Teacher Fired For Giving Zero Points in Assignments

[Ben]

Florida teacher is fired for giving "zeroes" to students who didn't turn in their assignments. The school requires her to give 50% no matter what.

Hurray kids! You're all winners losers!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/26/florida-teacher-claims-lost-job-after-refusing-to-give-half-credit-to-students-who-didnt-turn-in-work.html

[dogmush]

Kerry Padrick, the chief communications officer for St. Lucie Public Schools, told WPTV in a statement Tirado was terminated “shortly after one month of classroom instruction.”

“There is no District or individual school policy prohibiting teachers from recording a grade of zero for work not turned in,” the statement read. “The District’s Uniform Grading System utilizes letter grades A-F, numerical grades 100-0 and grade point averages from 4-0."

In another statement from the district to WPTV, the school denied Tirado’s claims and said she was “released from her duties as an instructor because her performance was deemed sub-standard and her interactions with students, staff, and parents lacked professionalism and created a toxic culture on the school’s campus.”

“During her brief time of employment at West Gate, the school fielded numerous student and parent complaints as well as concerns from colleagues, the statement read. “Based on new information shared with school administrators, an investigation of possible physical abuse is underway.”

Seems like there might be more to this story, and she's trying to go viral first.

[Ben]

OK, nevermind.  I guess this should have been one of those "wait 24 hours" posts. 

[makattak]

OK, nevermind.  I guess this should have been one of those "wait 24 hours" posts.  

I do not believe the administration, period.

Most of these "policies" are given verbally, so the school can come out with the exact statement they just did.

Our school systems are horribly messed up.

BUT WE CAN'T ALLOW PARENTS TO CHOOSE BECAUSE THEY'D CHOOSE WRONG!!!!!

(Oh, like choosing to send their children to the current public schools?)

[Hawkmoon]

Sounds to me like her offense was failure to award sufficient participation prizes. In today's society, that's toxic/sexist/racist and abusive.

[just Warren]

Well, we don't want to be accused of being abusive.

[230RN]

^ <smirk>

[Hawkmoon]

Well, we don't want to be accused of being abusive.

Thank you, thank you very much. This isn't just about me; I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the little people who made this prestigious award possible.

[KD5NRH]

[Pb]

There are so many garbage teachers and garbage admins in the schools it is hard to know who is lying here.

[dogmush]

There are so many garbage teachers and garbage admins in the schools it is hard to know who is lying here.

I'll take "What is Both?" for $1000 Alex.

I suspect there is an unwritten preference with the admin in that school to avoid zero's, and this was communicated to her, and she took exception.  I also suspect she did some stuff in her first month that pissed parents and co-workers off so they got rid of her before the end of her probationary period.

The "Physical Abuse" investigation is probably something like she chucked a dry erase marker at a kid.