Records show substitute teacher accused of 'unsafe incident' never worked at school
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- A Baltimore County substitute teacher says her reputation has been damaged, costing her thousands of dollars in lost income. And she tells Project Baltimore it’s all because the school system made a mistake it won’t correct.
Jenn Reedholm says she’s out of options.
“I don't know why I can't get a straight answer,” Reedholm, a substitute teacher for Baltimore County Public Schools, told Project Baltimore.
For six years, she’s been fighting to clear her name.
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This sounds like its a personal vendetta, Who ever did this didn’t like her. Id hire a lawyer and sue them to have my name taken off that list.
Gboyinde Onijala is batlimore county director of communications sums that up
This
Yep. Sounds like the former principle had a beef with her.
Yes I agree, Being a substitute teacher myself, there are several things in this, that make no sense. First, she did not lose $20K to $30,000, in lost wages, if she was still able to work at ALL the other schools (except this one elementary school)
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2nd, being excluded (on the “do not use” list) from one school, does not affect your standing at other schools. (Unless it’s a serious violation, then you’re terminated as a substitute ) Often a school exclusion, at one school, is someone at the school, encountered a personality difference with the substitute teacher. (you know how “Caty” some women in power, can be)
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3rd; if she filed a complaint, and started to take this much action against the Baltimore county public schools, then they would not let her continue working at Baltimore county public schools anymore. There may be a substitute shortage, but it’s not worth keeping her on as a substitute, for all this hassle. Especially if she’s been pursuing this for 6 years. Substituting is basically a “Gig job” (like Uber) Often the Substitute’s are hired through a third-party company. So they’re not really employees of the school. And it’s overall low-paying job less than working at retail, so it’s not like she gets a lawyer, and she’s gonna hit the jackpot.
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Based on watching this video, my guess, is that one of the faculty members there, has a personal beef with this lady. from the past, since she lives in the neighborhood and maybe their kids know her kids etc, or something else happened, so that’s why she’s excluded from this particular elementary school
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I’ve been a substitute for 10 years, and I’ve had several small trivial exclusions from particular schools, all for minor trivial incidents.
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If the Baltimore news reporter for this story wants more in-depth about the situation, and more specifics on how her story doesn’t add up, please feel free to contact me.
@@MikeCee7 It does say in the letter that she wasn't excluded from seeking employment at others schools, you're right something doesn't add up , BUT she was put on a list for no reason and she wasn't even teaching at the school when the supposed incident occurred, I think you're right about someone having a beef with her , this could be sorted very quickly , so why hasn't it been and why is she still going on about it 6 years later, move on and work elsewhere.
I’m sure an attorney would have no problem getting to the bottom of this in short order.
Of course. It's amazing how quickly things get resolved after a lawyer gets involved.
Very much true.
@@SwapPartLLC Exactly.
I agree, she needs a lawyer to get to the bottom.
It’s hard when your children are in the school. If the mother was deliberately targeted, which is what it looks like to me, her children could be next. Seriously, you would not believe the drama that goes on in your neighborhood school. It could be a den of vipers that wouldn’t hold back from striking her children. I wouldn’t be surprised if the woman didn’t take her time dealing with the stonewalling bureaucracy until her children were finished with the school. I bet she files a lawsuit now. As she should.
This shouold have been simple: she never worked at the school, so the accusation should have been removed. Now they've cost her income and reputation. Where's the accountability?
There isn't any it's the "School System" they don't even have to answer to the Federal Government just ask them! Also it's Baltimore (crappiest slum this side of Chicago)
@@TopCat2021Chicago has nothing to do with this
I really hate incompetence, especially from management and administrators.
And the crazy part is that our taxes pay for these schools. How is it we don’t have the power to remove people from their positions? Anyone that works in govt are considered civil servants, including the prez.
…and police department
Who are paid 2-10× what you are, specifically for the reason of avoiding incompetence and being a responsible leader
Middle management
This is simply evil. They must have a record of her non-employment at the school. Therefore, to have this woman in this position for over six years is NOT just incompetence it's downright wicked.
What's a slap in the face is that she WAS contacting human resource about this. And they did NOTHING.
