Hearing officers dole out wrist-slaps to teachers the DOE wants fired

[formerlurker]

Hearing officers dole out wrist-slaps to teachers the DOE wants fired
By MICHAEL GARTLAND and SUSAN EDELMAN
Last Updated: 6:43 AM, November 11, 2012
Posted: 1:29 AM, November 11, 2012


Mary Crangle let teachers wangle.

The arbitrator refused to fire a Brooklyn teacher whose second-grader went on a bathroom break and wound up wandering Times Square for hours. She slapped the educator with a $1,000 fine.

The 7-year-old boy left Faye Dolloway’s class at PS 174 in Brownsville at 10:45 a.m. and got on a train. She didn’t realize he was missing until 1:20 p.m. Cops found him at 5:30 roaming the Toys “R” Us.

“I conclude there is no just cause for termination,” Crangle said. “[Dolloway] clearly understands her obligations as a teacher and I find her to be genuinely remorseful.”


DISCIPLINE-ERR-IAN: Mary Crangle, an arbitrator charged with disciplining teachers, has let many off with fines or other wrist slaps.

The case is one of many in which Crangle and other high-paid hearing officers gave out light punishments to educators the city Department of Education wanted canned.

Of 76 educators who went before arbitrators this year, only 29 were fired — leaving 61 percent cleared to return to the classroom.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/giving_bad_teachers_pass_IcalfZyFN6v4G7PpLaPo1H


Sickening.

[seahorse513]

i fear for our school system!! As a teacher, how can you not notice that a child is missing?? Don't teachers do a mental roll call after recess, to make sure all the kids came back? I surprised, that none of  his classmates said anything.   find it astounding!!

[Undies]

Yeah.  She looks like a caring educator of youths.**



**sarcasm

[Ptarmigan]

Should be fired especially with the child wondering away.