Duval School Board agenda: Teacher discipline, including case involving child sexual charges
Posted: August 7, 2012 - 12:13am | Updated: August 7, 2012 - 7:39am
The Duval County School Board monthly meeting will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium of the school district administration building, 1701 Prudential Drive. The meeting will be broadcast live on Comcast Channel 99 and online at www.duvalschools.org. Among the items to be considered:
Item: Suspend without pay pending termination Christopher Bacca and Theodrick Morton.
What it means: Bacca, Windy Hill Elementary School’s Teacher of the Year, has been charged with several counts of sexual battery against a child. Morton, a teacher at A. Philip Randolph Academies of Technology, is accused of fondling and groping two female students at his school and faces two counts of battery against a minor.
Item: Suspend without pay five teachers.
What it means: Steven Gilchrist of Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology, 15 days, accused of inappropriate language; James Grant Jr. of Darnell Cookman Middle High School, 15 days, accused of giving FCAT answer sheets to students; Lena Lyles of Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, 30 days, accused of encouraging two students to help each other during FCAT testing; Wesley Tillman of Terry Parker High School, 30 days, accused of giving students End of Course exam answers; Sukaria Walls, Gregory Drive Elementary School, 15 days, accused of providing copy of word list for second grade state reading exam to the Sylvan Learning Center; Suzette Wynn-Wilcox of R.V. Daniels Elementary School, 15 days, accused of falsifying information on student’s Individual Education Plan.
Item: Ready for Tomorrow no-bid contract not exceeding $459,000.
What it means: The company will provide a range of support services to intervene schools. Connie Hall, a School Board candidate who has been endorsed by School Board Chairwoman Betty Burney, is president and CEO of the company.
Item: Two-year charter contract with School of Success Academy.
What it means: The middle school will be allowed to operate for two more years provided it complies with all state school improvement and accountability standards.
Item: Proposed 2013 academic targets.
What it means: Set target goals for student academic proficiency on mandated standardized tests including FCAT and End of Course exams.
Item: Educational Directions L.L.C. contract not exceeding $1.2 million.
What it means: The contract is for the company to provide sustained site-based management services to 12 lower-performing schools in the district.
Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-08-07/story/duval-school-board-agenda-teacher-discipline-including-case-involving#ixzz22vtvVUbp
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