Legally HR might not be able to do anything. It is a legal issue now.
@@jameskennedy6207 Maybe but they were given the chance to make it right. They didn’t.
@@roamiblu1833 if HR does not have authority, no matter how much they want -they can’t.
@@jameskennedy6207 Um, yeah... HR always has authority. They are keepers of the gate. Everything, EVERYTHING, goes through HR. You have a complaint, you're sent to HR. If someone is checking your work status for a new job, who do they call, HR. New hires and work scheduling, HR. The person who put her on the list went through... HR!
@@roamiblu1833 that does not mean they authority to cleanse a record. They can do it but not authority to approve it. You never worked as ownership or management.
I would sue for the false allegation, lost potential income, etc and not just to remove my name from the list.
She didn’t lose anything she still works for the district. She just can’t work at the school she chose because most likely she shares the name with a teacher that did something terrible.
Ms. Reedholm needs to find a good lawyer and sue. She's getting nowhere trying to clear her name, which is ridiculous on the school district's part. Did the former principle have something against this poor woman? Was it because her kids were going to that school at the same time and they didn't want her teaching there because of that? BCPS owes this poor woman an explanation and a public apology.
Sue them. I believe that is the only way she will get an answer and to be removed from that blacklist. This is ridiculous.
Suing does not help anyone. Well Maybe lawyers. Why, the government person or persons responsible are never accountable.
@@danpress7745 So just do nothing and keep kissing that boot.
@@michaels.starnes194 and just how does my post suggest doing nothing?
I'm surprised that she's been fighting this for 5-yrs and didn't go to an attorney right off the bat. She's clearly a victim of libel.
100%. It's clear that nothing outside of the court system is going to do any good.
Lost pay plus interest of that pay, lost reputation, lost opportunities and legal costs. Get them for every last cent you're owed.
It's beyond incompetence.
It sounds like someone there doesn't like her and was trying to end her career. I would be suing for lost income.
lost income she never got? teachers are broke and subs get paid less. nothing stopped her from applying to other jobs. in a district like that the subs probably require zero training, degrees, and certifications
I've seen this happen before. We had a teacher with a great record, left the job for a different career. Years later he tried to become a sub, and a letter from 20 years earlier appeared in his file, written by another teacher he had a dispute with. He'd never seen this letter before, and since it wasn't written by an administrator, it shouldn't have been in the file. Getting it out was a hassle.
Can she personally sue the former Principle who put her name on the list in the first place? At least that way that person will have to formally explain their reason for slandering her
It could be the principal or a teacher that wrote it but this kind of mistake is not nice
Track down that former Principal and sue that person for defamation. That action works for Trump-Haters, it should work for her.
Yes, you can, and always should, sue the tortefeasor, I.e. the person that did it.
@@jazzandbluesculturalherita2547 Yeah . . . ain't that funny how lying orange rapists can actually be held liable for their actions?
No. It was likely just a mistake, and they just had the wrong name. It happens from time to time. However, it should be an easy fix by the substitute supervisor in human resources. I'm not sure why they haven't fixed it.
The fact that there is no date in the file stating when the "incident" occured, and that she never worked at that particular school (by their own records), should make it easy for an attorney to get it removed. I certainly wouldn't have waited year's to get it taken care of.
That solution makes too much sense.
I do agree with you how the leaving students unsupervised charge should definitely be removed from her record.
There are some school districts where administrators are allowed to ban subs from subbing at their school for minor performance issues, breaking school rules issues, classroom management issues, etc without the sub being able to appeal the decision. There are some school districts where administrators are allowed to ban subs from subbing at their school if they think the sub isn't a good fit for the school. There are some school districts where administrators are allowed to ban subs from subbing at their school based on what they heard from other administrators about the sub even if that sub never even subbed at that particular school.
Even though some school districts allow administrators to ban subs from subbing at their school when they never subbed at their particular school, she definitely deserves to have the leaving students unsupervised charge removed from her record since it's not right for her to have a leaving students unsupervised charge on her record when it's not true. Her substitute teaching records prove she's never subbed at that school. It's very obvious she's innocent and didn't leave students unsupervised at that particular school.
