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Originally posted by Nevadaref
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Originally posted by rockyroad
You don't really keep up with the lawsuits filed against educators, do you??? Having had one filed against me after making a student sit in the back of the class for too much talking and disrupting other students (no, it didn't go anywhere and I didn't lose any money, but did lose a lot of sleep and several years of life-expectancy),
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Basically, that was my point rocky. They could sue, but it probably wouldn't go anywhere. At least it shouldn't. Let me clearly state that I think what this guy did was wrong. I just think that it was legal, and that these type of incidents should be taken care of out of court.
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Let me be clear that the only reason it didn't go to court was because I subscribe totally to the CYA method of dealing with behavior issues in my classes...I had all the documentation from phone calls home, parent conferences, referrals to the office, etc., and diagrams of the classroom that showed that where I moved him did not impact his learning environment, just isolated him from the kids he was disturbing...their lawyer looked at all of that documentation and left the room...had I not done all that, I would have lost and been liable (advice from my lawyer)...in the case of this idiot coach, what documentation could he provide other than that he knowingly and purposefully humiliated this kid by using his position of authority and influence as a school district employee...there could easily be civil action here...
Tue May 11, 2004, 12:00pm
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