(America: Why should a product be deemed a failure if you ignore assembly and operation instructions?)
To: george76
Ginger D'Amico
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posted on
08/18/2010 8:59:57 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
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posted on
08/18/2010 9:01:22 PM PDT
by
rawhide
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