Thread: Cincinnati principal, teacher face discipline in vote outing

Cincinnati principal, teacher face discipline in vote outing

By Jessica Brown • jlbrown@enquirer.com • October 25, 2010

Cincinnati, OH Public Schools will hold a disciplinary conference this week with the principal and social studies teacher who were involved in an Oct. 13 voting outing for Hughes High School students that spurred a lawsuit and public outrage.

The extent of potential disciplinary action for Principal Virginia Rhodes and teacher Dennis McFadden is unclear, but it is unlikely that they would be fired, Superintendent Mary Ronan said Monday.

The conferences will likely take place Friday.

Meanwhile, the district maintains that there was no intent to engage in partisan politics.

“The idea that there was some kind of conspiracy here was just absolutely not grounded in the fact,â€

The Cincinnati Public Schools, while maintaining it did nothing wrong, agreed last week to not allow students in the future to be subjected to partisan politics during school hours.

No public school should be involved in the "teachable moments" of US elections. If this doesn't make the case for school vouchers and privatizing education I don't know what would.