Principal Forced to Retire After Suspending 9-Year-Old Student for Calling Teacher ‘Cute’
- Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:10am by
Billy Hallowell
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Earlier this week, the Blaze reported on 9-year-old Emanyea Lockett’s suspension story. As you’ll recall, the child was forced to stay home from school for three days after he called his female teacher “cute.” Now, the principal who qualified these comments as “sexual harassment” has been forced to retire over the incident.
Following the suspension, school officials investigated and determined that Lockett hadn’t done anything wrong (though officials had previously said that Lockett had also been guilty of calling other students inappropriate names — something the boy has denied).
As a result, the principal of Brookside Elementary School, Jerry Bostic, was given an hour to either quit or face termination. Following his forced retirement after a long, 44-year career, the former principal is speaking out.
“I didn’t show a history of making problems like that. I’ve had the best of evaluations my entire career and because of some syndicated columnist in New York or California, I don’t have a job,” he said. ”I admit I made some errors in what I did, but to fire me or to demote me with 44 years in it, it just doesn’t make sense.”
“I made a mistake,” he continued. “I offered to apologize for my mistake, but I wasn’t given that opportunity.”
According to Bostic, the local superintendent, Reeves McGlohon, was the one who gave him the ultimatum. He explains that McGlohon threatened to either fire him or drop him down to an assistant principal position. He went on to call the superintendent “heartless.”
Chiquita Lockett, the boy’s mother, is relieved by the decision. Previously, she told WSOCTV.com that she was confused over the suspension. “It’s not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way,” she said. “So why would he be suspended…?”
Responding to the news about Bostic, Lockett, who is said to be seeking a potential lawsuit against the school district, said, ”This is something that everyone needed to see, just to see what’s happening within our school systems.”
(H/T: Fox News)
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Comments (215)
yougottabekidding
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:59amRodentKing
So if it was your kid and white what would you do?
Report Post »Wrong is wrong, is wrong!!
PATRIOTMAMA
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:49amI don’t think that firing him over one incident is the wisest decision, HOWEVER, I also understand that we have to show ZERO TOLERANCE for this hyper-sensitive way of thinking where kindergartners’ get suspended for pointing thier fingers like guns or saying a teacher is “cute.” We need to be sending a HUGE message to liberals and their NO TOLERANCE policies that exterminate common sense. After we get a handle on these morons for a while then we really need to get back to common sense ourselves and not go straight to lawsuits and firing people for mistakes. That is how the left operates with “NO TOLERANCE” that is not how common sense operates and we need to be better than them. Just saying.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:16amWait a minute-they are forcing this crap of “everything” can be construed as harassment, then when someone who thinks they better call it harassment or they will get fired, get’s fired even when he apologizes, for thinking it might be wrong according to the entirely stupid rules in place. If he hadn’t done anything I bet someone would have said something the OTHER way. My opinion is he was screwed either way. So now two wrongs make it right? I am getting to really hate school boards and their gestapo tactics.
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:20amFire them all, no tolerance no brains… it must be guberment Vote for more guberment
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:25am@Jenny Lind
Report Post »You are right — if he hadn’t done something the union would have sued him and the school board for not protecting the teacher.
rickbob
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:07amJL,
He could have EASILY called the school’s blood suckers, er, lawyers, and then made a decision. What he did was incredibly stupid. NO student can sexually harass, legally, a teacher because they are not in a position over the teacher. . .
Report Post »FORLORNHOPE
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:52amTeachers and schools are bullying students and parents with political correctness to destroy American society as we know it. Death to PC! Take back our schools on a local level even if you home school yourself, fight them because the children will one day grow up and become an angry mob .
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 11:47amOh and remember Glen Beck does not like it when we write the truth. He calls it hate. He said on every Blaze post you only have to read down four comments and you see the hate. Glen Beck is getting turned by the Fox Network. If he does not turn, he will loose his radio job.
Report Post »IWISHFORABETTERAMERIKA
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 1:37pmHe was probably fired due to the HUGE numbers of phone calls and emails the school administration received after this story aired. The principal may have made a little mistake but it truly exposes his bias and his inability to make smart decisions.
