Posted on 01/09/2018 5:17:00 AM PST by tkocur
A special meeting of the Vermilion Parish School Board got a bit heated last night and a concerned educator ended up in handcuffs.
Deyshia Hargrave, an English language arts teacher at Rene Rost Middle School in Kaplan, got up to address the board during the public comments portion of the meeting to discuss teacher salaries and pay raises. Her big concern was that while teachers were asked to do more for little to no extra pay, the board was voting to increase the salary of current superintendent Jerome Puyau.
However, Hargrave was ruled out of order by board president Anthony Fontana, warning her that the public comment section was not a question-and-answer section.
As you'll see in the video below, while getting up to comment for a second time, Hargrave was confronted by an Abbeville city marshal on duty. She was asked to leave the building to which she appeared to abide to.
Once in the hall, Hargrave was placed in handcuffs by the marshal. (In the video below from Joshua Blake, you cannot see what happened for a few seconds once she left the meeting room and entered the hall.)
It is uncertain if the marshal acted on his own accord or was directed by the board.
Payou says that the board won't press charges against Hargrave.
Considering the salary, health bennies, and pension the teacher draws for 180 days of work a year, this is pretty funny.
A pox on both their houses.
We have some supers that make more than the President!
And NYS is going broke, in part, due to teachers pensions and healthcare bennies.
Please post the state the article is taking place in next time - it makes it easier to understand the circumstances of the story.
an English language arts teacher===Inflated title to improve lacking self esteem.
You are correcto!
School Superintendents, the country’s highest-paid migrant workers.
It’s Louisiana. Added it to Keywords
What? "Deyshia" and "parish" weren't enough of a clue for you?
She is going to get a raise.
“Payou says that the board won’t press charges against Hargrave.”
That is rich!!!! Who says that they can? Maybe she will press charges on them.
most teachers I know may be in the classroom teaching 180-ish days a year but they work many more days per year than that in preparation and related things to being able to teach their students. Many use their own money to buy supplies etc not covered by what the school supplies.
Sounds like business as usual in Louisiana.....
Not looking for clues just the heading like Joplin, Mo or something.
School board is the easiest elected office in this country to kick an incumbent out of. Anyone can spend a little time and effort and effect change on a school board.
FACT. Meanwhile, school districts bloat themselves with overhead and overpaid staff who add little to no value to educating kids. Then, there’s the multi million dollar sports programs....
In Texas, most successful football coaches in big school districts make more than the President. But they are worth it!
Pensions and health bennies are still unaffordable.
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