She only recently got some of this info
As a former substitute teacher, I can tell you that substitute teaching is the equivalent of Dante's tenth level of hell.
Interesting that you say that. I considered doing this when I retire. What was your experience?
@@constitutionprotector3130 Keeping in mind that I last substitute taught 25 years ago, I found that a great deal depended on the school district. I was certified to teach secondary social studies. I was on the list for 3 neighboring public school systems. I also occasionally filled in at the parochial elementary school my children attended. Two of the public schools were fine. The teachers and administration supported substitute teachers and encouraged students to respect subs. The third was a nightmare. The students regularly rude and disrespectful. The administration was absolutely no help at all. There's not enough room for all the stories I could tell about that place. The elementary students were no problem at all but I only managed kindergarten one time. I don't know how anyone does that day in and day out. The lesson plan was pages long because you have to change gears every 15 minutes and some kids start crying for no reason at all. God bless their teachers.
@constitutionprotector3130 There is a steep learning curve and you get very little training if you start mid year. You can choose the job you want on the computer system in my district, however it can change when you get to the job if you are needed somewhere else. It is soup to nuts! Special ed, music teacher, gym teacher, math teacher, etc. It would be best to stay in one school and learn the rules there. However every teacher has there own method for counting lunches, attendance, discipline, dismissal, bus changes, notes from home and routine. I usually got the lesson plans the day before and study them at night. (There were a lot of songs to learn when I was teaching music!) As mentioned in another comment, Kindergarten was a change every 15 minutes - really! Also so much is on computer now and there are ipads, computers and smart boards to learn. And this is in elementary school. However once you get in the swing of it, it can be fun! The kids are great -- some are very helpful and I felt like a mother hen. Staff is pretty helpful, however they are really busy as well. I always had a "treasure bag" for the end of the day that consisted of trinkets from the dollar store. There are lots of subing videos on youtube with helpful hints. It's not for everyone, but it can be very rewarding! Good Luck!! PS, every sub I met said high school was much easier!! Usually a movie to pop in. I would not know because I enjoyed the little ones.
Absolutely ❣🤣 I still have nightmares.
Love from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤
@@constitutionprotector3130They also seem to treat you better if you were previously teaching at the same school where you now substitute.
She really should have lawyered up long before this. It has been my experience that school administrators will never admit to making a mistake unless they are forced to. It also been my experience that school admins and school board members are among the most arrogant, yet useless members of a community.
Courts are like this, too, in both the USA AND Canada (experience in both). But it's a SAD commentary on a crowd of people entrusted with your kids more hours in a day than you, the parent.
It’s often way too easy to make false accusations against coworkers because of HR privacy policies, but this is clearly a lack of critical thinking skills. I’m curious how well they are able to teach the students skills that they clearly don’t have themselves.
In my experience, teachers are usually dumb as fuck.
Who would of thought the government ran education system would lack critical thinking….lol.
Oh it’s like how hospital administrators are running the hospitals when they know nothing about medicine or science or patients
You assume they teach critical thinking at all anymore?
Heck, not even universities encourage independent thought these days.
"this is clearly a lack of critical thinking skills." duh, the only 'critical' think they care about is 'critical race theory'. That lady is way to white to be vindicated by Gboyinde Onijaja
Wow, what a messed up situation to be in because of someone else’s mistake 😢
Also there may actually be a person who should be classified as "unsafe".
Mistake…highly-unlikely
That was certainly not a 'mistake'.
A lot of questions unanswered. This lady deserves an apology and compensation.
She is being too nice and should have sued the school district as soon as she learned of her "do not use" status. Sounds like either an error by the school district which should have been attributed to another substitute teacher, or else some type of personal vendetta by either the former principal or someone at that school. Once government agencies make mistakes, they never seem to want to correct those as they would then be admitting liability.
Someone fabricated an incident which got her placed on the "Do not use" list at that school. In the meantime, her own children continued to attend that school. I don't think that I could trust that school to teach my children knowing that someone disliked me so much that they were willing to lie about me like that. Disturbing that someone would do that.
Nothing about public schools is trustworthy.
