Posted on 05/23/2017 12:14:33 PM PDT by simpson96
Between the dresses and tuxedos, the tickets, and the ride, it’s easy to spend a lot of money on prom. One teacher who noticed that people were splurging on prom as opposed to, say, school supplies, expressed her opinion about it publicly — and is now being punished.
On May 12, Caitlin Cormack, a middle school teacher in Bedford, Ohio, took to Snapchat to express her frustration with students and parents choosing to overspend on prom but not on school supplies or a tutor. “These damn kids and parents … not enough money for school supplies or passing grades but out here renting horses,” Cormack wrote over a selfie. In the photo, she looked frustrated.
According to News 5 Cleveland, a parent confirmed that “renting horses” refers to the horse-drawn carriages that took some students to prom Friday night. It appears a few parents follow Cormack and complained about the post. Now she’s been put on administrative leave.
The school’s superintendent, Andrea Celico, told News 5 Cleveland that “the incident is under investigation” and that she was “disappointed in what has happened.”
Celico added that Cormack “is very saddened by this, and it’s certainly a hard lesson to learn for everyone.”
So what’s the big deal? “I think it’s very disrespectful to the parents,” John Bouldin, the parent of a senior at Bedford High School, told News 5. “We do pay taxes in this city, so that teachers can make a nice salary to do their jobs, not to comment about our kids.”
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The technology already exists to create white and black lists for websites and apps to be blocked or filtered. It certainly is within the realm of security technology to record the usage and web traffic little johnny and Jenny visit. What hasn’t been invented is a strong enough replacement backbone for most public school administrators to implement this. Or big enough testicular implants to stand up to these ridiculous and entitlement-hungry parents.
What exactly is “administrative leave,” and what happens when a matter is “under investigation?”
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