Showing posts with label PHS Parent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PHS Parent. Show all posts

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Jumping to conclusions: Where does it get you?

An anonymous commenter has posted a couple of times hinting at a situation over at PHS involving a teacher, Terry Knapp and Wisconsin Avenenue (knowing how intriguing such a tidbit would be). Let's try and put two and two together.

Anonymous said on Emerge Peoria...
"What's going on with the teacher @PHS that Terry is writing letters and delivering them to Wisc ave? Is he doing this because it's what's good for the students and district? Or is it about tenure? C'mon fess up. "

Sharon Crews said on Emerge Peoria...
"I am taking a wild guess that this particular Anonymous is someone who received a letter. Anyway Terry will be happy to explain it all to you--call him at 370-5523 (number given with Terry's permission). Terry doesn't blog. My two cents is that a system that is unfair to teachers will be unfair to students, also. It's all about doing what is right and in the right way.

By the way, Terry didn't write any letters, but he did take them to Wisconsin Avenue."

PHS Parent keeps dropping lugs like this over on Peoria Chronicle...
PHS parent December 3, 2010 at 9:14 pm
"Sharon – how can I FOIA info on a teacher and see if they are doing the job we pay them for? Why does my child have to suffer for bad teaching? How do I FOIA and deal with that?" "...Mr. Simmons is a great principal. He has some teachers who can’t teach. Why should my baby suffer? Just lookin for help and direction..."

I found this on Peoria Story...
"Activist Terry Knapp talked about bullying at all levels including administrators recently bullying three teachers trying to get them to resign. At least one of these teachers is highly experienced and has tenure, but was placed in a different school with an overcrowded classroom, Knapp has said.

The teachers union contract forbids outright firing and instead offers remediation.

"It's incredible," Knapp said. Bullying "should never occur administration to teacher.""
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Okay, let's jump to some conclusions from what we have above... Sounds like there is a teacher(s) at PHS that some seem to think is/are not up to par. That/those teacher(s) may have been asked to resign. One teacher apparently has tenure and has called in Terry Knapp for assistance because they are being bullied?

Hmmmmmm...so where does that leave us? The question shown above, which was asked by the first Anonymous poster on Emerge Peoria, appears to be a good one, yes? I guess that leaves us right back where we were when Anonymous left the first hint about a situation at PHS.