Having worked in public education I can confidently say this comes as no surprise. The incompetence and unbridled stupidity from top to bottom is breathtaking. It’s also why people are leaving the field in record numbers.
Get a lawyer involved and take them to court!!!
Someone inside did this to her on purpose. The county should be ashamed allowing someone to harass someone using their system without any checks and balances of fairness. Terrible job managing this!
Systemic bullying
Yep sounds about right. This is how they do subs because we're contract workers. If they don't like you they will get rid of you no questions asked and it's not fear.
Fair. It is fear on her part.
Public schools do the same to full time teachers. If the principal or whoever doesn’t like you and you’re on a probationary contract (1st - 3rd year in that district) so they can non-renew your contract without giving a reason and you have no right to appeal, then they’ll non-renew you. They’ll even tell lies against you on your evaluation. Then it’s the administrator’s word against the teacher’s word. Guess who district office is going to believe? Not the teacher, that’s for sure.
And if someone in administration has a buddy that wants the job that you have and you’re on a probationary contract guess what? You will find that your contract has been non-renewed so that they can put their buddy into your job.
It’s not what you know. It’s who you know.
I've been subbing for 5 years. Sometimes it's a matter of nepotism. The principal or administrator in charge of scheduling subs might have her own select list of friends and relatives she will hire as a sub. This has become especially more prevalent in the county where I work, after sub pay went up substantially and covid unemployment benefits ended. For example, before and during covid, there was a school where I was in high demand; I never had a problem getting a sub job there. Then the pay went up and unemployment benefits ended. The calls I receive from that school are down down to a trickle. Turns out, the secretary hooked up three friends of hers. Unless a teacher has a preferential sub, priority is given to the secretary's friends for any day off a teacher requests. It happens in other districts and schools as well. I've actually had scheduled jobs taken away from me and given to someone else, just because the other person was on the "friends and family" list.
Some schools treat subs poorly. Some school districts treat subs poorly. There are some school districts out there where administrators have the power to ban subs from subbing at their school for minor performance issues, breaking school rules issues, classroom management issues, etc without the sub being able to appeal the administrator's decision, and some administrators in these kinds of school districts take advantage of the power they have by being super quick to ban subs from subbing at their school for innocently breaking school rules, classroom management issues, etc, banning subs from subbing at their school for poor classroom management for things that aren't the sub's fault (it's extremely easy for subs to get blamed for poor classroom management for things that aren't their fault), banning subs from subbing at their school whenever they receive a complaint about a sub instead of investigating the complaint to get the full story, and banning subs from subbing at their school without giving the sub a chance to defend their actions or explain their side of the story.
Substitute teaching is one of those kinds of jobs where it's best to sub in school districts where subs have due process rights, appeal rights, etc over minor performance issues, breaking school rules issues, classroom management issues, etc.
All school districts should be required to give subs due process rights, appeal rights, etc for minor performance issues, breaking school rules issues, classroom management issues, etc because substitute teaching is one of those kinds of jobs where no matter how good of a sub you are, you're going to have days sometimes as a sub where you innocently break school rules and make classroom management mistakes, and no matter how good a sub is at classroom management, it's extremely easy for subs to get blamed for poor classroom management for things that aren't their fault.
So frustrating. So ridiculous. Shame on the school board. They hold all the cards. The complaint and the employment history to prove it. That outgoing principal didn’t like her!
And the students are the ones that suffer!
@@marih3286 It’s a messed up situation for sure.
We had an elementary school principle who didn't like certain people if she didn't think they were her class of people.
@@annabrahamson4320 I believe it! Definitely seen that type of behavior in school administration and some teachers, too.
Reminds me of the time I subbed for my local school district. I go this mysterious phone call about a Facebook post they didn’t like: They even wanted me to come in and talk about it without an explanation. Needless to say I quit subbing and found another job: And you wonder why there’s a teacher shortage?
Just curious for no reason, but what was the post about?
She is very good at investigating what went wrong. Someone did not like her and was keeping her out. Good for her for making this type of issue very public!
Her own kids went to that school... which means the now-long-departed principal probably knew her and didn't like her (for any reason) and made things up. My mother's a retired teacher (experience in NY, MD, and US DoD schools overseas) and has seen equivalent bad behavior on the part of administrators and/or parents several times.
