Arizona principal garners support (accused of falsifying docs. but parents still stand behind her)

The Arizona Republic ^ | Anne Ryman

[hsmomx3]

SCOTTSDALE - Sequoya Elementary School parents plan to show up at today's Scottsdale Parent Council meeting and tonight's school board meeting to show their support for Principal Maureen Booth.

The Scottsdale School Board last week started the process to fire Booth, saying she altered student test scores to get incentive money for teachers. They also say she falsified student enrollment counts during the 1998-99 and 1999-00 school years and failed to appropriately discipline an employee in 1999 who made inappropriate overtures to a fifth-grade student.

[hsmomx3]

Are these parents out of their minds? They still support this prinicpal even though it appears she has falsified information. What am I missing here? The support this woman is receiving as per local tv newscasts is amazing.

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[jnarcus]

Must be a bucn of demonrats....cause they think lying is a sacrament

[teeples]

This is why we homeschool. Were I there..I'd call for this woman go down in flames! Sheesh!! I am so glad we don't have our kids in gov't schools.

[FreePaul]

It's all about the money. We had a whole school district that falsified the number of dropouts. Administrators got bonus money for their achievement. The guy who finally blew the whistle on this fraud has been reassigned to a non-job. Will be dismissed sooner or later. No one charged as the result of their criminal action. No bonus money returned.

[Cobra Scott]

Saying she altered student test scores to get incentive money for teachers.

Was this a curving adjustment that she has the ability to make? Because otherwise it would be chargeable under the penal code. Sounds like a bogus charge in some ways (or not, just applying some skepticism)

They also say she falsified student enrollment counts during the 1998-99 and 1999-00 school years

Falsified, or was there a typo or a vague portion? Again, falsifying these can be prosecuted by the feds if it affects the school lunch program, and by most probably the state (again, curious that she was just being fired...)

and failed to appropriately discipline an employee in 1999 who made inappropriate overtures to a fifth-grade student.

Doesn't say she failed to discipline, only failed to "appropriately" discipline. What was the alleged offense, the evidence, and the discipline?

Just thought I'd get that out there before mindless but well-meaning Freepers start taking the side of one government entity over that of a government employee, simply because it involves "those precious children".

[moyden2000]