Posted on 02/27/2015 8:56:56 PM PST by lowbridge
Debora Vailes re-posted on her personal Facebook page a photograph of a little girl crying because of the shortcomings of Common Core. Later that day, her school principal, Dr. Dana Nolan, after discovering the post, gave Deborah Vailes her first written reprimand and ordered her to refrain from expressing any opinion about public education on social media and to remove her anti-Common Core post from the social media site – ASAP. (The school district refers to written reprimands as a “documented conferences.”) Dr. Nolan further informed Deborah that she could not to discuss her opinion in public – on any social media or any public forum.
Two days later, Dr. Nolan held a mandatory faculty meeting of the Pineville Junior high school. She informed the faculty at the meeting that Deborah Vailes was reprimanded due to posting a negative opinion about Common Core on Facebook. Dr. Nolan warned the faculty not to share their personal opinions or speak-out in any way. After hearing about the Principal’s gag order, Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, issued an executive order that teachers were to be afforded the same constitutional guarantees afforded to all citizens. However, his executive order did not deter the Defendant, Dr. Nolan, from continuing her vendetta against Deborah Vailes.
Before Vailes posted her Facebook criticism of Common Core, she had a stellar personnel record; she had never received a reprimand. Since her public criticism, she has received three additional written reprimands. School administrators are now constantly visiting her class, when before her criticism of Common Core, such visits were rare. Dr. Nolan has stripped Debbie Vailes of her responsibilities, and placed her in a job category which, according to Vailes’ colleagues, will be eliminated at the end of the school year resulting in her termination.
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>>I think Ford would have some right to tell
>>that engineer to shut up
Ford isn’t the Government.
“ERRORS CEASING TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN IT IS PERMITTED FREELY TO CONTRADICT THEM”
What does this mean?
There are federal court cases that support the actions of the teacher. If she is fired, she will win, and win big.
Teacher’s have a constitutional right to speak out on matters important to the public just like any other person.
There is specific federal case law on this point.
I work independently. Now, where do you work?
Hitting “like” button!
BS... here in California it is a wholly owned subsidiary of the progressives in the State Legislature. They only give the illusion that localities have control... BS
Great post.
Ford is a private-sector corporation!
Conversely, this woman is a teacher at a publicly funded government school.
That's a huge difference. This woman's exercising of free speech is entirely appropriate in this instance, and the powers above her are waaaaaaaaaay off base in singling her out for persecution...
If you were on Twitter I would follow you! Well reasoned, well stated...
Right now I’m retired but my husband just had a heart attack so might hit the road again.He says to wait.
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