Report Post »Courtjester19500
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 6:33pmOther stupid “no tolerance” incidents..
A girl (early teens) spends the weekend with a friend. Has some “female cramps”. Friend gives her some Midol. One gets left in her backpack. Teacher finds it. Straight-A student gets suspended for a week because of a “no-tolerance drug policy”.
A boy, 5 years old, is kicked out of kindergarten for sexual harassment. His crime? He kissed a 5 year old girl on the cheek.
I agree – in certain places, zero tolerance is important. I drive a truck – I want to be sure the driver next to me isn’t high or drunk! I don’t like to see waitresses harassed – and have stood up to harassers on the laies’ behalf. Common sense needs to be applied, though. As in this case, saying a teacher is “cute” is NOT sexual harassment – if anything it could be considered a compliment.
Report Post »bigfatslob
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:48am44 years is enough, move on PC leftard.
Report Post »c.rozycki
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:47amA 9 year old was hitting on a teacher? This child is growing up with a lack of respect for his elders… And you are all worried about the principal receiving his pension? ha. After 44 years, they kicked his butt to the curb.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:04amI would like to be a fly on the wall in this kids house. Where theres smoke there’s fire. All the other incidents involving other students, think back to when you were in school. There was always that kid that ran his mouth and then became an angel when an adult showed up. Listening to his mother, it sounds like the problem fixing needs to start at home.
Report Post »Ldychef2k
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:06amA fourth grader told his friend that he thought the teacher was cute. He didn’t hit on anybody.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:22amHitting on his teacher? No! He made the comment to another student who is his friend. It was overheard by a SUBSTITUTE teacher and reported to the principal.
Almost every male elementry student has had a crush on a female teacher. In the old days it was called “Puppy Love” and is really a normal part of growing up. Many girls that age have crushes on male teachers, again, a normal part of growing up.
This school principal should have handled the situation quite differently. A conference with the child, explaining that the comment could be misconstrued and was inappropriate, would have been sufficient. With 44 years of “Experience” he should have recognized the comment as the innocent ramblings of a 9 year old child.
This is what you get when you are forced to tolerate “Tenured” school personell. That the board was able to “Retire” him is amazing in itself. How long before union buffoons start howling.
Report Post »c.rozycki
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:24am@Ldychef2k… where did you find that in this news story?
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 11:56am@c.rozycki
Let’s see here…it was mentioned in the video included in the story and it was also mentioned in the article that TheBlaze originally wrote on this topic. And of course it’s also been mentioned by many other news sources.
Report Post »Charlayne
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 1:12pmI have a 9 year old grand daughter who is in the 4th grade. These kids do notice who is “cute” and who isn’t. At this age it’s just a “hey, she’s cute” comment, not a sexual hitting on thing. The substitute over reacted by going to the principal rather than talking to the youngster and saying something like “I appreciate what you told your friend, why don’t you go do (whatever they were supposed to be doing at the time)?” and refocus his attention to his work. That is how it was done “back in my day” (I graduated in 1975).
In high school, we had a tennis coach who was “OMG HOT!!!” He wore tennis shorts an a polo shirt almost every day and he had longer hair than any other male teacher in the school (remember, this was the early 1970′s). He was a typing teacher when he wasn’t coaching and there was always a class full of girls for him. He also had a fan club. The principals all knew this too, no one called it “sexual harassment” or anything else. It was NORMAL stuff for high school girls to have a crush. And he didn’t encourage it, he was married and had two kids and all the girls knew it. But they still had crushes on him.
It‘s sad to see what’s happening now days when kids can‘t even appreciate their teacher’s looks.
Report Post »MostlyReading
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 10:33amhitting on a teacher? You didn’t actually read the article, did you? The kid was overheard saying that the teacher was cute.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:45amPrior to my retirement, I had a 35 year career in Human Resources in the private sector, both at union and nonunion companies. The principal’s decision to suspend Emanyea was a serious mistake in judgement, but it did not warrant the termination of employment. If this was a private sector job, he would either been demoted or given a “last chance” warning letter. In the private sector, his termination would only have been justified if he had prior discilinary actions that promised termination for futher infractions.