Incompetent bureaucrats.
She must’ve did or said something to a teacher that worked there when she was dropping her own kids off and when she found out that she was going for her certificate, this teacher wrote this letter and put it on the list, and the principal was probably in on it
Exactly
@@filmbuff000 ass hat what are you crying about read it again pink hat
Yeah, hard disagree. There's no evidence she's done anything, so making an assumption she did something makes no sense. In fact, it's the same kind of "logic" that has lead people to keep her name on that list.
@@patrickhall6627 go save her then
@@freezerbbq-barnes2361 LOL
What even is this response?
I have to wonder why she hasn't filed a defamation lawsuit. A first year law student would be able to get a judgement in her favor.
Not everyone has money to retain and hire a lawyer, I know I don't
@@alabamatrixie7379 then go pro bono. An easy win like this, your only problem would trying to get a fair percentage
Get a lawyer.
Sue the original principal and the school district for defamation and lost income.
Let them try to come up with a defense for their behavior in court.
An attorney should have been her first choice.
I would sue for 300,000 dollars at least, and I would sue the original principal, too.
She needs to contact her local politicians and follow up. Write by certified letter.
She needs a lawyer too.
This is absolutely ridiculous!
I am guessing here, but my guess is that some other ‘teacher’ committed this offense and the records falsely state that Jen Riedholm was the teacher.
If that is the case, not only is Riedholm being punished for something she did not do, but the ‘teacher’ who actually did the offense is continuing to teach with a clean record.
This is the problem that everyone faces that gets on these lists. Like no fly list, Brady list etc. I ended up on a Brady list 5 years after I retired in good standing. I wasn’t forced out or under any investigation when I retired. Fortunately for me, I don’t have to worry about ever testifying, but I have no idea how I got on it or how to get off.
How many of these do not hire list exist cause I'm sure I'm on one two ?
Of course she was just like the students.....not even there!!! She gets a fake charge, the kids get fake grades. Perfect!!!
That’s more a Baltimore city issue than Baltimore county?. (BCPS = Baltimore County Public Schools, BCPSS = Baltimore City Public School System) that happens a lot
🤣 exactly, both the county and the city schools are screwed up
Meaningless grades. Grading children for memorizing things and not questioning things.
@TiffanyErin the point of education has many layers and puposes. If a person doesn't realize that then they should go back to school and try again. Memorization is one part but not as you may think. It's not what you memorize that's of utmost importance as we know through experience. But how we organize and prioritize our skill to do so. Same with other curriculum and skill sets. Have a nice day. Manners is another useful thing that used to be taught.
@timothyslaughter476 okay. Well perhaps we could teach how credit works, financing, etc etc. We spend 12 years conditioning children to accept the future of a Office desk or wage laborer. Look into the origins of the public. Schools....who bankrolled it and why. They wanted workers, not thinkers. That is why so few have critical thinking skills.
Revealing the nature of the power scheme at local school districts. Most of them are well administered, but even those are little fiefdoms, where power is held close and authority often goes unchallenged. We have seen too many instances where parents or employees are unfairly accused or intimidated, and it takes months or years to correct this, if ever.
She needs to get a lawyer and go after the Principal that had her put on the list.
Wow! I always hate the idea of having to sue someone … ever! BUT, in this case, after trying for 5 years to get an answer and exhausting every other option, I do agree with those who say it’s time to get a lawyer involved. School districts hate law suits because it takes precious dollars away from the education of students, and I agree. But this is absolutely ridiculous.
she deserves a hefty payout from a lawsuit. this is definitely worth suing over, what insane stupid incompetence on the the part of the school. i can't believe how 'dumb' so many things are, that shouldn't be. why didn't she sue? she had cause.....
Civil suit !!!
Now that we know this type of harassment is happening we need a class action lawsuit!
Sue the crap out of the school system. This is inexcusable and financial threats are the only thing local/state governments understand
I find this behavior all the time in little “mini-empires”.
Corporations, local governments etc.
I’m surprised she found out this much.
Translation: We do not want you to know what your children are being subjected to at this school! Don't ask don't push this issue.
