A Georgia school board voted along party lines Thursday to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class. The Cobb County School Board in suburban Atlanta voted 4-3 to fire Katie Rinderle, overriding the recommendation of a panel of three retired educators. The panel found after a… Continue reading Georgia teacher fired for reading a gender identity book to class
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Georgia Teacher Fired Over Reading Book To Her Class
The Cobb County School Board in Georgia voted 4-3 on Thursday evening to officially terminate a fifth-grade teacher who was suspended for reading a book about gender identity to her students last school year. Katie Rinderle, a fifth-grade teacher at Due West Elementary School in Marietta was fired in June after reading a book to… Continue reading Georgia Teacher Fired Over Reading Book To Her Class
New Jersey high court sides with Catholic school over teacher fired for premarital sex
New Jersey’s highest court ruled that a Catholic school was within its legal right to fire an unmarried pregnant teacher who had failed to “abstain from premarital sex,” as a condition of her job. Victoria Crisitello was hired by her alma mater, St. Theresa School in Kenilworth, in 2011 as a toddler caregiver before she… Continue reading New Jersey high court sides with Catholic school over teacher fired for premarital sex
Georgia panel rejects recommendation to fire teacher for reading book about gender identity
MARIETTA, Ga. — A trio of retired educators has rejected a suburban Atlanta school district’s recommendation to fire a teacher who was removed from the classroom after she was accused of improperly reading a book on gender fluidity to her fifth-grade class. Monday’s move paves the way for Due West Elementary teacher Katie Rinderle to… Continue reading Georgia panel rejects recommendation to fire teacher for reading book about gender identity
Mother of 6-year-old boy who shot Virginia teacher pleads guilty to child neglect
Court documents unsealed this month included new details in how the boy, who is identified only by his initials, obtained the 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. On Jan. 6, the morning of the shooting, Taylor believed the gun was in her purse with the trigger lock installed and left on top of her bedroom dresser, according… Continue reading Mother of 6-year-old boy who shot Virginia teacher pleads guilty to child neglect
New details emerge on how 6-year-old boy who shot Virginia teacher got mom’s gun
James Ellenson, a lawyer for the family, has said Taylor believes the gun was placed on a high closet shelf with a trigger lock. But he acknowledged in May that questions still remain about how the child accessed the weapon. “People have talked to him about that, but I don’t know that any adult knows… Continue reading New details emerge on how 6-year-old boy who shot Virginia teacher got mom’s gun
Teacher who had a ‘kill list’ gets 2½ years on probation
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A former fifth-grade teacher in northwestern Indiana who was charged with felony intimidation after, authorities say, she told a student she had a “kill list” of students and staff has been sentenced to 2½ years on probation. Angelica Carrasquillo, 25, of Griffith pleaded guilty Friday to an intimidation charge in Lake County Superior… Continue reading Teacher who had a ‘kill list’ gets 2½ years on probation
High school teacher stabbed in South Korea a day after attack wounded 14
South Korean police detained a man suspected of stabbing a high school teacher with a knife Friday in the city of Daejeon. The stabbing follows a separate, apparently random attack on Thursday in which 14 people were wounded near a busy subway station in Seongnam. Officials at the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency didn’t immediately release the personal… Continue reading High school teacher stabbed in South Korea a day after attack wounded 14