Just so you decide to jump on me for not agreeing with other postings, in the middle of my career I spent 6 years specializing in breaking the power of unions in manufacturing sites. I was good at what I did.
Report Post »Emrys
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:05amDismayed, I agree with you. I work in the education field as a teacher in a private school, and I know how quickly things can escalate in the workplace where you have a lot of sensitive issues (head lice, cheating, bullying/harassment, promotion/retention of grade level, etc.). The principal over-reacted, but not in a way that couldn’t be taken back. The school board was wrong to fire him, and that’s ruined his career after 44 years. The scale does not balance here.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:54amThe principal’s personnel record is not available. What do you think is in it?
I did not receive a raise for nearly 10 yrs in the private sector, because I shot my mouth off to often ( some one has to call a spade – a spade).
Do you honestly think this is an isolated event?
Report Post »pulguita
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:06amThe teacher was offered a demotion. Either take assistant vp or quit.
Report Post »I-90 Guy
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 11:52amWould tend to agree with you Vet, that‘s why there has to be more to this than we’ve been told. My guess that this principal was already given a “last warning” for other bone-head decisions and this was the last straw. But because it’s a “personnel issue” we’ll never hear about it.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 12:05pmPay attention to the story, homie. The principle was NOT terminated. He was given an ultimatum with two options.
A) Accept a demotion to Vice Principle, or
Report Post »B) Retire
Pete
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 5:45pmDoctor Nordo
Report Post »“Pay attention to the story, homie. The principle was NOT terminated. He was given an ultimatum with two options.”
You are right, the principle was not terminated. The superintendent stood on “principle” and asked the “principal” to accept a demotion or retire.
Doctor Nordo
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 7:19pmAck! Leave my spelling alone! It’s usually very good! I had been awake for a good 24 hours straight when I wrote that!
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:41pmIt’s so tiring having a spelling police always on duty, a comprehension police, etc. This site is for everyone to make comments without being corrected by others..
Report Post »Most of us have enough knowledge to know what others are talking about without the extra slap in the face correction. This ain‘t school and we’re all free to express the best we can without being insulted with red mark type insults. Try going to more professional sites if it bothers you so much.
amd1044
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:44amThis man sounds like a whiney, self-entitled, union beureaucrat. He damaged the innocent mind of a 9 year old boy by teaching him things he had no business knowing, just to make an example of him.
In this country we are provided jobs, his job was provided by the taxpayer, just because you‘ve maintained it 44 years doesn’t mean you own it. He made a terrible mistake with a taxpayers child, and sat on his mistake releasing statements like “We can’t discuss any students.” Now after the fact he wants to say he offered to apologize.
Report Post »You don’t OFFER to apologize, you come out and do it, you don’t wait for someone to ask you. Welcome to a taste of reality, try getting a real job in the real world now, oh wait, you’re probably going to make 100k + per year for the rest of your life now right?
Jenny Lind
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:21amGive me a friccin break-at nine years old that kid is not one bit damaged, maybe confused a bit, but at nine he’s got a vocabulary and attitude that would shock you. I hear it all the time-nine year olds are more world wise than older generations can even begin to imagine.
Report Post »Rowwdy
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 10:45pmPuhleeze AMD….that little snot is no more damaged than the man in the moon. His big ole’ momma would love to sue the school. The principal screwed up, but I guarantee you, if that had been a white kid, this wouldn’t be happening.
Socialists have pushed their idiotic agenda so far, it‘s damned if you do and damned if you don’t. If, as alleged, the kid has been using the “n” and “b” word, then he has a pattern of potty mouth and maybe his intentions weren’t quite so innocent. Nine year old kids today know a hell of lot more than when I was 9 and they are a LOT more flippant.
I don’t generally stick up for public school employees, but in this instance….the district screwed up too. You don’t get to 44years of being in education because of ongoing problems. The “ultimatum” was over the top by a bunch of scared board members who capitulated to Big Mama. I guarantee you, there is more to this story than the brief article here.