I had a felony on my record for years. I haven’t had a misdemeanor. Someone at the clerks office made a mistake. I tried to have it removed but kept getting the run around. Finally a district court judge wrote a letter to the FBI (which maintains all felony records, and ordered them to expunge my record which they did. In that time I even had a top secret security clearance through the Air Force. Explain that one to me.
This is how schools work. I have substituted and they never want to remove an adverse entry.
A perfect example of how the schools are terrible places and are doing more harm than good.
This is one instance of a personal grievance. Schools for the most part are wonderful places and the teachers are so sorely underpaid it is tragic. What is the alternative? No schools? Get those freeloading kids working in fast food with no education? Geezuz🙄
The “incident” probably involves someone connected to someone who’s connected to someone. That’s how these things usually go.
A friend of mine was a teacher in Woodlawn and taught computer classes for 20 yrs. They hired a new principle and he spent the entire years budget remodeling his office and took her class away because after 2 yrs of teaching she never had a credit for computers, so she was bumped back to a part time substitute. She filed a complaint with the board and they moved her to another school and bought her an entire class of new computers and said she had job experience that made up for a degree and she never had to deal with that dumb principle again.
It's entirely believable, Balto Co schools are run by some really stupid people. Especially one certain PPW who always want's to send the parents to jail if their kids don't attend school regularly even if they're going through therapy for psychological problems. And the school board also allows busses to cut through restricted residential areas even when they're not picking up kids at stops, we have about 50 buses a day cutting through our neighborhood where the excess traffic is breaking up the 75 yr old terracotta sewage pipes under the streets and the police don't care about stopping them because they've been told the school system is above the law and can do anything they want. We complained about trucks & busses to the county because the street was posted no vehicles over 3/4 ton and their solution was replace the signs last march with 5 ton signs causing more damage and more traffic and bigger trucks which have already torn the electrical wires off houses and tripled the number of cars and trucks running stop signs and hitting kids on bikes. But as it's been for 75 yrs now the county won't do anything because they say nobody has been killed yet. Why do people have to die to get anything fixed in Maryland and Balto County?
That is ridiculous. I'm not a big fan of lawsuits but if that's what it takes to get them to listen go for it.
Scary that some anonymous person can ruin your career.
As a teacher this is my worst nightmare. However it’s extremely easy for a sub to be put on this list. All she needed was one bully to her child to make a false statement or a rival parent/teacher to make a false statement and it’s over. They NEVER protect the teachers and always take everyone else’s word for it instead of actually investigating.
Another reason this could happen is that teacher left the classroom and never looked back now the school can’t remember who was working in that classroom and just picked a name from the list to blame so they don’t get in trouble
I definitely agree with you how it's extremely easy for a sub to be put on a Do Not Use list. Even in some school districts that are short on subs, it's extremely easy to get put on a Do Not Use list.
The problem is there are some school districts out there where administrators have the power to ban subs from subbing at their school without the sub being able to appeal the decision, and some administrators in these kinds of school districts take advantage of the power that they have by being super quick to ban subs from subbing at their school for things like innocently breaking school rules, classroom management concerns, etc, banning subs from subbing at their school for poor classroom management for things that aren't the sub's fault (it's extremely easy for subs to get blamed for poor classroom management for things that aren't their fault), banning subs from subbing at their school whenever they receive a complaint about a sub instead of investigating the complaint to get the full story, and banning subs from subbing at their school without giving the sub a chance to defend their actions or explain their side of the story.
All school districts should be required to give substitute teachers due process rights, appeal rights, etc.
Even if her record is corrected she will never be hired in BCBS because this incident has shown the school district’s management incompetence.
This action is a threat to the administrators and they will protect themselves no matter what.
After all of this time and trouble I would be hesitant to work for them even if they took her name off
school systems are just as bad as HOA's...... She needs to sue the original person who wrote it.
Sue the district for defamation!
Great teaching lesson baltimore county school board. The kids will get a valuable lesson from this episode.
Why didn't she hire an attorney and sue?
There's nothing more frustrating that broken bureaucracy.
Get an attorney and sue.