Report Post »Choctaw25
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:43amI certainly hope that my e-mail to the district ranting about how wrong they had treated this child, had a part in bringing this principal to the unemployed status. He will still get a “fat cat” pension, but it will send a message loud and clear, that some people aren’t going to accept this lunacy anymore, common sense must prevail.
Report Post »So, NO Funjumper, the decision to fire him was not stupid. The core reason this incident occured is because Americans have been standing down and not standing up to the liberal PC crowd for far too long. The principal is just a casualty of the war that we are fighting against the liberals, and hopefully there will be many more casualties of this type on the field of verbal & written battle against the PC morons or this country is going to be forced to take up actual arms in another type of “Civil War” to regain our wonderful country.
I consider you Funjumper with your type of comments and thinking as part of the problem and not a part of the solution.
UnPlugged Ed
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:42amIt was TOTALLY inappropriate for that little 9 year old (who I am willing to bet has a history of trouble) to say that to a teacher. I hope the Principle sues the crap out of the school. And by the way, I am for canning that kid a few years ago for graffiti, and I think its high time we hand out $1000 fines for Jay-Walking. Tired of all this crap, kids need to shut the heck up and respect teachers again. Our country/the world is a toilet. 2 sides to every story, lets stop just giving all the CHAQUITA’S of the world the benefit of the doubt….“The 9 year old boy denies”….he has a past…OH REALLY?? he DENIES IT? how SHOCKING!…yea, blame the teachers, give Chaquita…Constapatia…Diphtheria, or whatever her name is, give her a million bucks in a law suit, go ahead, screw it.
Report Post »Choctaw25
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:49amHey Ed, have you ever considered switching to decaf or a new blood pressure medication.
Report Post »UnPlugged Ed
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:00amhang on Choctaw25, gonna check your posts, see if you were ever passionate on anything, I’ll report back.
Report Post »UnPlugged Ed
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:03amAs Glenn says- There’s always a sentence that barks out in an article…..“he has a history”. Truth though? I don’t believe a THING I read anymore, even on the Blaze.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:03am@UnPlugged Ed.. I wish people would read the WHOLE story before they comment.. He didn’t say it to “ the ” teach or even “ a ” teacher.. He said to a friend , a different teacher over heard him and reported it.. Sheesh !!
Report Post »Stegall TX
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:19amThe 9-year-old boy didn’t say anything to his teacher. He was overheard by a substitute teacher telling a friend that he thought his teacher was cute. When I was a kid, we did the same thing. It wasn’t disrespectful. I still have the occasional thought about Mrs Goolsby or Mrs Fry.
OOPS. Did I just get banned?!!?
Report Post »UnPlugged Ed
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:28amdemint.disciple- you dont know that!. dont believe all you read. There is more to this i ASSURE you. Every stories 1st report is always wrong or missing something…. I learned that lesson on this day-”Elvis is dead, it was not drug related”.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:37amHey Ed, he didn’t make the comment TO the teacher, he made it to a friend. It would have been different had he ran into the teacher‘s room and grabbed her breasts or ran his hand up her skirt but he didn’t do anything of the sort.
I grew up in the 50s and many kids, from elementary through high school made comments about good looking female teachers. Amazingly enough, we all survived.
This principal just plain over reacted.
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:48amHow do you expect children to respect adults when you are taught most of your life that parents are incompetent, especially the fathers? Breaking down the family is a part of the plan but liberalism also leaves the child rudderless and a tool of political correctness. The wonderful Utopia that is suppose to rise as the purging of the influence of the church and the doctrine of sin, which results in guilt, is being revisited upon them via the church of political correctness. Our children can now have guilt over their carbon foot print, their secret desire to eat meat, wear fur and be warm in the winter or comfortable in the summer. This child should not have been aware that the teacher was “cute” in any inappropriate way. Children are naturally able to blurt out the occasional wisdom but they should be working on acquiring wisdom more than stumbling blindly into the occasional gem. I think if the principal had been able to say in his defense that he consulted the school attorney first, he would still be there. I agree with anyone who thinks that there is more to this story than is printed. How does a person seem to function “well” for 44 years and then go suddenly off the rails? It is not the principal going off the rails, it is our society.
Report Post »IWISHFORABETTERAMERIKA
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 1:43pmEd, the kid didn’t say a word to the teacher. He remarked to his friend that he thought the teacher was cute (AIN’T IT A SHOCKER!?). A substitute teacher overheard the comment and reported it to the principal. Maybe you should read the whole article or watch the whole video before you post uninformed comments.
Report Post »UnPlugged Ed
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:11pmMaybe you morons should read ALL of what I SAID, before making moronic comments about ME, asking ME to read ALL of what was WRITTEN, which as I said, i DONT believe. I have been around long enough to make an educated GUESS what happened THAT day, and the possible history of that little snot. So….go blow a few notes on my skin flute.
Report Post »JefeHalager
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 8:05pmMr. Ed, according to your logic I can say this: you are an idiot, because I don’t believe what you said (what I read by you) I have been around long enough to come up with an educated opinion. Great logic buddy. hahahahaha you only chose to believe one part of the whole article (the kid has a history) and ignore everything else that doesn’t fit into your argument. Doesn’t suit you well to say the article is a lie but your only valid point comes from the same article….. pls spare us your thoughts from here on out.
Report Post »LARR
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:41amEmanyea – “My teacher is cute”
Report Post »Jack Booted Thugs – “Apologise or you are suspended”
Emanyea – “I hereby retract that statement”
td9463
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:40amcute story
Report Post »IWISHFORABETTERAMERIKA
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 1:45pmTD9463, Are you sexually harassing this story??
Report Post »felix
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:39amforced to retire with a million dollar retirement package – no doubt !
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:34amObviously it was time for you to retire when you can’t figure out that a compliment is and what sexual harassment is. The substitute teacher should never be used again either if she doesn’t realize this. Maybe she’s gay or from California; who really knows. :)
Report Post »One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:33amFinally a story with a great ending. This stuff is so out of control if we don‘t smash back hard now it’ll quickly become the intolerable norm. :( Freaking nut jobs inside these insulated teachers’ unions and public unions. They’re for the most part on another planet when they THINK they speak for everyone.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:29amWhy do you think the guy suspended him? Could it be if he didn’t do something the board would have heard from the other side? Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. I wouldn’t want his job for any money-the rules change every time a board member get’s a call from a parent, or a call from the aclu, or naacp, or the group of the day. He made an error on the side of trying to meet all the friccen rules that change without notice or how the “supe” gets phone calls. He probably was a good principal-better before all the insane rules have about ruined any kind of respect, but hey they all get a trophy, right?
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 3:53pmThis dear little boy made a sweet and innocent comment. This princible was wrong and so was the teacher. She should be fired as well. In fact the school needs to be looked into for their policies. This is so absurd. Most likely the school will have a law suit on their hands and rightfully so. Regardless of the childs race, he is just a little boy who made an observation and gave his teacher a compliment.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:33amThdy are no longer school systems, it is refered to as …the education industry…. And it has a monopoly and a failing product line…
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:30am“But resist, we much… we must… and we will much… about… that… be committed.”
Report Post »Azzman
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:59amHey is that you Al Sharpton? :)
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 10:13amyep, that about sums it all up rather nicely……
Report Post »watashbuddyfriend
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:29amThanks school officials for correcting one of many problems across these United States! Marry Christmas to ALL!
Report Post »Bobj_1960
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:28amIt seems that California has become a land of extreme responses with little room for commin sense
Report Post »IWISHFORABETTERAMERIKA
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 1:48pmThis was in North Carolina, not California.
Report Post »Bobj_1960
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 2:12pmMy apologies, I thought I read California somewhere. After rereading I saw my mistake.
Report Post »Courtjester19500
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 6:47pmAh, but remember – North Carolina is the East Coast California.. Didn’t their (like TOTALLY UNcute) governor recently say that Obama should suspend congressional elections in 2012??
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:26amHow did he last this long?
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:35amDoes it not see interesting that schools appear to be a hotbed of sexual deviants at every level, makes one think that the education system is a magnet for misfits. A new story everyday somewhere, maybe schools really are our biggest problem.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:25amIt’s about time someone publicly gets to pay for stupidity, and someone shows common sense.