I had something like this happen to me when I worked for a camp run by a school system. An administrator put their teenage daughter in charge of a bunch of kids and when I spoke up and refused to let that happen suddenly I was on drugs near tHe ChiLdReN!11!!! I never worked there again (by choice) but those school administrators are something else. In case you think I did those things, they didn't fire me so how serious did they take it. They just wanted to use it to interfere with my paycheck
Baltimore County leaders couldn’t find their way out of a paper bag. It’s no surprise this happened.
Sue them to have it removed and pay for damages. Lost time trying to resolve this, lost wages, damage to your reputation, and make sure to list the principal who screwed up in first place on the suit
She needs to sue.
There is a shortage of teachers in the state of maryland especially Baltimore county and pg county but teachers are treated like trash.
They claim that there would be new reform , let's see what will happen.
As it stands nobody wants to teach
This school system is absolutely out of control and perhaps they should hire Mrs. Reedholm as an administrator. She's been on the news during this time fighting back for a principal who released kids during a tornado warning and her son built a picture board showing the low grade, moldy food being served. Sounds like retribution against this parent who works hard to keep them straight. Updates please!
If you want an example of a Kafkaesque experience, here it is.
"Kafka's work is characterized by nightmarish settings in which characters are crushed by nonsensical, blind authority. Thus, the word Kafkaesque is often applied to bizarre and impersonal administrative situations where the individual feels powerless to understand or control what is happening"
A most plausible explanation for this woman's bizarre situation is someone with the power to remove this error is unwilling to do so because by doing so makes him/her look incompetent for either making the original mistake or allowing the mistake to be perpetuated for so long. It is a misconception that people in power get there because they are of high moral characters. Hell, most CEOs of America's Fortune 500 companies are sociopaths, manipulating others to get to the top without any moral qualm on who gets hurt in the process.
Get A Lawyer and sue that school since they won't rectify this problem.
cops, by=law, even conservation officers and border agents state they can't release the name of the "complainant" due to privacy issues, but how can you then face the information or the accuser?? the powers are ENABLING the perp.
Right. It lacks due process.
All she needs to do. Hire the most prolific lawyer in that county, and sue the school district!
She needs to sue that principal and the school district!
It's the major, years-long stonewalling which is most offensive and makes you think they are other more nefarious motives in play. Like being a part of that community and slighting the wife of the original complaining principal. But to ignore her?
Typical stupidity & incompetence of the educational system.
She should sue Baltimore County for five hundred thousand dollars! That list should not have been generated by anyone including the Principals. What other list do they have in discrimination of hiring practices? Human Resources employee’s should also be fired for having knowledge of the practice!
She should sue them for all of loss income and slander
Probably put on so the principal's friend or relative would get more work.
So grateful I’ve never been a teacher in the US school system. Poor wages, crappy management, teachers spending their own money to buy supplies for the kids, teachers getting attacked by parents and kids or fired due to unjust or frivolous reasons etc etc.
Substitute teaching is one of those kinds of jobs where you have to be very careful about what school district you work in. Substitute teaching is the kind of job where you want to be in a school district where subs have due process rights, appeal rights, etc for performance issues such as breaking school rules, classroom management issues, not following lesson plans issues, etc. In school districts where subs have no due process rights, appeal rights, etc for breaking school rules issues, classroom management issues, etc, administrators have the power to ban subs from subbing at their school for breaking school rules issues, classroom management issues, etc without the sub being able to appeal the administrator's decision, and some administrators in these kinds of school districts take advantage of the power they have.
Some schools treat substitute teachers poorly. Some schools are super quick to ban subs from subbing at their school for things such as innocently breaking school rules, classroom management issues, etc instead of talking to the sub in private about the issue and giving the sub chances to improve and grow before banning them from subbing there. Some schools ban subs from subbing at their school for poor classroom management for things that aren't the sub's fault. Some schools blame subs for poor classroom management for things that aren't the sub's fault. Some schools immediately ban subs from subbing at their school whenever they receive a complaint about a sub instead of investigating the complaint to get the full story. Some schools ban subs from subbing at their school without giving the sub a chance to defend their actions or explain their side of the story.