Report Post »Unbelieveable!!
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:24am.
Awwwwwwww did your little PC fauxpas get you fired?
GOOD AND I HOPE IT HURTS….Merry Christmas Moron……….
And it was not some syndicated columnist that got you fired. It was you who got you fired, just like a little Obama blame it on someone else, I didn’t do it, it was Bush’s fault………………
Report Post »funjumper
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:22amThe punishment to the principle was as stupid as the principles punishment to the kid. Does ANYONE in public education think past this zero tolerance anymore. Time to disband the unions, close the Dept of Ed in DC, and go to a statewide voucher program. Time the inmates stop running the asylum.
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:35amWe agree….. and now the parents are considering a lawsuit !!! Sounds like they are acting like 9 year olds…. geez get over it !!!
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:40amStupid? he deserves no less and I’d give him more.
Report Post »His actions are paramount to that of a pedophile, he showed power, lied about, and basiclly terrorized a young child.
After all it must be true I‘m incharge and I’m an adult and I do not lie!
UnPlugged Ed
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:10amFunjumper- thanks for being the only sane person on here today. Both actions were silly. All these Beckbots would rather call the substitute teacher a “Lesbian”. My God, the idiots on both sides.
Report Post »UnPlugged Ed
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:13amyougottabekidding- Its people like you, that appear on “my side of things” that scare the hell out of me and make me beg for the return of Jesus Christ to shut this toilet down.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:46amThank you, being somewhat invoved in education, I get to hear the stories of the “board” and the changes made almost daily for these folks trying to keep a learning atmosphere, do what the board says, listen to the teachers complaints, try to keep some of the kids from killing each other-and the teachers, implement all the feds want done, meet ALL the requirements of the board, and deal with kids who have never been expected to exercise the least bit of self control. Oh and they get to deal with the teachers union too, after they have gone to the board and whined. Oh and one more thing-if the test scores aren’t good, guess who get’s reamed? Doesn’t matter if the principal is not in the classroom, it’ the learning “invirement”. And last but not least-he get’s to hand out the trophies. God bless and help principal’s because no one else will. He can’t have a bad day and over-react. And he can’t be allowed to apologise-that won’t stop the “potential” lawsuit ACLU- here they come!
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:22amGood! Maybe this is the start of a new refreshing trend, in the removal of PC teachers and school administrators who abuse the rules for their idiotic outlooks on the world.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:22amBuhbye Principal Bostic. 44 years is far too long. You lost your sound judgement to the DOE and Union’s many years ago!
Report Post »Stegall TX
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:21amYeah, but according to the NC state employee retirement estimator, he went from about $97,000 all the way down to $85,000 per year. Poor fellow! How can he possibly make it on only $6,500 per month?!? Heartless jerks!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:19amSchool systems set up ridiculous standards and then throw their own to the wolves when they follow them. Half the administrators probably don’t know if they should use common sense or go by the book.
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:35amPC toad should have checked out things before ruling on emotion. Now Chiquita can have a John Edwards type hero rep her child and seek untold damages and emotional distress bling. Oh, the humanity. The horror from the mouths of babes. Can we get the CBC to weigh in? Where is the naacp? Aclu on lil man’s freedom of expression? We have ourselves to thank for this waste of time. Go NEA! Chiquita, lil man, and old principle dude are your end products and you should be so proud.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:54amGonzo
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Gonzo
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 9:09amHe probably had an irate union teacher in his office demanding action. How else would he have ever heard about the incident? The teacher was pushing it to the next level. I don’t know enough about the fine points of this whole thing because I have yet to read anything about the teacher but, she was obviously pushing the issue to the principal. He could have been stuck between a rock and a hard place and the real PC idiot is the female union teacher pushing for action against the poor kid.
Report Post »scrapadapolis
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:15amAfter 44 years in a union position does he get to keep his hefty pension?
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:19amYep.
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:28amWould you want yours?
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 8:52amYep 90% of his salary- Should he keep it he** yes he earned it. If people don’t want teachers pensions this high they need to take on the unions and the school boards that have agreed to pay them this high of a percentage of their wages.. NOT those getting them.
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