It's extremely easy for a sub to get misjudged classroom management wise, wrongfully accused of poor classroom management, blamed for poor classroom management for things that aren't the sub's fault, etc. There's all kinds of potential situations that can happen where a sub gets misjudged classroom management wise, wrongfully accused of poor classroom management, blamed for poor classroom management for things that aren't the sub's fault, etc. If someone walks by a classroom a sub is in and sees students misbehaving, some people might jump to conclusions and blame the sub for poor classroom management when the situation may or may not be the sub's fault. If a sub has a day where they have to call the office to request assistance due to some students continuing to be disruptive in class disrupting the learning environment after the sub did all they could do to control the situation in the classroom, some schools might blame the sub for poor classroom management when the situation isn't the sub's fault. If a sub has a day where they're the only adult in the room and some students are taking advantage when the sub is helping students with classwork, answering questions students have, etc by stealing things that belong to the teacher, destroying property in the classroom, etc, and no one is willing to tell the sub who did that due to not wanting to be labeled a snitch, some schools might blame the sub for poor classroom management when the situation isn't the sub's fault at all. If a sub sends 2-3 students to the nurse on separate occasions for stomach ache complaints, throat hurting complaints, ear hurting complaints, etc and those students lied about being sick in order to go to the nurse, some nurses might blame the sub for poor classroom management when the situation isn't the sub's fault since substitute teachers have to take nurse complaints very seriously because if they don't take nurse complaints seriously and refuse to send a student to the nurse when they ask to go to the nurse, and the student ends up sick, the sub could be held responsible for not sending the student to the nurse, and substitute teachers are not allowed to examine students to see if they're sick; only nurses can examine students to see if they're sick.
All school districts should be required to give substitute teachers due process rights, appeal rights, etc for performance issues such as breaking school rules, classroom management issues, etc because substitute teaching is one of those kinds of jobs where no matter how good of a sub you are, you're going to have days as a sub where you innocently break school rules and make classroom management mistakes, and no matter how good a sub is at classroom management, it's extremely easy for subs to get misjudged classroom management wise, wrongfully accused of poor classroom management, blamed for poor classroom management for things that aren't the sub's fault, etc.
That is not a problem, THAT is defamation and slander.
Get a good lawyer, girl.
As a former Legal Secretary for many years: LAWYER UP! At this point, even if they apologize, SUE THEM! Get your lost income, clear your name and be compensated for all of the aggravation they have caused!
Why hasn't this woman hired a lawyer yet.
Someone screwed up. Then, of course, there is the all purpose, "We don't discuss personnel matters." as if they are somehow taking the high road. Now, the district plays 'pass the buck' until a lawyer gets in the game.
Why has this woman not contacted a lawyer? She wants it resolved quickly? It’s been 6 years! Sue them and the principal that put her name there in the first place and you should see smoke coming from the heels of people who refused to move.
Her kids go to that school, she knows parents and kids in that school. Clearly a teacher or an administrator didn't want her subbing there. I can kinda see not wanting her there because she knows so many people. Don't want her knowing things she shouldn't and passing along the information but making up questionable stuff about her is wrong.
Knowing WHAT things?
Hire an attorney that will threaten to sue. That will get them pay attention.
My attorney is on line #1...Oh goodness, we will fix that right now!
She needs to sue that principal for fraud and defamation
Why hasn't she lawyered up? Did I miss it?
Sue!!! Cant she sue?
How about suing for defamation, so you will never have to work in that ignorant school system!
My guess is you can look at who is in charge in Baltimore and immediately see what the real issue is
Sue the s.o.b.s
There was some kind of tiff with that principal and it was set in stone she wouldn’t work there under that administration. Everything is not out and is not as simple as it’s trying to be made.
My question is...did she ever volunteer as a PTA parent. If so maybe some of the other moms and teachers didn't like her or her children and they wanted to make sure she was never able to teach at that school. Somebody at that school didn't like her. Simple mystery solved!!!
That sounds like grounds for a defamation lawsuit.
Sue them all. They are not interested until you get representation.
Seems like someone at that district has a grudge
She just needs to fallow up with a big lawsuit and take the city for a couple million dollars.
Sue for lost wages.